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) November 7, 2011
Flushing Financial Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| 001-33013 |
| (Commission File Number) |
| Delaware |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
| 11-3209278 |
| (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 1979 Marcus Avenue, Suite E140, Lake Success, New York 11042 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |
(718) 961-5400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 7, 2011 the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01(d). Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated November 7, 2011
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.
| Flushing Financial Corporation |
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Date: November 7, 2011 |
By: | /s/ DAVID W. FRY David W. Fry |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 99.1
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flushing Financial Corporation (the "Company") (Nasdaq:FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the "Bank"), today announced that, David W. Fry, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will be participating in the Sandler O'Neill + Partners 2011 East Coast Financial Services Conference on Thursday, November 10, 2011.
| WHO | Flushing Financial Corporation, with $4.3 billion in consolidated assets, is the parent |
| holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB. Flushing Bank is a trade name of | |
| Flushing Savings Bank, FSB, a federally chartered stock savings bank insured by the | |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Bank serves consumers and businesses | |
| by offering a full complement of deposit, loan, and cash management services through | |
| its sixteen banking offices located in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Nassau | |
| County. The Bank also operates an online banking division, iGObanking.com®, which | |
| offers competitively priced deposit products to consumers nationwide. Flushing | |
| Commercial Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary, provides banking services to public | |
| entities including counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, libraries, fire districts | |
| and the various courts throughout the metropolitan area. | |
| WHAT | Presentation at the Sandler O'Neill + Partners 2011 East Coast Financial Services |
| Conference | |
| WHERE/WHEN | Aventura, Florida on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 1:35pm (Local Time). |
| PRESENTATION | The presentation will focus on the Company's performance and its strategic operating |
| objectives. The presentation will be available on the Company's website, | |
| www.flushingbank.com, on November 10, 2011, and will remain available through the | |
| end of the month. The webcast of the presentation will be available through a link on the | |
| Company's website. | |
| The Company's webcast will also be accessible via: | |
| http://www.thomson-webcast.net/us/dispatching/SOP_20111110 | |
| Investors who wish to view the Company's webcast will need to register at the above | |
| website prior to the presentation. | |
| The presentation will also be available via audio conference at 877-253-8059 | |
| Passcode:1079263715 # | |
| RECENT NEWS | -- October 27, 2011 – Flushing Financial Corporation Reports 6.8 Percent Increase in |
| Core Earnings for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011. | |
| -- September 30, 2011 – John R. Buran, President and Chief Executive Officer of | |
| Flushing Financial Corporation, Appointed to The Federal Reserve Bank of New | |
| York's Community Depository Advisory Council. | |
| -- September 28, 2011 – Flushing Financial Corporation Announces Authorization of | |
| Stock Repurchase Program. |
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this Press Release relating to plans, strategies, economic performance and trends, projections of results of specific activities or investments and other statements that are not descriptions of historical facts may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking information is inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, risk factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and in other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as "may", "will", "should", "could", "expects", "plans", "intends", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "predicts", "forecasts", "potential" or "continue" or similar terms or the negative of these terms. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The Company has no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Additional information on Flushing Financial Corporation may be obtained by visiting the Company's web site at http://www.flushingbank.com.
CONTACT: David Fry
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Flushing Financial Corporation
(718) 961-5400