LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2008 (GLOBE 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 Raymond James & Associates, Inc., it will make a presentation to a group of institutional investors at the Company's executive offices in Lake Success, New York on Friday, December 5, 2008.
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 make the presentation.
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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 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.
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WHAT Presentation to institutional investors through
an arrangement with Raymond James & Associates,
Inc.
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WHERE/WHEN The Company's Executive Offices in Lake Success,
New York on December 5, 2008.
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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 Friday, December 5,
2008, and will remain available through
December 31, 2008.
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RECENT NEWS * December 3, 2008 -- Flushing Financial
Corporation Announces Preliminary Approval
for $70 Million of Capital from U.S. Treasury
Capital Purchase Program.
* November 18, 2008 -- Flushing Financial
Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of
$0.13 Per Share.
* October 22, 2008 -- Flushing Financial
Corporation Reports 2008 Third Quarter and
Nine Months Ended Results.
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"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.