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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
     
þ   Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended: June 30, 2010
     
o   Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from                                           to                                         
Commission File Number: 0-26001
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
     
Delaware   22-3640393
     
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
West 80 Century Road    
Paramus, New Jersey   07652
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(201) 967-1900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes þ      No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes þ      No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o      No þ
As of August 2, 2010, the registrant had 526,611,096 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding.
 
 

 


 

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Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and may be identified by the use of such words as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “plan,” “estimate,” “predict,” “continue,” and “potential” or the negative of these terms or other corresponding terminology. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to estimates with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. These factors include, but are not limited to:
    the timing and occurrence or non-occurrence of events may be subject to circumstances beyond our control;
 
    there may be increases in competitive pressure among the financial institutions or from non-financial institutions;
 
    changes in the interest rate environment may reduce interest margins or affect the value of our investments;
 
    changes in deposit flows, loan demand or real estate values may adversely affect our business;
 
    changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines may cause our financial condition to be perceived differently;
 
    general economic conditions, including unemployment rates, either nationally or locally in some or all of the areas in which we do business, or conditions in the securities markets or the banking industry may be less favorable than we currently anticipate;
 
    legislative or regulatory changes including without limitation, the recent passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, may adversely affect our business;
 
    applicable technological changes may be more difficult or expensive than we anticipate;
 
    success or consummation of new business initiatives may be more difficult or expensive than we anticipate;
 
    litigation or matters before regulatory agencies including, without limitation, our application to convert Hudson City Savings Bank to a national bank, whether currently existing or commencing in the future, may delay the occurrence or non-occurrence of events longer than we anticipate;
 
    the risks associated with adverse changes to credit quality, including changes in the level of loan delinquencies and non-performing assets and charge-offs, the length of time our non-performing assets remain in our portfolio and changes in estimates of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses;
 
    difficulties associated with achieving or predicting expected future financial results;
 
    our ability to diversify our funding sources and to continue to access the wholesale borrowing market and the capital markets; and
 
    the risk of a continued economic slowdown that would adversely affect credit quality and loan originations.
Our ability to predict results or the actual effects of our plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. As such, forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this filing. We do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Form 10-Q or to conform these statements to actual events.

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. — Financial Statements
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2010     2009  
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)   (unaudited)          
Assets:
               
Cash and due from banks
  $ 138,112     $ 198,752  
Federal funds sold and other overnight deposits
    180,892       362,449  
 
           
Total cash and cash equivalents
    319,004       561,201  
Securities available for sale:
               
Mortgage-backed securities
    13,825,644       11,116,531  
Investment securities
    366,937       1,095,240  
Securities held to maturity:
               
Mortgage-backed securities (fair value of $7,983,856 at June 30, 2010 and $10,324,831 at December 31, 2009)
    7,619,996       9,963,554  
Investment securities (fair value of $5,167,785 at June 30, 2010 and $4,071,005 at December 31, 2009)
    5,139,794       4,187,704  
 
           
Total securities
    26,952,371       26,363,029  
Loans
    32,164,303       31,779,921  
Net deferred loan costs
    91,509       81,307  
Allowance for loan losses
    (192,983 )     (140,074 )
 
           
Net loans
    32,062,829       31,721,154  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock
    883,190       874,768  
Foreclosed real estate, net
    21,690       16,736  
Accrued interest receivable
    283,550       304,091  
Banking premises and equipment, net
    70,617       70,116  
Goodwill
    152,109       152,109  
Other assets
    187,774       204,556  
 
           
Total Assets
  $ 60,933,134     $ 60,267,760  
 
           
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
               
Deposits:
               
Interest-bearing
  $ 24,553,676     $ 23,992,007  
Noninterest-bearing
    614,789       586,041  
 
           
Total deposits
    25,168,465       24,578,048  
Repurchase agreements
    15,100,000       15,100,000  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York advances
    14,875,000       14,875,000  
 
