New York Community Bancorp, Inc. Reports 3rd Quarter 2013 Diluted Non-GAAP Cash EPS of $0.28⁽¹⁾and Diluted GAAP EPS of $0.26

Board of Directors Declares 39th Consecutive Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.25 per Share

WESTBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 23, 2013--New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYCB) (the “Company”) today reported GAAP earnings of $114.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2013, and $355.4 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, for the nine months ended at that date.

The Company also reported cash earnings of $124.5 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, for the current third quarter and $385.5 million, or $0.88 per diluted share, for the current nine-month period.⁽¹⁾

Please Note: Footnotes are located on the last page of text. As further discussed in the footnotes, “cash earnings,” “tangible assets,” “average tangible assets,” “tangible stockholders’ equity,” “average tangible stockholders’ equity,” and the related measures are all non-GAAP financial measures.

Commenting on the Company’s third quarter performance, President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph R. Ficalora stated, “The last three months were significant for the opportunities they provided to demonstrate the strength of our business model and the particular merits of our core business strategies. Reflecting significant loan and asset growth and the stellar quality of our assets, we generated third quarter GAAP earnings of $114.2 million, bringing our nine-month GAAP earnings to $355.4 million, or $0.80 per diluted share.

“Looking next at our balance sheet, one cannot help but notice that our assets rose $1.6 billion from the year-end 2012 balance to a Company high of $45.8 billion at September 30, 2013. Most of that growth occurred in just the last quarter, and was driven by the production of multi-family loans in our traditional lending niche.

“Of the $3.4 billion of loans we produced for investment in the current third quarter, $2.6 billion, or 77.6%, were, in fact, multi-family loans. This is the largest volume of multi-family loans we’ve produced in a single quarter—and we’ve been producing multi-family loans for more than 40 years. With nine-month originations rising $1.6 billion year-over-year, to $5.6 billion, our portfolio of multi-family loans grew 8.6% from the balance recorded at the end of December to $20.2 billion, representing 69.2% of total held-for-investment loans at September 30th.

“While activity in our multi-family lending niche was particularly robust this quarter, activity in the mortgage banking space continued to be weak. Sequentially, rate-lock volume fell 50.8%, to $1.2 billion and, as a result, mortgage banking income fell 30.2%, to $16.2 million, during this time.

“Reflecting the diversity of our business model, the decline in mortgage banking income has been largely tempered by the meaningful stream of prepayment penalty income produced by our multi-family and commercial real estate loans. In the current third quarter, prepays added $39.6 million to our interest income and 41 basis points to our margin, which was 3.04%.

“While the meaningful volume of loans we produce is a matter of importance, the quality of our portfolio is also paramount. Accordingly, we are very pleased by the improvements in our asset quality measures, which included a 21.7% linked-quarter decline in non-performing non-covered assets and a 25.6% linked-quarter decline in non-performing non-covered loans. As a result, non-performing non-covered assets represented 0.46% of total non-covered assets at the end of September, a linked-quarter improvement of 15 basis points. We also are encouraged by the marked decline in loans 30 to 89 days past due to $9.9 million--a 75.1% reduction from $39.7 million at the end of June.”

Board of Directors Declares $0.25 per Share Dividend Payable on November 19, 2013

“The quality of our assets, together with our capacity for lending, have enabled us to maintain a consistent position of capital strength. In view of the strength of our capital and of our third quarter earnings, the Board of Directors last night declared our 39th consecutive quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share. The dividend is payable on November 19th to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 7, 2013," Mr. Ficalora said.

Assets totaled $45.8 billion at the end of September, reflecting a $1.6 billion increase from the June 30th balance and a comparable increase from the balance at December 31, 2012.

Loans totaled $32.4 billion at the end of September, up $513.4 million from the June 30th balance and $580.6 million from the balance at December 31, 2012. The September 30th balance was equivalent to 70.7% of total assets; the comparable measures were 72.1% and 72.0%, respectively, at the earlier dates.

Loans held for investment represented $29.2 billion, or 63.7%, of total assets at the end of September, growing $1.1 billion, or 4.0%, from the June 30th balance and $1.9 billion, or 6.9%, from the balance at December 31, 2012.

Exceeding the record volume of loans in the pipeline last reported, originations of held-for-investment loans were a record $3.4 billion in the current third quarter, exceeding the volume produced in the trailing and year-earlier quarters by $927.8 million and $1.3 billion, respectively. In the nine months ended September 30, 2013, originations of held-for-investment loans totaled $8.1 billion, exceeding the year-earlier volume by $1.9 billion, or 31.2%.

Multi-family loans represented $5.6 billion of loans produced for investment in the current nine-month period, exceeding the year-earlier volume by $1.6 billion, or 39.7%. Included in the current nine-month amount were third quarter originations of $2.6 billion, exceeding the trailing-quarter volume by $1.2 billion and the year-earlier third-quarter volume by $976.9 million. The marked increases were attributable to the continued improvement in the local (i.e., Metro New York) real estate market, where transaction activity has been particularly robust.

