New York State Banking Department Approves New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Acquisition of Long Island Financial Corp.
05 11월 2005 - 7:42AM
Business Wire
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB), the holding company
for New York Community Bank, and Long Island Financial Corp.
(NASDAQ/NMS: LICB) ("Long Island Financial"), the holding company
for Long Island Commercial Bank, today announced that the
acquisition of Long Island Financial by New York Community Bancorp,
Inc. was approved by the New York State Banking Department on
November 3, 2005. Shareholders of Long Island Financial are
scheduled to vote on the transaction at a special meeting of
stockholders to be held on November 16, 2005. In addition, the
transaction requires the approval of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System. New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the
holding company for New York Community Bank, the fifth largest
thrift in the nation, with total assets of $25.0 billion at
September 30, 2005. The Bank serves its customers through a network
of 141 banking offices in New York City, Long Island, Westchester
County, and northern New Jersey, and operates through seven
divisions: Queens County Savings Bank, Roslyn Savings Bank,
Richmond County Savings Bank, Roosevelt Savings Bank, CFS Bank,
First Savings Bank of New Jersey, and Ironbound Bank. The Bank is
the leading producer of multi-family mortgage loans for portfolio
in New York City and the third largest thrift depository in the New
York metropolitan region. Additional information about the company
may be found at its web site, www.myNYCB.com. Long Island Financial
Corp. is the $532.8 million holding company for Long Island
Commercial Bank, a New York State-chartered commercial bank
providing commercial and consumer banking services through twelve
branch offices in Suffolk, Nassau, and Kings Counties, with an
emphasis on personal service and responsiveness to the needs of its
customers. Additional information about the company may be found at
its web site, www.licb.com. New York Community Bancorp, Inc. has
filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") containing a proxy statement/prospectus and
other documents regarding its proposed transaction with Long Island
Financial Corp. Investors are urged to read the proxy
statement/prospectus because it contains important information
about New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and Long Island Financial
Corp., and the prospective transaction. Copies of this proxy
statement/prospectus have been mailed to Long Island Financial
Corp. shareholders and, together with other documents filed by New
York Community Bancorp, Inc. or Long Island Financial Corp. with
the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website
(www.sec.gov) or by directing a request to New York Community
Bancorp, Inc. c/o the Investor Relations Department, 615 Merrick
Avenue, Westbury, N.Y. 11590 or the Corporate Secretary, Long
Island Financial Corp., 1601 Veterans Highway, Suite 120, Islandia,
N.Y. 11749. Long Island Financial Corp. and its directors,
executive officers and certain other members of management, and
employees may be soliciting proxies from their shareholders in
favor of the proposed transaction. Information regarding such
persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be considered to be
participants in the solicitation of Long Island Financial Corp.'s
shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction is set
forth in Long Island Financial Corp.'s proxy statement filed with
the SEC on March 25, 2005 relating to its annual meeting of
shareholders held on April 20, 2005. Additional information is set
forth in the proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC.
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