FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and
for the year ended December 31, 2000
and Supplemental Schedules
FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Report of Independent Accountants
To the Directors' Examining Committee and
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan
benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for
benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for
benefits of the Flushing Savings Bank, FSB 401(k) Savings Plan in RSI Retirement
Trust (the "Plan") at December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the changes in net assets
available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2000 in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management; our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of Assets Held
for Investment Purposes is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and
is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary
information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for
Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management.
The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied
in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly
stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole.
October 12, 2001
FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
As of December 31, 2000 and 1999
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
For the year ended December 31, 2000
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
1. Description of Plan:
The following description of the Flushing Savings Bank, FSB 401(k) Savings Plan
in RSI Retirement Trust (the "Plan") provides only general information.
Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description
of the Plan's provisions.
a. General:
The Plan is a tax-deferred savings plan which began on September 1, 1987, and
covers all salaried employees of Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the "Bank") who
have completed one year of service and are twenty-one years of age or older. The
Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 ("ERISA").
b. Contributions:
Participant contributions can be no less than 2% nor greater than 10% of their
base compensation for each plan year and cannot exceed $10,500 annually for the
plan year ended December 31, 2000, adjusted as prescribed under the Internal
Revenue Code. The Bank will match 50% of each participant's basic contributions
up to a maximum of 3% of the participant's base compensation. Of the 50% match,
one half of the match will be invested into the Flushing Financial Corporation
Common Stock Fund. The remaining half of the match will be invested into
corresponding participant directed investment accounts. Currently, contributions
to the Plan are not subject to Federal, state, or local income taxes until
withdrawn from the Plan. Participant forfeitures serve to reduce the
contribution due from the Bank. Participant's may also contribute amounts
representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined
contribution plans.
c. Participant accounts:
Each participant's account is credited with the participant's contributions and
the Bank's matching contributions. The plan assets are segregated into eight
investment accounts: Core Equity Fund, Emerging Growth Equity Fund, Value Equity
Fund, Intermediate-Term Bond Fund, Actively Managed Bond Fund, Short-Term
Investment Fund, Retirement System Group Common Stock Fund and Flushing
Financial Corporation Common Stock Fund. The assets of the Flushing Financial
Corporation Common Stock Fund are held by HSBC Bank USA. The other plan assets
are held by the RSI Retirement Trust.
Certain assets are not allocated to the above investment accounts. Those
unallocated amounts represent contributions pending allocation to the designed
investment accounts. In accordance with the provisions of the Plan, net assets
are to be valued from time to time, but not less often than monthly, and the
increase or decrease in such value since the last valuation date is allocated
among the participants' accounts so as to preserve each participant's beneficial
interest in the Plan.
d. Vesting:
Participants are immediately 100 percent vested in their salary deferral
contributions plus earnings thereon. Vesting of employer contributions on behalf
of each participant is based on continuous years of service. A participant is
100 percent vested after six years of credited service. At December 31, 2000,
forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $1,641, which will be used to reduce future
employer contributions.
Continued
FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements, continued
e. Investment options:
Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct employee contributions in
one percent increments into the eight investment accounts. Thereafter, a
participant may direct investment changes in their accounts not more than once
per calendar quarter.
f. Payment of benefits:
Upon termination of service, a participant is entitled to receive a lump sum or,
in certain circumstances, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual installments, equal
to the value of his or her account to the extent such funds are vested.
g. Voting rights:
With respect to the Flushing Financial Corporation Common Stock Fund, each
participant is entitled to exercise voting rights attributable to the shares
allocated to his or her account and is notified by the Trustee prior to the time
that such rights are to be exercised. With respect to shares of stock credited
to participant accounts as to which the Trustee did not receive timely voting
instructions and shares of stock not credited to participant's account, the
Trustee shall vote all such shares of stock in the same proportion as were voted
shares as to which participants provided timely instructions. The shares held in
the Retirement System Group Common Stock Fund are voted at the discretion of the
Plan Sponsor. For the other stock funds, the shares are voted at the discretion
of the Plan Trustee.
h. Loans to participants:
Loans are made available to all participants on a uniform and nondiscriminatory
basis. All loans must be adequately collateralized and amortized over a period
not to exceed five years unless the loan is to purchase the principle residence
of a participant, in which case, the term cannot exceed ten years. Loans must
bear a reasonable rate of interest (currently prime rounded to the nearest one
quarter of one percent). Loans are limited by the Internal Revenue Code Section
72(p) and may not exceed the lesser of (i) 50% of the net value of a
participant's vested account balance or (ii) $50,000 reduced by the largest
outstanding loan balance in the Plan during the preceding 12 months. At December
31, 2000, outstanding loans bore interest rates in the range of 6.0% to
10.0%.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
a. Investment Valuation:
The Plan's investments are stated at fair value. Shares of registered investment
companies are valued at quoted market prices which represent the net asset value
of shares held by the Plan at year-end. Participant notes receivable are valued
at cost which approximates fair value.
The Plan presents in the statement of changes in net assets available for plan
benefits the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of its funds and
common stock, which consists of the realized gains or losses, unrealized
appreciation (depreciation) and dividend or interest income on securities held
by those funds. Dividend and interest income on investments held by the funds
are reinvested by each fund.