Commercial real estate (“CRE”) loans represented $1.3 billion of loans produced for investment in the current nine-month period, $407.1 million less than the volume produced in the first nine months of 2012. Included in the current nine-month amount were third quarter originations of $273.0 million, reflecting sequential and year-over-year declines of $397.3 million and $19.2 million, respectively.

The following table provides additional information about the multi-family and CRE loan portfolios:


(dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2013			June 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Multi-Family Loan Portfolio:
Loans outstanding		$20,197,158			$19,239,079			$18,605,185
Percent of held-for-investment loans		69.2	%		68.6	%		68.2	%
Average loan size		$4,477			$4,276			$4,107
Expected weighted average life		3.0	years		3.0	years		2.9	years

Commercial Real Estate Loan Portfolio:
Loans outstanding		$7,246,698			$7,311,516			$7,436,950
Percent of held-for-investment loans		24.8	%		26.1	%		27.3	%
Average loan size		$4,658			$4,603			$4,571
Expected weighted average life		3.2	years		3.3	years		3.4	years

Also included in loans held for investment at the end of September were acquisition, development, and construction loans of $401.9 million; one-to-four family loans of $490.8 million; and commercial and industrial (“C&I”) loans of $793.6 million, after nine-month originations of $127.5 million, $333.6 million, and $695.6 million, respectively. Included in the latter amount were third-quarter C&I loan originations of $300.8 million; of this amount, $86.8 million consisted of specialty finance loans.

With refinancing activity largely constrained by higher interest rates in the residential real estate market, the outstanding balance of loans held for sale fell 62.8% and 76.6%, respectively, to $281.3 million, from $756.6 million and $1.2 billion, respectively, at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The average balance of loans held for sale was $451.0 million in the current third quarter, down $317.2 million, or 41.3%, from the trailing-quarter average and $644.4 million, or 58.8%, from the average in the third quarter of 2012. In the first nine months of 2013 and 2012, the Company originated loans held for sale of $5.5 billion and $7.9 billion, including third-quarter originations of $1.1 billion and $2.9 billion, respectively.

Primarily reflecting repayments, loans acquired in FDIC-assisted transactions declined $133.4 million and $385.3 million, respectively, to $2.9 billion, from the balances recorded at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. Covered loans thus represented 9.0% of total loans at the end of September, down from 9.5% and 10.3%, respectively, at the earlier period-ends.

In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, accretion on the covered loan portfolio was $38.2 million and $118.5 million, respectively.

The Company currently has a loan pipeline of approximately $3.0 billion, including loans held for investment of approximately $2.5 billion and one-to‐four family loans held for sale of approximately $535.0 million.

The following discussion pertains only to the Company's portfolio of non-covered loans held for investment and non-covered other real estate owned ("OREO").

The table on the following page reflects the improvements in the balances of non-performing non-covered loans and assets over the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.



(dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2013		June 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Non-Performing Non-Covered Assets:
Non-accrual non-covered mortgage loans:
Multi-family		$ 69,016		$112,904		$163,460
Commercial real estate		34,475		30,329		56,863
Acquisition, development, and construction		3,629		6,737		12,091
One-to-four family		10,663		10,881		10,945
Total non-accrual non-covered mortgage loans		$117,783		$160,851		$243,359
Other non-accrual non-covered loans		6,581		6,242		17,971
Total non-performing non-covered loans		$124,364		$167,093		$261,330
Non-covered other real estate owned		72,491		84,478		29,300
Total non-performing non-covered assets		$196,855		$251,571		$290,630

The level of net charge-offs also reflected improvement, amounting to $4.4 million in the current third quarter, down from $4.7 million and $8.9 million, respectively, in the trailing and year-earlier three months. Net charge-offs thus represented 0.01% of average loans (non-annualized) in the current third quarter, consistent with the trailing-quarter measure and an improvement from 0.03% in the three months ended September 30, 2012.

In addition, the balance of loans 30 to 89 days past due was dramatically lower at the end of September than it was at June 30th and December 31st. Specifically, loans 30 to 89 days past due fell to $9.9 million at the close of the current third quarter, from $39.7 million and $27.6 million, respectively, at the earlier dates. As a result, total delinquencies (i.e., the sum of non-performing non-covered assets and non-covered loans 30 to 89 days past due) fell $84.6 million, or 29.0%, on a linked-quarter basis, to $206.7 million; the nine-month decline was $111.5 million, or 35.0%.

The following table presents the Company's asset quality measures at or for the three months ended September 30, 2013, June 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012:


	September 30, 2013			June 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Non-performing non-covered loans to total
non-covered loans		0.43	%		0.60	%		0.96	%
Non-performing non-covered assets to total
non-covered assets		0.46			0.61			0.71
Net charge-offs during the period to average loans
during the period (non-annualized)		0.01			0.01			0.01
Allowance for losses on non-covered loans to non-
performing non-covered loans		113.63			84.20			53.93
Allowance for losses on non-covered loans to total
non-covered loans		0.48			0.50			0.52

Largely reflecting an increase in government-sponsored enterprise (“GSE”) obligations, securities rose $1.1 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively, to $7.1 billion, over the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The September 30th balance was equivalent to 15.5% of total assets; the comparable measures were 13.4% and 11.1%, respectively, at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. Securities held to maturity represented $6.8 billion, or 95.7%, of total securities at the end of September; in addition, GSE obligations represented 94.6% of total securities at that date.