           
Total borrowed funds
    29,975,000       29,975,000  
Due to brokers
          100,000  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    246,413       275,560  
 
           
Total liabilities
    55,389,878       54,928,608  
 
           
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 3,200,000,000 shares authorized; 741,466,555 shares issued; 526,611,096 shares outstanding at June 30, 2010 and 526,493,676 shares outstanding at December 31, 2009
    7,415       7,415  
Additional paid-in capital
    4,694,235       4,683,414  
Retained earnings
    2,544,987       2,401,606  
Treasury stock, at cost; 214,855,459 shares at June 30, 2010 and 214,972,879 shares at December 31, 2009
    (1,726,808 )     (1,727,579 )
Unallocated common stock held by the employee stock ownership plan
    (207,234 )     (210,237 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax
    230,661       184,533  
 
           
Total shareholders’ equity
    5,543,256       5,339,152  
 
           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
  $ 60,933,134     $ 60,267,760  
 
           
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Six Months  
    Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
    (In thousands, except per share data)  
Interest and Dividend Income:
                               
First mortgage loans
  $ 426,244     $ 413,282     $ 854,405     $ 827,490  
Consumer and other loans
    4,654       5,427       9,413       11,417  
Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity
    92,319       117,285       202,445       239,216  
Mortgage-backed securities available for sale
    129,790       131,191       251,382       260,174  
Investment securities held to maturity
    49,627       11,727       96,691       14,085  
Investment securities available for sale
    5,203       36,616       15,549       79,919  
Dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock
    9,167       12,044       21,540       18,417  
Federal funds sold and other overnight deposits
    576       187       1,025       363  
 
                       
Total interest and dividend income
    717,580       727,759       1,452,450       1,451,081  
 
                       
 
                               
Interest Expense:
                               
Deposits
    95,670       123,254       199,589       262,078  
Borrowed funds
    304,396       302,108       604,202       602,775  
 
                       
Total interest expense
    400,066       425,362       803,791       864,853  
 
                       
Net interest income
    317,514       302,397       648,659       586,228  
 
                               
Provision for Loan Losses
    50,000       32,500       100,000       52,500  
 
                       
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    267,514       269,897       548,659       533,728  
 
                       
 
                               
Non-Interest Income:
                               
Service charges and other income
    2,584       2,569       4,814       4,694  
Gain on securities transactions, net
    30,626       24,037       61,394       24,185  
 
                       
Total non-interest income
    33,210       26,606       66,208       28,879  
 
                       
 
                               
Non-Interest Expense:
                               
Compensation and employee benefits
    32,789       36,392       66,951       69,123  
Net occupancy expense
    7,924       7,815       16,271       16,295  
Federal deposit insurance assessment
    13,300       9,748       25,927       12,364  
FDIC special assessment
          21,098             21,098  
Other expense
    10,583       9,894       21,978       20,861  
 
                       
Total non-interest expense
    64,596       84,947       131,127       139,741  
 
                       
Income before income tax expense
    236,128       211,556       483,740       422,866  
 
                               
Income tax expense
    93,537       83,637       192,264       167,284  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 142,591     $ 127,919     $ 291,476     $ 255,582  
 
                       
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.29     $ 0.26     $ 0.59     $ 0.52  
 
                       
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.29     $ 0.26     $ 0.59     $ 0.52  
 
                       
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding:
                               
Basic
    492,888,447       486,984,601       492,728,025       487,282,183  
Diluted
    494,406,802       489,447,012       494,807,046       490,760,670  
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
(Unaudited )
                 
    For the Six Months  
    Ended June 30,  
    2010     2009  
    (In thousands, except per share data)  
 
           
Common stock
  $ 7,415     $ 7,415  
 
           
 
               
Additional paid-in capital:
               
Balance at beginning of year
    4,683,414       4,641,571  
Stock option plan expense
    5,156       6,934  
Tax benefit from stock plans
    300       10,932  
Allocation of ESOP stock
    3,450       2,866  
RRP stock granted
    (145 )     (6,771 )
Vesting of RRP stock
    2,060       2,325  
 