Continued
FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements, continued
b. Expenses:
The ordinary administrative expenses of the Plan, including compensation of the
Trustee and other administrative expenses of the Trustee, are paid from the Plan
unless paid by the Bank at its discretion. For the year ended December 31, 2000,
the Bank elected to pay the expenses of the Plan.
c. Other:
Interest income on loans is recorded as earned on an accrual basis.
d. Payment of benefits:
Benefit payments to participants are recorded upon distribution.
e. Estimates:
The preparation of the Plan's financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires the Plan Administrator to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for
benefits at the date of the financial statements and the changes in net assets
available for benefits during the period and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
f. Risks and uncertainties:
The Plan provides for various investment options in any combination of mutual
funds and other investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to
various risks, such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level
of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably
possible that changes in the values of investment will occur in the near term
and that such changes could materially affect participants' account balances and
the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.
3. Investments
The following presents investments that represent five percent or more of the
Plan's net assets.
Continued
FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements, continued
During 2000, the Plan's investments (including gains and losses on investments
bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value by
$295,503 as follows:
4. Plan Termination:
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Bank specifically
reserves the right, at any time, to terminate the Plan or to amend, in whole or
in part, any or all of the provisions of the Plan, subject to the provisions of
ERISA and approval of the Directors. In the event of termination or partial
termination of the Plan or upon complete discontinuance of contributions under
the Plan, the accounts of each affected participant shall become 100% vested and
fully distributable, in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and all income
tax regulations promulgated thereunder.
5. Federal Tax Status:
The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a signed
letter dated January 5, 1998 that the Plan and related trust are designed in
accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan has
been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan
administrator and the Plan's tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and
is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of
the Internal Revenue Code.
FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Item 4i - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
As of December 31, 2000
in RSI RETIREMENT TRUST
INDEX
Page(s)
Report of Independent Accountants 2
Financial statements:
Statements of net assets available for plan benefits
as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 3
Statements of changes in net assets available for benefits
for the year ended December 31, 2000 4
Notes to financial statements 5 - 8
Supplemental schedules:
Item 4i - Schedule of assets held for investment purposes
as of December 31, 2000 9
Benefits Committee of Flushing Financial Corporation
in RSI RETIREMENT TRUST
December 31, December 31,
2000 1999
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Assets:
Investments at fair value (Note 3) $5,120,565 $4,592,488
Participant loans 164,345 153,747
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Total assets 5,284,910 4,746,235
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Liabilities:
Benefits payable 332 271
Other liabilities 15,648 --
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Total liabilities 15,980 271
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Net assets available
for plan benefits $5,268,930 $4,745,964
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in RSI RETIREMENT TRUST
Additions:
Net appreciation in the fair value of investment $ 295,503
Contributions:
Employer, net of forfeitures 127,098
Participants 342,087
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Total additions 764,688
Deductions:
Distributions to participants 241,390
Benefits payable 332
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Net increase in net assets available for plan benefits 522,966
Net assets available for plan benefits - December 31, 1999 4,745,964
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Net assets available for plan benefits - December 31, 2000 $5,268,930
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in RSI RETIREMENT TRUST
in RSI RETIREMENT TRUST
in RSI RETIREMENT TRUST
December 31, December 31,
2000 1999
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Core Equity Fund, 14,669.699 and 13,767.506 shares, respectively $1,585,501 $1,577,205
Emerging Growth Equity Fund, 6,190.777 and 5,807.006 shares, respectively 670,461 696,202
Value Equity Fund, 7,700.862 and 6,932.797 shares, respectively 705,322 539,926
Short Term Investment Fund, 12,885.213 and 14,062.734 shares, respectively 322,001 330,474
Flushing Financial Corporation common Stock Fund, 87,297 and
82,047 shares, respectively 1,577,191 1,266,818
in RSI RETIREMENT TRUST
Flushing Financial Corporation Common Stock Fund $ 313,162
Value Equity Fund 103,406
Short-term Investment Fund 21,595
Actively Managed Bond Fund 14,536
Intermediate-term Bond Fund 5,881
Retirement System Group Inc. Common Stock 335
Emerging Growth Equity Fund (70,543)
Core Equity Fund (92,869)
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Total appreciation $295,503
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in RSI RETIREMENT TRUST
Number of Market
Units or Value Per
Shares Description of Investment Cost* Fair Value Unit/Share
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14,669.699 Core Equity Fund $ 679,794 $ 1,585,501 $ 108.08
6,190.777 Emerging Growth Equity Fund 632,574 670,461 108.30
7,700.862 Value Equity Fund 571,789 705,322 91.59
12,885.213 Short-Term Investment Fund 321,486 322,001 24.99
2,921.401 Actively Managed Bond Fund 122,115 121,706 37.94
1,662.939 Intermediate-Term Bond Fund 62,942 63,092 41.66
440.921 Retirement System Group, Inc. 2,165 2,588 5.87
-- Loans to participants** 164,345 164,345 --
87,927.000 Flushing Financial Corporation 995,515 1,649,894 17.9375
Stock Fund***
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Total $ 3,552,725 $ 5,284,910
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* Represents the Plan's percentage of each fund's historical cost.
** Loans bear a rate of interest of prime rounded to the nearest one quarter of one
percent. Interest rate range of 6.0% to 10.0% for all outstanding loans to
participants as of December 31, 2000.
*** Flushing Financial Corporation Stock Fund includes $72,703 in cash equivalents.