Deposits totaled $25.3 billion at the end of September, rising $21.5 million from the June 30th balance and $431.8 million from the balance at December 31, 2012. The September 30th balance represented 55.3% of total assets, as compared to 57.2% and 56.4%, respectively, at the earlier dates.

The three-month rise in deposits was driven by a $511.8 million increase in NOW and money market accounts to $9.9 billion, together with a $414.9 million increase in savings accounts to $5.8 billion. The combined increase was largely offset by a $765.5 million decline in certificates of deposit (“CDs”) to $7.1 billion, coupled with a $139.7 million decline in non-interest-bearing accounts to $2.4 billion. The nine-month increase in deposits was driven by similar factors, with NOW and money market accounts rising $1.2 billion and savings accounts rising $1.6 billion, only to be tempered by the combination of a $2.0 billion reduction in CDs and a $378.4 million reduction in non-interest-bearing accounts.

In concert with the sequential rise in interest-earning assets, the Company increased its use of wholesale borrowings in the third quarter of this year. Wholesale borrowings totaled $14.2 billion at the end of September, a $1.6 billion increase from the June 30th balance and a $1.1 billion increase from the balance at December 31, 2012. The September 30th balance represented 31.0% of total assets; the comparable measures were 28.6% and 29.6% at the earlier period-ends.

The Company recorded stockholders’ equity of $5.7 billion at the end of the current third quarter, an $8.6 million increase from the June 30th balance and a $40.8 million increase from the balance at year-end 2012. Similarly, tangible stockholders’ equity rose $12.7 million and $53.5 million, respectively, to $3.2 billion, over the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. Reflecting the respective increases, book value per share rose to $12.92 at the end of September and tangible book value per share rose to $7.35. ⁽²⁾

In addition, the regulatory capital ratios for both New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank (together, the “Banks”) continued to exceed the federal requirements for “well capitalized” classification, as indicated in the table on the last page of this release. Furthermore, if the Basel III Capital Rules, as fully phased in, had been effective at the end of September, it is management’s expectation that the Company and the Banks would have met all capital adequacy requirements under such rules at that date.

The Company generated GAAP earnings of $114.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, in the current third quarter, as compared to $122.5 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, in the second quarter of this year. The reduction in earnings was primarily due to lower mortgage banking income, as a further rise in residential mortgage interest rates in the current third quarter continued to discourage refinancing activity. The impact of the decline in mortgage banking income was, to a large degree, tempered by the benefits of strong prepayment penalty income and robust production in the Company’s multi-family lending niche.

Net interest income totaled $294.2 million in the current third quarter, down $5.7 million from the level recorded in the second quarter of this year. The linked-quarter decrease was attributable to an $8.9 million decline in interest income to $427.7 million, which was tempered by a $3.2 million decline in interest expense to $133.4 million. In addition, the Company’s net interest margin was 3.04% in the current third quarter, as compared to 3.15% in the trailing three-month period.

The following factors contributed to the linked-quarter declines in the Company’s net interest income and margin:

In the third quarter of 2013, the Company recorded a provision for losses on non-covered loans of $5.0 million, consistent with the provision recorded in the second quarter of this year.

By comparison, the Company increased the provision for losses on covered loans to $9.5 million in the current third quarter from $4.6 million in the trailing three-month period. The increase was attributable to a decline in the credit quality of certain loan pools that were acquired in the Company’s FDIC-assisted transactions. Because such loans are covered by FDIC loss sharing agreements, the respective loan loss provisions were partly offset by FDIC indemnification income of $7.6 million and $3.7 million, recorded in non-interest income in the corresponding periods.

Non-interest income totaled $50.7 million in the current third quarter, down $3.0 million from the trailing-quarter amount. The decrease was primarily due to a $7.0 million decline in mortgage banking income to $16.2 million and, to a lesser extent, a $1.2 million decline in other non-interest income to $8.2 million. The impact of these reductions was partly offset by a $3.9 million increase in FDIC indemnification income, as previously noted, and, to a lesser extent, an $896,000 increase in net securities gains to $1.0 million.

While mortgage banking income continues to represent the Company’s largest source of non-interest income, the level has been adversely impacted by a decline in refinancing activity, as the rise in residential mortgage interest rates has dramatically dampened loan demand. As a result, income from originations accounted for $5.8 million of mortgage banking income in the current third quarter, an $11.3 million, or 65.9%, decline from the trailing-quarter amount. The latter decline was partly offset by an increase in servicing income, which was $10.4 million in the current third quarter and $6.1 million in the trailing three months.

Non-interest expense declined $1.3 million from the level recorded in the trailing quarter, to $150.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2013. Operating expenses represented $146.2 million of the current third-quarter total, down $1.3 million from the trailing-quarter amount.