           
Balance at end of period
    4,694,235       4,657,857  
 
           
 
               
Retained earnings:
               
Balance at beginning of year
    2,401,606       2,196,235  
Net income
    291,476       255,582  
Dividends paid on common stock ($0.30 and $0.29 per share, respectively)
    (147,876 )     (141,409 )
Exercise of stock options
    (219 )     (14,959 )
 
           
Balance at end of period
    2,544,987       2,295,449  
 
           
 
               
Treasury stock:
               
Balance at beginning of year
    (1,727,579 )     (1,737,838 )
Purchase of common stock
          (43,460 )
Exercise of stock options
    1,090       20,603  
Vesting of RRP stock
    (464 )      
RRP stock granted
    145       6,771  
 
           
Balance at end of period
    (1,726,808 )     (1,753,924 )
 
           
 
               
Unallocated common stock held by the ESOP:
               
Balance at beginning of year
    (210,237 )     (216,244 )
Allocation of ESOP stock
    3,003       3,004  
 
           
Balance at end of period
    (207,234 )     (213,240 )
 
           
 
               
Accumulated other comprehensive income(loss):
               
Balance at beginning of year
    184,533       47,657  
 
           
Net unrealized gains on securities available for sale arising during period, net of tax expense of $56,577 and $81,025 in 2010 and 2009, respectively
    81,922       117,322  
Reclassification adjustment for gains in net income, net of tax of expense of $25,079 and $9,880 in 2010 and 2009, respectively
    (36,314 )     (14,305 )
Pension and other postretirement benefits adjustment, net of tax(expense) benefit of $(359) and $667 for 2010 and 2009, respectively
    520       (966 )
 
           
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
    46,128       102,051  
 
           
Balance at end of period
    230,661       149,708  
 
           
Total shareholders’ equity
  $ 5,543,256     $ 5,143,265  
 
           
 
               
Summary of comprehensive income
               
Net income
  $ 291,476     $ 255,582  
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
    46,128       102,051  
 
           
Total comprehensive income
  $ 337,604     $ 357,633  
 
           
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
                 
    For the Six Months  
    Ended June 30,  
    2010     2009  
    (In thousands)  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
               
Net income
  $ 291,476     $ 255,582  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation, accretion and amortization expense
    44,547       31,284  
Provision for loan losses
    100,000       52,500  
Gains on securities transactions, net
    (61,394 )     (24,185 )
Share-based compensation, including committed ESOP shares
    13,205       15,129  
Deferred tax benefit
    (25,499 )     (22,800 )
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest receivable
    20,541       (3,326 )
Decrease (increase) in other assets
    9,917       (4,830 )
(Decrease) increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities
    (28,627 )     16,453  
 
           
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
    364,166       315,807  
 
           
 
               
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
               
Originations of loans
    (2,830,953 )     (2,968,573 )
Purchases of loans
    (542,218 )     (1,882,868 )
Principal payments on loans
    2,903,774       3,502,888  
Principal collection of mortgage-backed securities held to maturity
    2,502,695       945,047  
Purchases of mortgage-backed securities held to maturity
    (172,434 )     (1,700,259 )
Principal collection of mortgage-backed securities available for sale
    2,078,875       999,410  
Purchases of mortgage-backed securities available for sale
    (5,838,155 )     (1,700,850 )
Proceeds from sales of mortgage backed securities available for sale
    1,150,318       785,594  
Proceeds from maturities and calls of investment securities held to maturity
    1,950,005       50,000  
Purchases of investment securities held to maturity
    (3,002,011 )     (2,040,629 )
Proceeds from maturities and calls of investment securities available for sale
    750,000       2,222,206  
Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale
          317  
Purchases of investment securities available for sale
          (1,031,300 )
Purchases of Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock
    (8,422 )     (62,522 )
Redemption of Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock
          51,075  
Purchases of premises and equipment, net
    (4,928 )     (3,814 )
Net proceeds from sale of foreclosed real estate
    13,379       8,841  
 
