LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 20, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Flushing Financial Corporation (the "Company") (Nasdaq:FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB (the "Bank"), today announced that, through an arrangement with Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P., it will make a presentation to a group of institutional investors.
John R. Buran, Flushing Financial's President and Chief Executive Officer, will make the presentation at the Company's executive offices in Lake Success, New York on May 29, 2008.
WHO Flushing Financial Corporations 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 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 to institutional investors through an
arrangement with Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P.
WHERE/WHEN Lake Success, New York on May 29, 2008.
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.flushingsavings.com, on Wednesday,
May 21, 2008, and will remain available through
June 30, 2008.
RECENT NEWS * 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.
"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.
Additional information on Flushing Financial Corporation may be obtained by visiting the Company's web site at http://www.flushingsavings.com.