1ST Constitution Bancorp Announces Its Rights Offering Fully Subscribed

CRANBURY, NJ--(Marketwire - Oct 10, 2012) - 1^ST Constitution Bancorp (NASDAQ: FCCY), parent company of 1^ST Constitution Bank, today announced the successful completion of its rights offering, which expired on October 5, 2012. 

1^ST Constitution estimates it will receive gross proceeds of approximately $5.0 million, which based on holders of subscription rights who exercised their basic subscription rights in full and additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to the over subscription privilege, the rights offering was fully subscribed. The Company also reported that the demand for its shares in the rights offering exceeded the available shares being offered by approximately 200,000 shares.

Accordingly, 1^ST Constitution Bancorp expects to distribute a total of 555,555 shares of common stock to the holder of subscription rights who validly exercised their subscription rights and paid the subscription in full, including pursuant to the exercise of the over subscription privilege.

Robert F. Mangano, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "The 1^ST Constitution Bancorp Board of Directors extends its sincere appreciation to all shareholders who participated in, and contributed to the success of the rights offering."

About the Company

1^ST Constitution Bancorp, through its primary subsidiary, 1^ST Constitution Bank, operate fourteen branch banking offices in Cranbury (2), Fort Lee, Hamilton, Hightstown, Hillsborough, Hopewell, Jamesburg, Lawrenceville, Perth Amboy, Plainsboro, Rocky Hill, West Windsor, and Princeton, New Jersey.

1^ST Constitution Bancorp is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol "FCCY" and can be accessed through the Internet at www.1STCONSTITUTION.com

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