           
Net Cash Used in Investment Activities
    (1,050,075 )     (2,825,437 )
 
           
 
               
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
               
Net increase in deposits
    590,417       3,228,223  
Proceeds from borrowed funds
          750,000  
Principal payments on borrowed funds
          (950,000 )
Dividends paid
    (147,876 )     (141,409 )
Purchases of treasury stock
          (43,460 )
Exercise of stock options
    871       5,644  
Tax benefit from stock plans
    300       10,932  
 
           
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
    443,712       2,859,930  
 
           
Net (decrease) increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
    (242,197 )     350,300  
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year
    561,201       261,811  
 
           
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period
  $ 319,004     $ 612,111  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental Disclosures:
               
Interest paid
  $ 799,321     $ 864,908  
 
           
Loans transferred to foreclosed real estate
  $ 25,038     $ 8,068  
 
           
Income tax payments
  $ 263,987     $ 186,846  
 
           
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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1. Organization
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (“Hudson City Bancorp” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation and is the savings and loan holding company for Hudson City Savings Bank and its subsidiaries (“Hudson City Savings”). Each of Hudson City Savings and the Company is currently subject to the regulation and examination of the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”).
On March 4, 2010, Hudson City Savings filed an application (the “Application”) with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) to convert from a federally chartered stock savings bank to a national bank (the “Conversion”). If the Application is approved, Hudson City Savings will no longer be a federal savings bank subject to the regulation and examination of the OTS and will become a national bank subject to the regulation and examination of the OCC. In addition, the Company will cease being a savings and loan holding company subject to the regulation and supervision of the OTS and will become a bank holding company subject to the regulation and supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”). We cannot provide assurance as to whether the Application will be approved or the timing of any approval.
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Reform Act”). The Reform Act, among other things, effectively merges the OTS into the OCC, with the OCC assuming all functions and authority from the OTS relating to federally chartered savings banks, and the FRB assuming all functions and authority from the OTS relating to savings and loan holding companies.
Whether the aforementioned application is approved by the OCC or upon implementation of the Reform Act, Hudson City Savings will be regulated by the OCC and the Company will be regulated by the FRB. However, the Company does not expect its business or operations to be materially affected by either the approval of the Application or the implementation of the Reform Act.
2. Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hudson City Bancorp and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hudson City Savings.
In our opinion, all the adjustments (consisting of normal and recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial condition and consolidated results of operations for the unaudited periods presented have been included. The results of operations and other data presented for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2010. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the statements of financial condition and the results of operations for the period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The allowance for loan losses is a material estimate that is particularly susceptible to near-term change. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in this material estimate.
Certain information and note disclosures usually included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the preparation of the Form 10-Q. The consolidated financial statements presented should be read in conjunction with Hudson City Bancorp’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements included in Hudson City Bancorp’s 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders and incorporated by reference into Hudson City Bancorp’s 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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3. Earnings Per Share
The following is a summary of our earnings per share calculations and reconciliation of basic to diluted earnings per share.
                                                 
    For the Three Months Ended June 30,  
    2010     2009  
                    Per                     Per  
            Average     Share             Average     Share  
    Income     Shares     Amount     Income     Shares     Amount  
    (In thousands, except per share data)  
Net income
  $ 142,591                     $ 127,919                  
 
                                           
Basic earnings per share:
                                               
Income available to common stockholders
  $ 142,591       492,888     $ 0.29     $ 127,919       486,985     $ 0.26  
 
                                           
Effect of dilutive common stock equivalents
          1,519                     2,462          
 
                                       
Diluted earnings per share:
                                               
Income available to common stockholders
  $ 142,591       494,407     $ 0.29     $ 127,919       489,447     $ 0.26  
 
                                   
 
