-----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, UHWE/pnHTiETeYA4xjtCbpf7BIgMP8FhDT9Wu2BjbcDyTQ3OTkPW/Hw1GuDeQ+VB qCMFKFkumGumKhkkNV3G8A== 0000891092-04-004338.txt : 20040902 0000891092-04-004338.hdr.sgml : 20040902 20040902121150 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891092-04-004338 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040830 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20040902 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20040902 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000910322 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 113170868 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11967 FILM NUMBER: 041012937 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE ASTORIA FEDERAL PLAZA CITY: LAKE SUCCESS STATE: NY ZIP: 11042-1085 BUSINESS PHONE: 5163273000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE ASTORIA FEDERAL PLAZA CITY: LAKE SUCCESS STATE: NY ZIP: 11042-1085 8-K 1 e18992_8k.txt FORM 8-K ================================================================================ UNITED STATES 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): August 30, 2004 ---------- ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ---------- Delaware 0-22228 11-3170868 (State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File (IRS Employer incorporation or organization) Number) Identification No.) ONE ASTORIA FEDERAL PLAZA, LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK 11042-1085 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (516) 327-3000 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(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b)) [ ] 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)) ================================================================================ ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7 NOT APPLICABLE. Item 8.01. Other Events. On September 2, 2004, Astoria Financial Corporation (the "Corporation") issued a press release stating that, on August 30, 2004, the Corporation was notified by the American Arbitration Association that an Award of Arbitration (the "Award") had been made in an arbitration concerning a compensation dispute between the Corporation and three former directors (the "Claimants") of Long Island Bancorp, Inc., which was acquired by the Corporation in 1998. The Claimants and the Corporation entered into an Arbitration Agreement, dated January 15, 2003, pursuant to which the matter was referred to the American Arbitration Association for resolution. Pursuant to the award, Astoria will incur an after-tax charge of approximately $2.1 million, or approximately $0.03 per diluted share, in the quarter ending September 30, 2004. The Award represents a final disposition of the dispute under arbitration. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (c) Exhibits. The following Exhibit is filed as part of this report: Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated September 2, 2004. -2- SIGNATURE 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. ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: /s/ Alan P. Eggleston --------------------------------------- Alan P. Eggleston Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel Dated: September 2, 2004 -3- EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description - ------- ----------- 99.1 Press release dated September 2, 2004. -4- EX-99.2 2 e18992ex99_1.txt PRESS RELEASE Exhibit 99.1 Astoria Financial Corporation Ordered to Pay Arbitration Award LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF), the holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, announced today that it was notified by the American Arbitration Association that an Award of Arbitration had been made in an arbitration concerning a compensation dispute between Astoria and three former directors of Long Island Bancorp, Inc., ("LIB") which was acquired by Astoria in 1998. None of these former directors of LIB served as directors of Astoria Financial Corporation or Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association. The claimants and Astoria Financial entered into an Arbitration Agreement, dated January 15, 2003, pursuant to which the matter was referred to the American Arbitration Association for resolution. Pursuant to the award, Astoria will incur an after-tax charge of approximately $2.1 million, or approximately $0.03 per diluted share, in the quarter ending September 30, 2004. The award represents a final disposition of the dispute under arbitration. Astoria Financial Corporation, the holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association with assets of $22.3 billion, is the third largest thrift institution headquartered in New York and sixth largest in the United States. Astoria Federal embraces its philosophy of Putting people first by providing its 700,000 customers and the local communities it serves with quality financial products and services through 86 convenient banking office locations and multiple delivery channels, including its enhanced website, http://www.astoriafederal.com. Astoria commands the third largest deposit market share in the attractive Long Island market, which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties with a population exceeding that of 39 individual states. Astoria originates mortgage loans through its banking offices and loan production offices in New York, an extensive broker network in nineteen states, primarily the East Coast, and through correspondent relationships in forty-four states. SOURCE Astoria Financial Corporation -0- 09/02/2004 /CONTACT: Peter J. Cunningham, First Vice President, Investor Relations, Astoria Financial Corporation, +1-516-327-7877, ir@astoriafederal.com/ /Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/104529.html/ /Web site: http://ir.astoriafederal.com / (AF) CO: Astoria Financial Corporation ST: New York IN: FIN SU: -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----