-----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, JWHBlMREkEu103BrsJbb57TeP7IjWcGSn0Rrz4b9cKdnk2WYluw/xUTi9wjJ1EAH 8OlYlpKr9lTQ0qX7/vECGw== 0000946275-07-000667.txt : 20070927 0000946275-07-000667.hdr.sgml : 20070927 20070927161634 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000946275-07-000667 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070926 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070927 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070927 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SYNERGY FINANCIAL GROUP INC /NJ/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001263766 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 522413926 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50467 FILM NUMBER: 071139585 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 310 NORTH AVE EAST CITY: CRANFORD STATE: NJ ZIP: 07016 BUSINESS PHONE: 8006933838 8-K 1 f8k_092607-0207.htm FORM

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20552

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

September 26, 2007

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

 

Synergy Financial Group, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

New Jersey

0-50467

52-2413926

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(File No.)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

 

310 North Avenue East, Cranford, New Jersey

07016

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(800) 693-3838

 

 

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:

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

o

Pre-commencement to communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 


SYNERGY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT

 

Item 8.01

Other Events

 

On September 26, 2007, the Registrant issued a press release to announce that the prospective acquisition of the Registrant by New York Community Bancorp, Inc. was approved by the New York State Banking Department. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as an exhibit.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

(d)

Exhibit 99:

 

Press Release dated September 26, 2007

 

 


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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SYNERGY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

 


Date:   September 26, 2007

 

By:

/s/ Kevin A. Wenthen

 

 

 

Kevin A. Wenthen

Senior Vice President

and Chief Administrative Officer

 

 

 

 

 

EX-99 2 ex-99.htm PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:

Ilene A. Angarola

 

Contact:

Kevin M. McCloskey

 

First Senior Vice President

 

 

Senior Vice President

 

and Director, Investor Relations

 

 

and Chief Operating Officer

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

Synergy Financial Group, Inc.

 

(516) 683-4420

 

 

(800) 693-3838, ext. 3292

 

 

NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. AND SYNERGY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

ANNOUNCE RECEIPT OF NYS BANKING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL OF

THE MERGER OF SYNERGY BANK WITH AND INTO NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

 

Westbury, N.Y. and Cranford, N.J., September 26, 2007 – New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB), the holding company for New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank, and Synergy Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ/Global Market: SYNF) (“Synergy”), the holding company for Synergy Bank, today announced that the New York State Banking Department has approved the acquisition of Synergy Bank by New York Community Bank.

 

The acquisition has now received all the necessary regulatory approvals and was approved by Synergy’s shareholders earlier this month. As a result, the acquisition has been scheduled for completion on the morning of October 1, 2007, at which time Synergy will merge with and into New York Community Bancorp and Synergy Bank will commence operations as a division of New York Community Bank.

 

Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, Synergy shareholders will receive 0.80 of a share of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. stock for each share of Synergy held at the effective date of the merger, and cash in lieu of any fractional share based on the closing price of New York Community Bancorp stock on September 27, 2007. Upon completion of the transaction, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. will have approximately 324 million outstanding shares of common stock.

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the $29.6 billion holding company for New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank, and the leading producer of multi-family loans for portfolio in New York City. With 159 offices currently serving customers in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York, and Essex, Hudson, Union, Monmouth, Middlesex, and Ocean Counties in New Jersey, New York Community Bank is the fourth largest thrift depository in the New York metropolitan region, and operates through eight local divisions: Queens County Savings Bank, Roslyn Savings Bank, Richmond County Savings Bank, Roosevelt Savings Bank, CFS Bank, First Savings Bank of New Jersey, Ironbound Bank, and Penn Federal Savings Bank. New York Commercial Bank has 38 branches serving Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester County, and Long Island, including 19 branches of Atlantic Bank. Additional information about New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and its bank subsidiaries is available at www.myNYCB.com and www.NewYorkCommercialBank.com .

 

Synergy Financial Group, Inc.

Synergy Financial Group, Inc. is the $932.5 million holding company for Synergy Bank and Synergy Financial Services, Inc. The Company provides a diversified line of products and financial services to individuals and small to mid-size businesses through a network of 21 branch offices located in Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union counties in New Jersey. Additional information about Synergy Financial Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries is available at www.synergyonthenet.com .

 

 

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