The linked-quarter decline in operating expenses was largely attributable to a $1.1 million reduction in general and administrative expense to $44.8 million. Compensation and benefits expense fell modestly, to $77.1 million, exceeding a more modest rise in occupancy and equipment expense, to $24.3 million.

Income tax expense totaled $66.0 million in the current third quarter, reflecting pre-tax income of $180.2 million and an effective tax rate of 36.61%.

With assets of $45.8 billion at September 30, 2013, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is currently the 20th largest bank holding company in the nation and a leading producer of multi‐family mortgage loans in New York City, with an emphasis on apartment buildings that feature below‐market rents. The Company has two bank subsidiaries: New York Community Bank, a thrift, with 237 branches serving customers throughout Metro New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, and Arizona; and New York Commercial Bank, with 35 branches serving customers in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York.

Reflecting its growth through a series of acquisitions, the Community Bank operates through seven local divisions, each with a history of service and strength: Queens County Savings Bank in Queens; Roslyn Savings Bank on Long Island; Richmond County Savings Bank on Staten Island; Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn; Garden State Community Bank in New Jersey; Ohio Savings Bank in Ohio; and AmTrust Bank in Florida and Arizona. Similarly, the Commercial Bank operates 18 of its branches under the divisional name Atlantic Bank. Additional information about the Company and its bank subsidiaries is available at www.myNYCB.com and www.NewYorkCommercialBank.com.

As previously announced, the Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss its third quarter 2013 performance and strategies. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (866) 952-1907 (for domestic calls) or (785) 424-1826 (for international calls) and providing the following access code: 3Q13NYCB. A replay will be available approximately two hours following completion of the call through midnight on October 27th, and may be accessed by calling (800) 723-0532 (domestic) or (402) 220-2655 (international) and providing the same access code. The conference call also will be webcast at ir.myNYCB.com, and archived through 5:00 p.m. on November 20, 2013.

This earnings release and the associated conference call may include forward‐looking statements by the Company and our authorized officers pertaining to such matters as our goals, intentions, and expectations regarding revenues, earnings, loan production, asset quality, capital levels, and acquisitions, among other matters; our estimates of future costs and benefits of the actions we may take; our assessments of probable losses on loans; our assessments of interest rate and other market risks; and our ability to achieve our financial and other strategic goals.

Forward-looking statements are typically identified by such words as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” and other similar words and expressions, and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, which change over time. Additionally, forward‐looking statements speak only as of the date they are made; the Company does not assume any duty, and does not undertake, to update our forward‐looking statements. Furthermore, because forward‐looking statements are subject to assumptions and uncertainties, actual results or future events could differ, possibly materially, from those anticipated in our statements, and our future performance could differ materially from our historical results.

Our forward‐looking statements are subject to the following principal risks and uncertainties: general economic conditions and trends, either nationally or locally; conditions in the securities markets; changes in interest rates; changes in deposit flows, and in the demand for deposit, loan, and investment products and other financial services; changes in real estate values; changes in the quality or composition of our loan or investment portfolios; changes in competitive pressures among financial institutions or from non‐financial institutions; our ability to retain key members of management; our ability to successfully integrate any assets, liabilities, customers, systems, and management personnel we may acquire into our operations, and our ability to realize related revenue synergies and cost savings within expected time frames; changes in legislation, regulations, and policies; and a variety of other matters which, by their nature, are subject to significant uncertainties and/or are beyond our control.

Greater detail regarding some of these factors is provided in our Form 10‐K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and our Forms 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, including in the Risk Factors section of these and other SEC reports. Our forward‐looking statements may also be subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those we may discuss elsewhere in this news release, on our conference call, during investor presentations, or in our SEC filings, which are accessible on our website and at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION (in thousands, except share data)

	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
	(unaudited)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,253,562		$	2,427,258
Securities:
Available-for-sale		305,703			429,266
Held-to-maturity		6,777,715			4,484,262
Total securities		7,083,418			4,913,528
Loans held for sale		281,289			1,204,370
Non-covered mortgage loans held for investment:
Multi-family		20,197,158			18,605,185
Commercial real estate		7,246,698			7,436,950
One-to-four family		490,829			203,434
Acquisition, development, and construction		401,873			397,288
Total non-covered mortgage loans held for investment		28,336,558			26,642,857
Non-covered other loans held for investment		836,838			641,607
Total non-covered loans held for investment		29,173,396			27,284,464
Less: Allowance for losses on non-covered loans		(141,314	)		(140,948	)
Non-covered loans held for investment, net		29,032,082			27,143,516
Covered loans		2,898,803			3,284,061
Less: Allowance for losses on covered loans		(69,897	)		(51,311	)
Covered loans, net		2,828,906			3,232,750
Total loans, net		32,142,277			31,580,636
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost		552,830			469,145
Premises and equipment, net		264,470			264,149
FDIC loss share receivable		516,008			566,479
Goodwill		2,436,131			2,436,131
Core deposit intangibles, net		19,305			32,024
Other assets (includes $34,565 and $45,115, respectively, of other real estate owned covered
by loss sharing agreements)		1,496,132			1,455,750
Total assets	$	45,764,133		$	44,145,100

