LAKE SUCCESS, NY, June 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Flushing Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB, today announced that John R. Buran, Flushing Financial's President and Chief Executive Officer, and David W. Fry, Flushing Financial's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the Fox-Pitt Kelton Small & Mid-Cap Bank and Insurance Conference on June 18, 2008 in New York City.
WHO Flushing Financial Corporation is the parent holding
company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the "Bank"),
a federally chartered stock savings bank insured by
the FDIC. The Bank serves consumers and businesses
by offering a full complement of deposit, loan, and
cash management services through its fourteen banking
offices located in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and
Nassau County. The Bank also operates an online
banking division, iGObanking.com(r), which enables
the Bank to expand outside of its current geographic
footprint. In 2007, the Bank established Flushing
Commercial Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary, to
provide banking services to public entities including
counties, towns, villages, school districts,
libraries, fire districts and the various courts
throughout the metropolitan area.
WHAT Presentation at the Fox-Pitt Kelton Small & Mid-Cap
Bank and Insurance Conference.
WHERE / WHEN New York, New York at 2:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
on June 18, 2008.
PRESENTATION The presentation will focus on the Company's
performance and its strategic operating objectives.
The simultaneous webcast of the presentation will be
available on the Company's website,
www.flushingsavings.com, on Wednesday, June 18, 2008,
and will remain available through July 7, 2008.
The webcast will also be accessible via:
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/fpk5/ffic/
RECENT NEWS * June 16, 2008 - Flushing Financial Corporation
Announces Richard Eng to Receive the Empire State
Certified Development Corporation's 2008 Lender of
the Year Award.
* June 13, 2008 - Flushing Savings Bank Finances
State-of-the-Art Medical & Rehabilitation Services
Center in Bronx Community.
* April 15, 2008 - Flushing Financial Corporation
Reports Record Quarterly Net Income of $7.2 Million
and Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.36.
* February 27, 2008 - Flushing Financial Corporation
Increases Quarterly Dividend By 8 Percent To $0.13
Per Share.
Additional information on Flushing Financial Corporation may be obtained by visiting the Company's web site at http://www.flushingsavings.com.
"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 year ended December 31, 2007 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.