-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Twy7lpLsqOIGJmXDtnxbMbJ1PiUyFujtvzwPTr10cSV1rX7XLyo/iwN3bSPzAjcv U0hFdFC2vFdla9mZnByVFQ== 0000943374-07-000792.txt : 20070530 0000943374-07-000792.hdr.sgml : 20070530 20070530123138 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000943374-07-000792 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070524 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070530 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070530 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001070154 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036] IRS NUMBER: 800091851 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25233 FILM NUMBER: 07886371 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 RELLA BLVD CITY: MONTEBELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 10901 BUSINESS PHONE: 8453698040 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 RELLA BLVD CITY: MONTEBELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 10901 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROVIDENT BANCORP INC/NY/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980910 8-K 1 form8k_052407.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 24, 2007 PROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORP -------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware 0-25233 80-0091851 - ----------------------------- --------------------- ------------------ (State or Other Jurisdiction) (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) Identification No.) 400 Rella Boulevard, Montebello, New York 10901 - ----------------------------------------- ----- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (845) 369-8040 -------------- Not Applicable -------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. On May 24, 2007, the Board of Directors of Provident New York Bancorp (the "Registrant") approved an amendment to the Registrant's Bylaws removing the age limitation for directors. Article II, Section 10. A of the Bylaws was deleted. It previously provided that: No person seventy-five (75) years of age or above shall be eligible for election, reelection, appointment or reappointment to the board of directors of the Registrant. No director shall serve as a director of the Registrant beyond the annual meeting of the Registrant that immediately follows the director becoming age seventy-five (75). Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (a) Not Applicable. (b) Not Applicable. (c) Not Applicable. (d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Exhibit 3 Text of amendment to Bylaws SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized. PROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORP DATE: May 29, 2007 By:/s/ Daniel Rothstein -------------------------------- Daniel Rothstein Executive Vice President EX-3 2 exbt3_52407.txt EXHIBIT 3 TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS Section 10. Qualification. A. Any Person nominated, appointed or elected to the Board of Directors, or serving on the Board of Directors, in order to qualify as such, shall own at least 100 shares of the Corporation's common stock. B. Any person nominated, appointed or elected to the Board of Directors, in order to qualify as such, shall reside or work in a county in which Provident Bank (the banking subsidiary of the Corporation) maintains an office or in a county contiguous to a county in which Provident Bank maintains an office. So long as the person serves as a Director continuously thereafter, this requirement 10.B applies only at the time of first (1) nomination and election, or (2) appointment. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----