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Deposits:
NOW and money market accounts	$	9,949,689		$	8,783,795
Savings accounts		5,838,552			4,213,972
Certificates of deposit		7,140,653			9,120,914
Non-interest-bearing accounts		2,380,456			2,758,840
Total deposits		25,309,350			24,877,521
Borrowed funds:
Wholesale borrowings		14,203,070			13,067,974
Other borrowings		362,372			362,217
Total borrowed funds		14,565,442			13,430,191
Other liabilities		192,296			181,124
Total liabilities		40,067,088			38,488,836
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock at par $0.01 (5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued)		--			--
Common stock at par $0.01 (600,000,000 shares authorized; 440,873,285 and 439,133,951
shares issued, and 440,868,895 and 439,050,966 shares outstanding, respectively)		4,409			4,391
Paid-in capital in excess of par		5,339,501			5,327,111
Retained earnings		412,742			387,534
Treasury stock, at cost (4,390 and 82,985 shares, respectively)		(65	)		(1,067	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Net unrealized gain on securities available for sale, net of tax		2,762			12,614
Net unrealized loss on the non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment
losses, net of tax		(5,968	)		(13,525	)
Pension and post-retirement obligations, net of tax		(56,336	)		(60,794	)
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax		(59,542	)		(61,705	)
Total stockholders’ equity		5,697,045			5,656,264
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	45,764,133		$	44,145,100



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	Sept. 30,		June 30,		Sept. 30,		Sept. 30,		Sept. 30,
	2013		2013		2012		2013		2012
Interest Income:
Mortgage and other loans	$	370,341	$	388,156	$	394,935	$	1,125,496	$	1,199,600
Securities and money market investments		57,334		48,418		47,776		151,560		144,729
Total interest income		427,675		436,574		442,711		1,277,056		1,344,329

Interest Expense:
NOW and money market accounts		8,613		9,777		9,106		27,565		27,196
Savings accounts		6,285		5,206		3,288		15,512		10,349
Certificates of deposit		20,206		21,782		23,516		64,223		70,725
Borrowed funds		98,340		99,925		121,851		300,465		366,039
Total interest expense		133,444		136,690		157,761		407,765		474,309
Net interest income		294,231		299,884		284,950		869,291		870,020
Provision for losses on non-covered loans		5,000		5,000		10,000		15,000		40,000
Provision for losses on covered loans		9,467		4,618		2,820		18,587		21,268
Net interest income after provisions
for loan losses		279,764		290,266		272,130		835,704		808,752

Non-Interest Income:
Mortgage banking income		16,205		23,216		52,581		65,530		146,069
Fee income		9,799		9,961		9,427		28,532		28,618
Bank-owned life insurance		7,916		7,337		6,781		22,506		23,168
Gain on sales of securities		1,019		123		510		17,764		1,369
FDIC indemnification income		7,573		3,694		2,256		14,869		17,015
Other income		8,212		9,414		10,102		30,819		25,619
Total non-interest income		50,724		53,745		81,657		180,020		241,858

Non-Interest Expense:
Operating expenses:
Compensation and benefits		77,083		77,400		74,416		237,989		221,624
Occupancy and equipment		24,342		24,159		22,956		72,101		68,089
General and administrative		44,785		45,925		51,094		135,279		154,280
Total operating expenses		146,210		147,484		148,466		445,369		443,993
Amortization of core deposit intangibles		4,117		4,181		4,855		12,719		14,934
Total non-interest expense		150,327		151,665		153,321		458,088		458,927
Income before income taxes		180,161		192,346		200,466		557,636		591,683
Income tax expense		65,961		69,829		71,668		202,244		213,420
Net Income	$	114,200	$	122,517	$	128,798	$	355,392	$	378,263

Basic earnings per share	$0.26		$0.28		$0.29		$0.80		$0.86
Diluted earnings per share	$0.26		$0.28		$0.29		$0.80		$0.86

NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP EARNINGS AND NON-GAAP EARNINGS (CASH EARNINGS)
(unaudited)

Although cash earnings are not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we believe that they are important because of their contribution to tangible stockholders’ equity. (Please see the discussion and reconciliations of stockholders’ equity and tangible stockholders’ equity that appear under “Reconciliations of GAAP and Non-GAAP Capital Measures” on page 11 of this release.) We calculate cash earnings by adding back to GAAP earnings certain items that have been charged against them but that are added to, rather than subtracted from, tangible stockholders’ equity. For this reason, we believe that cash earnings, although non-GAAP, are useful to investors seeking to evaluate our financial performance and to compare our performance with that of other companies in the banking industry that also report cash earnings.

Cash earnings should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income, cash flows from operating activities, or other income or cash flow statement data calculated in accordance with GAAP. Moreover, the manner in which we calculate cash earnings may differ from that of other companies reporting non-GAAP measures with similar names.

