LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flushing Financial Corporation (the "Company") (Nasdaq:FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the "Bank"), today announced that John R. Buran, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and David W. Fry, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be participating in the Sandler O'Neil + Partners 2010 East Coast Financial Services Conference on Thursday, November 11, 2010.
| WHO | Flushing Financial Corporation is the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, |
| FSB, 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 fifteen banking offices located in Queens, Brooklyn, | |
| Manhattan, and Nassau County. The Bank also operates an online banking division, | |
| iGObanking.com®, 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 cities, counties, towns, | |
| villages, school districts, libraries, fire districts and the various courts throughout the | |
| metropolitan area. | |
| WHAT | Presentation at the Sandler O'Neil + Partners 2010 East Coast Financial Services |
| Conference | |
| WHERE/WHEN | Aventura, Florida on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 10:55am (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 11, 2010, 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_201011 ; | |
| 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 | * November 3, 2010 – Flushing Financial Corporation Reports Increased 2010 Third |
| Quarter GAAP Income Due to Legislative Tax Change. | |
| * October 19, 2010 – Flushing Financial Corporation Reports 2010 Third Quarter | |
| GAAP and Core Net Income Increase of 13% and 35%, Respectively, From Prior | |
| Year Comparable Quarter. | |
| * August 17, 2010 – Flushing Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of | |
| $0.13 Per Share. |
"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, 2009 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.