Long Island Financial Corp. Sets Date of Special Shareholders' Meeting
29 September 2005 - 10:59AM
Business Wire
Long Island Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: LICB) announced today that its
Board of Directors has set November 16, 2005, as the date of its
Special Meeting of Shareholders to vote on the Company's pending
merger with New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB). The
meeting will start at 12 Noon, Eastern Time, and will be held at
Stonebridge Country Club in Smithtown, New York. The voting record
date is September 30, 2005, and shareholder proxy materials will be
mailed on or about October 14, 2005. Long Island Financial Corp. is
the holding company for Long Island Commercial Bank, a New York
state-chartered commercial bank, which provides commercial and
consumer banking services through twelve offices located in
Islandia, Babylon, Smithtown, Westbury, Jericho, Shirley,
Ronkonkoma, Melville, Central Islip, Deer Park, Hauppauge and Bay
Ridge-Brooklyn. Long Island Financial Corp. had approximately $540
million in assets at June 30, 2005. Harvey Auerbach serves as its
Chairman of the Board. New York Community Bancorp, Inc. has filed a
registration statement containing a prospectus-proxy statement that
will be sent to shareholders of Long Island Financial Corp., and
other relevant documents concerning the proposed merger, with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). WE URGE
SHAREHOLDERS TO READ THE PROSPECTUS-PROXY STATEMENT TO BE SENT TO
THEM, AND ANY OTHER REVELANT DOCUMENTS FILED BY NEW YORK COMMUNITY
BANCORP, INC. AND LONG ISLAND FINANCIAL CORP. WITH THE SEC, BECAUSE
THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors are able to obtain
these documents free of charge at the SEC's web site (www.sec.gov).
In addition, documents that New York Community Bancorp, Inc. files
with the SEC are available free of charge at its web site
(www.mynycb.com) and from the Investors Relations Department, New
York Community Bancorp, Inc., 615 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, New
York 11590. Documents that Long Island Financial Corp. files with
the SEC are available free of charge at its web site (www.licb.com)
and from the Corporate Secretary, Long Island Financial Corp., 1601
Veterans Highway, Suite 120, Islandia, New York 11749. The
directors, executive officers, and certain other members of
management of Long Island Financial Corp. may be soliciting proxies
in favor of the proposed merger from the shareholders of Long
Island Financial Corp. For information about these directors,
executive officers, and other members of management, shareholders
are asked to refer to the most recent proxy statement that Long
Island Financial Corp. has issued, which is available on its web
site or at the address provided in the preceding paragraph.
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