Reconciliations of our GAAP and cash earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2013, June 30, 2013, and September 30, 2012, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, follow:


(in thousands, except per share data)	For the Three Months Ended									For the Nine Months Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	Sept. 30, 2013			June 30, 2013			Sept. 30, 2012			Sept. 30, 2013			Sept. 30, 2012
GAAP Earnings	$	114,200		$	122,517		$	128,798		$	355,392		$	378,263
Additional contributions to tangible stockholders’ equity: ⁽¹⁾
Amortization and appreciation of shares held in stock-
related benefit plans		5,663			5,426			5,140			16,626			15,476
Associated tax effects		483			378			375			797			340
Amortization of core deposit intangibles		4,117			4,181			4,855			12,719			14,934
Total additional contributions to tangible stockholders’ equity ⁽¹⁾		10,263			9,985			10,370			30,142			30,750
Cash earnings	$	124,463		$	132,502		$	139,168		$	385,534		$	409,013

Diluted GAAP Earnings per Share	$0.26			$0.28			$0.29			$0.80			$0.86
Add back:
Amortization and appreciation of shares held in stock-
related benefit plans		0.01			0.01			0.02			0.04			0.04
Associated tax effects		--			--			--			0.01			--
Amortization of core deposit intangibles		0.01			0.01			0.01			0.03			0.03
Total additions		0.02			0.02			0.03			0.08			0.07
Diluted cash earnings per share	$0.28			$0.30			$0.32			$0.88			$0.93

Cash Earnings Data:
Cash return on average assets		1.12	%		1.21	%		1.29	%		1.17	%		1.29	%
Cash return on average tangible assets ⁽¹⁾		1.19			1.28			1.37			1.24			1.37
Cash return on average stockholders’ equity		8.89			9.45			10.02			9.16			9.84
Cash return on average tangible stockholders’ equity ⁽¹⁾		15.85			16.85			18.06			16.32			17.82
Cash efficiency ratio ⁽²⁾		40.74			40.17			39.10			40.86			38.54

NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP CAPITAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

Although tangible stockholders’ equity, adjusted tangible stockholders’ equity, tangible assets, and adjusted tangible assets are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, management uses these non-GAAP capital measures in their analysis of our financial performance. We believe that these non-GAAP capital measures are an important indication of our ability to grow both organically and through business combinations, and, with respect to tangible stockholders’ equity and adjusted tangible stockholders’ equity, our ability to pay dividends and to engage in various capital management strategies.

Tangible stockholders’ equity, adjusted tangible stockholders’ equity, tangible assets, adjusted tangible assets, and the related non-GAAP capital measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for stockholders’ equity, total assets, or any other measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. Moreover, the manner in which we calculate these non-GAAP measures may differ from that of other companies reporting non-GAAP measures with similar names.

Reconciliations of our stockholders’ equity, tangible stockholders’ equity, and adjusted tangible stockholders’ equity; total assets, tangible assets, and adjusted tangible assets; and the related measures at or for the three months ended September 30, 2013, June 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, and the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, follow:


	At or for the									At or for the
	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	Sept. 30,			June 30,			Dec. 31,			Sept. 30,			Sept. 30,
	2013			2013			2012			2013			2012
(in thousands)
Total Stockholders’ Equity	$	5,697,045		$	5,688,461		$	5,656,264		$	5,697,045		$	5,642,465
Less: Goodwill		(2,436,131	)		(2,436,131	)		(2,436,131	)		(2,436,131	)		(2,436,131	)
Core deposit intangibles		(19,305	)		(23,422	)		(32,024	)		(19,305	)		(36,734	)
Tangible stockholders’ equity	$	3,241,609		$	3,228,908		$	3,188,109		$	3,241,609		$	3,169,600

Total Assets	$	45,764,133		$	44,185,838		$	44,145,100		$	45,764,133		$	44,093,795
Less: Goodwill		(2,436,131	)		(2,436,131	)		(2,436,131	)		(2,436,131	)		(2,436,131	)
Core deposit intangibles		(19,305	)		(23,422	)		(32,024	)		(19,305	)		(36,734	)
Tangible assets	$	43,308,697		$	41,726,285		$	41,676,945		$	43,308,697		$	41,620,930

Tangible Stockholders’ Equity	$	3,241,609		$	3,228,908		$	3,188,109		$	3,241,609		$	3,169,600
Add back: Accumulated other comprehensive loss,
net of tax		59,542			57,805			61,705			59,542			57,674
Adjusted tangible stockholders’ equity	$	3,301,151		$	3,286,713		$	3,249,814		$	3,301,151		$	3,227,274

Tangible Assets	$	43,308,697		$	41,726,285		$	41,676,945		$	43,308,697		$	41,620,930
Add back: Accumulated other comprehensive loss,
net of tax		59,542			57,805			61,705			59,542			57,674
Adjusted tangible assets	$	43,368,239		$	41,784,090		$	41,738,650		$	43,368,239		$	41,678,604

Average Stockholders’ Equity	$	5,599,495		$	5,607,616		$	5,498,040		$	5,612,547		$	5,542,140
Less: Average goodwill and core deposit intangibles		(2,458,145	)		(2,462,265	)		(2,471,204	)		(2,462,313	)		(2,480,980	)
Average tangible stockholders’ equity	$	3,141,350		$	3,145,351		$	3,026,836		$	3,150,234		$	3,061,160

