2. Acquisitions

In connection with the acquisition of Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (“Hudson City”) on November 1, 2015 the Company incurred merger-related expenses related to systems conversions and other costs of integrating and conforming acquired operations with and into the Company. Those expenses consisted largely of professional services and other temporary help fees associated with systems conversions and/or integration of operations; costs related to termination of existing contractual arrangements for various services; initial marketing and promotion expenses designed to introduce the Company to its new customers; severance (for former Hudson City employees); travel costs; and other costs of completing the transaction and commencing operations in new markets and offices.

A summary of merger-related expenses included in the consolidated statement of income for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2016 follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2016		Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
	(In thousands)

Salaries and employee benefits	$	60	$	5,334
Equipment and net occupancy		339		1,278
Outside data processing and software		352		1,067
Advertising and marketing		6,327		10,522
Printing, postage and supplies		545		1,482
Other cost of operations		4,970		16,072
Total	$	12,593	$	35,755

There were no merger-related expenses during the three-month or six-month periods ended June 30, 2017.