Average Assets	$	44,343,284		$	43,860,167		$	43,087,846		$	43,819,599		$	42,293,878
Less: Average goodwill and core deposit intangibles		(2,458,145	)		(2,462,265	)		(2,471,204	)		(2,462,313	)		(2,480,980	)
Average tangible assets	$	41,885,139		$	41,397,902		$	40,616,642		$	41,357,286		$	39,812,898

Net Income	$114,200			$122,517			$122,843			$355,392			$378,263
Add back: Amortization of core deposit intangibles,
net of tax		2,470			2,509			2,826			7,632			8,960
Adjusted net income	$116,670			$125,026			$125,669			$363,024			$387,223



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS (dollars in thousands) (unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2013						June 30, 2013
					Average						Average
	Average				Yield/		Average				Yield/
	Balance		Interest		Cost		Balance		Interest		Cost
Assets:
Interest-earning assets:
Mortgage and other loans, net	$	31,510,340	$	370,341	4.70	%	$	31,941,012	$	388,156	4.86	%
Securities and money market investments		7,335,838		57,334	3.11			6,051,650		48,418	3.19
Total interest-earning assets		38,846,178		427,675	4.40			37,992,662		436,574	4.60
Non-interest-earning assets		5,497,106						5,867,505
Total assets	$	44,343,284					$	43,860,167
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity:
Interest-bearing deposits:
NOW and money market accounts	$	9,433,792	$	8,613	0.36	%	$	9,299,177	$	9,777	0.42	%
Savings accounts		5,799,629		6,285	0.43			5,045,908		5,206	0.41
Certificates of deposit		7,335,210		20,206	1.09			8,416,283		21,782	1.04
Total interest-bearing deposits		22,568,631		35,104	0.62			22,761,368		36,765	0.65
Borrowed funds		13,437,190		98,340	2.90			12,456,990		99,925	3.22
Total interest-bearing liabilities		36,005,821		133,444	1.47			35,218,358		136,690	1.56
Non-interest-bearing deposits		2,449,792						2,793,703
Other liabilities		288,176						240,490
Total liabilities		38,743,789						38,252,551
Stockholders’ equity		5,599,495						5,607,616
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	44,343,284					$	43,860,167
Net interest income/interest rate spread			$	294,231	2.93	%			$	299,884	3.04	%
Net interest margin					3.04	%					3.15	%
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-
bearing liabilities					1.08	x					1.08	x

Core deposits ⁽¹⁾	$17,683,213		$14,898		0.33	%	$17,138,788		$14,983		0.35	%



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS (dollars in thousands) (unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2013						2012
					Average						Average
	Average				Yield/		Average				Yield/
	Balance		Interest		Cost		Balance		Interest		Cost
Assets:
Interest-earning assets:
Mortgage and other loans, net	$	31,510,340	$	370,341	4.70	%	$	30,916,239	$	394,935	5.11	%
Securities and money market investments		7,335,838		57,334	3.11			5,182,436		47,776	3.69
Total interest-earning assets		38,846,178		427,675	4.40			36,098,675		442,711	4.90
Non-interest-earning assets		5,497,106						7,106,401
Total assets	$	44,343,284					$	43,205,076
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity:
Interest-bearing deposits:
NOW and money market accounts	$	9,433,792	$	8,613	0.36	%	$	8,842,331	$	9,106	0.41	%
Savings accounts		5,799,629		6,285	0.43			4,127,076		3,288	0.32
Certificates of deposit		7,335,210		20,206	1.09			9,472,750		23,516	0.99
Total interest-bearing deposits		22,568,631		35,104	0.62			22,442,157		35,910	0.64
Borrowed funds		13,437,190		98,340	2.90			12,354,988		121,851	3.92
Total interest-bearing liabilities		36,005,821		133,444	1.47			34,797,145		157,761	1.80
Non-interest-bearing deposits		2,449,792						2,555,893
Other liabilities		288,176						294,345
Total liabilities		38,743,789						37,647,383
Stockholders’ equity		5,599,495						5,557,693
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	44,343,284					$	43,205,076
Net interest income/interest rate spread			$	294,231	2.93	%			$	284,950	3.10	%
Net interest margin					3.04	%					3.17	%
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-
bearing liabilities					1.08	x					1.04	x

Core deposits ⁽¹⁾	$	17,683,213		$14,898	0.33	%	$	15,525,300		$12,394	0.32	%



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS (dollars in thousands) (unaudited)

	For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2013						September 30, 2012
					Average						Average
	Average				Yield/		Average				Yield/
	Balance		Interest		Cost		Balance		Interest		Cost
Assets:
Interest-earning assets:
Mortgage and other loans, net	$	31,688,402	$	1,125,496	4.74	%	$	30,764,635	$	1,199,600	5.20	%
Securities and money market investments		6,283,197		151,560	3.21			5,076,957		144,729	3.80
Total interest-earning assets		37,971,599		1,277,056	4.48			35,841,592		1,344,329	5.00
Non-interest-earning assets		5,848,000						6,452,286
Total assets	$	43,819,599					$	42,293,878
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity:
Interest-bearing deposits:
NOW and money market accounts	$	9,235,741	$	27,565	0.40	%	$	8,816,279	$	27,196	0.41	%
Savings accounts		5,122,937		15,512	0.40			4,063,996		10,349	0.34
Certificates of deposit		8,198,470		64,223	1.05			8,183,101		70,725	1.15
Total interest-bearing deposits		22,557,148		107,300	0.64			21,063,376		108,270	0.69
Borrowed funds		12,762,357		300,465	3.15			12,917,141		366,039	3.78
Total interest-bearing liabilities		35,319,505		407,765	1.54			33,980,517		474,309	1.86
Non-interest-bearing deposits		2,638,304						2,495,421
Other liabilities		249,243						275,800
Total liabilities		38,207,052						36,751,738
Stockholders’ equity		5,612,547						5,542,140
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	43,819,599					$	42,293,878
Net interest income/interest rate spread			$869,291		2.94	%			$870,020		3.14	%
Net interest margin					3.05	%					3.23	%
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-
bearing liabilities					1.08	x					1.05	x

Core deposits ⁽¹⁾	$16,996,982		$43,077		0.34	%	$15,375,696		$37,545		0.33	%



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) (unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	Sept. 30,		June 30,		Sept. 30,		Sept. 30,		Sept. 30,
	2013		2013		2012		2013		2012
GAAP EARNINGS DATA:
Net income	$114,200		$122,517		$128,798		$355,392		$378,263
Basic earnings per share	0.26		0.28		0.29		0.80		0.86
Diluted earnings per share	0.26		0.28		0.29		0.80		0.86
Return on average assets	1.03	%	1.12	%	1.19	%	1.08	%	1.19	%
Return on average tangible assets ⁽¹⁾	1.11		1.21		1.29		1.17		1.30
Return on average stockholders’ equity	8.16		8.74		9.27		8.44		9.10
Return on average tangible stockholders’ equity ⁽¹⁾	14.86		15.90		17.10		15.36		16.87
Efficiency ratio ⁽²⁾	42.39		41.71		40.50		42.44		39.93
Operating expenses to average assets	1.32		1.35		1.37		1.36		1.40
Interest rate spread	2.93		3.04		3.10		2.94		3.14
Net interest margin	3.04		3.15		3.17		3.05		3.23
Effective tax rate	36.61		36.30		35.75		36.27		36.07
Shares used for basic EPS computation	439,435,579		439,452,048		437,787,688		439,199,487		437,692,411
Shares used for diluted EPS computation	439,435,579		439,455,346		437,793,352		439,203,458		437,697,437

CONTACT:
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
Investors:
Ilene A. Angarola, 516-683-4420
or
Media:
Kelly Maude Leung, 516-683-4032

ITEM 2.02:	Results of Operations and Financial Condition

	On October 23, 2013, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release reporting its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

ITEM 7.01:	Regulation FD Disclosure

	On October 23, 2013, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a $0.25 per share dividend, payable on November 19, 2013 to shareholders of record as of November 7, 2013. The announcement was included as part of the press release issued by the Company on October 23rd and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference to Exhibit 99.1 (but only with respect to the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 regarding the announcement of the dividend declaration, and not with respect to any information furnished under Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K.)

ITEM 9.01:	Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)	Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is the press release issued by the Company on October 23, 2013, reporting its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Date:	October 23, 2013	NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

		/s/ Ilene A. Angarola
		Ilene A. Angarola
		Executive Vice President
		and Director, Investor Relations

Exhibit Number	Description

Exhibit 99.1	Press release issued by the Company on October 23, 2013.



Footnotes to the Text

(1)			Cash earnings and the related profitability measures are non-GAAP financial measures. Please see the reconciliations of our GAAP earnings and cash earnings on page 10 of this release.
(2)			Tangible assets and tangible stockholders’ equity are non-GAAP capital measures. Please see the reconciliations of our GAAP and non-GAAP capital measures on page 11 of this release.

(1)			Tangible assets and tangible stockholders’ equity are non-GAAP capital measures. Please see the reconciliations of our GAAP and non-GAAP capital measures that appear on page 11 of this release.
(2)			We calculate our cash efficiency ratio by excluding the amortization and appreciation of shares held in our stock-related benefit plans from our operating expenses and dividing the resultant amount by the sum of our net interest income and non-interest income.

(1)			Refers to all deposits other than certificates of deposit.

(1)			Tangible assets and tangible stockholders’ equity are non-GAAP capital measures. Please see the reconciliations of our GAAP and non-GAAP capital measures on page 11 of this release.
(2)			We calculate our GAAP efficiency ratio by dividing our operating expenses by the sum of our net interest income and non-interest income.

(1)			The minimum regulatory requirements for classification as a well capitalized institution are a leverage capital ratio of 5.00%; a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.00%; and a total risk-based capital ratio of 10.00%.