    For the Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2010     2009  
                    Per                     Per  
            Average     Share             Average     Share  
    Income     Shares     Amount     Income     Shares     Amount  
    (In thousands, except per share data)  
Net income
  $ 291,476                     $ 255,582                  
 
                                           
Basic earnings per share:
                                               
Income available to common stockholders
  $ 291,476       492,728     $ 0.59     $ 255,582       487,282     $ 0.52  
 
                                           
Effect of dilutive common stock equivalents
          2,079                     3,479          
 
                                       
Diluted earnings per share:
                                               
Income available to common stockholders
  $ 291,476       494,807     $ 0.59     $ 255,582       490,761     $ 0.52  
 
                                   

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4. Securities
The amortized cost and estimated fair market value of investment securities and mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are as follows:
                                 
            Gross     Gross     Estimated  
    Amortized     Unrealized     Unrealized     Fair Market  
    Cost     Gains     Losses     Value  
    (In thousands)  
June 30, 2010
                               
Investment Securities:
                               
United States government-sponsored enterprises debt
  $ 354,710     $ 4,966     $     $ 359,676  
Equity securities
    6,767       494             7,261  
 
                       
Total investment securities available for sale
    361,477       5,460             366,937  
 
                       
 
                               
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
GNMA pass-through certificates
    1,985,286       40,217             2,025,503  
FNMA pass-through certificates
    6,495,519       168,133             6,663,652  
FHLMC pass-through certificates
    4,028,549       202,925             4,231,474  
FHLMC and FNMA – REMICs
    896,765       13,250       (5,000 )     905,015  
 
                       
Total mortgage-backed securities available for sale
  $ 13,406,119     $ 424,525     $ (5,000 )   $ 13,825,644  
 
                       
 
                               
December 31, 2009
                               
Investment securities:
                               
United States government-sponsored enterprises debt
  $ 1,104,699     $ 1,890     $ (18,424 )   $ 1,088,165  
Equity securities
    6,770       305             7,075  
 
                       
Total investment securities available for sale
    1,111,469       2,195       (18,424 )     1,095,240  
 
                       
 
                               
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
GNMA pass-through certificates
    1,257,590       13,365       (881 )     1,270,074  
FNMA pass-through certificates
    3,782,198       128,429       (3,259 )     3,907,368  
FHLMC pass-through certificates
    4,655,629       232,697             4,888,326  
FHLMC and FNMA – REMICs
    1,057,007       5,938       (12,182 )     1,050,763  
 
                       
Total mortgage-backed securities available for sale
  $ 10,752,424     $ 380,429     $ (16,322 )   $ 11,116,531  
 
                       

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The amortized cost and estimated fair market value of investment securities and mortgage-backed securities held to maturity at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 are as follows:
                                 
            Gross     Gross     Estimated  
    Amortized     Unrealized     Unrealized     Fair Market  
    Cost     Gains     Losses     Value  
    (In thousands)  
June 30, 2010
                               
Investment securities:
                               
United States government-sponsored enterprises debt
  $ 5,139,694     $ 27,991     $     $ 5,167,685  
Municipal bonds
    100                   100  
 
                       
Total investment securities held to maturity
    5,139,794       27,991             5,167,785  
 
                       
 
                               
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
GNMA pass-through certificates
    105,266       2,825             108,091  
FNMA pass-through certificates
    1,972,997       111,633             2,084,630  
FHLMC pass-through certificates
    3,553,869       195,289             3,749,158  
FHLMC and FNMA – REMICs
    1,987,864       64,624       (10,511 )     2,041,977  
 
                       
Total mortgage-backed securities held to maturity
  $ 7,619,996     $ 374,371     $ (10,511 )   $ 7,983,856  
 
                       
 
                               
December 31, 2009
                               
Investment securities:
                               
United States government-sponsored enterprises debt
  $ 4,187,599     $ 915     $ (117,614 )   $ 4,070,900  
Municipal bonds
    105                   105  
 
                       
Total investment securities held to maturity
    4,187,704       915       (117,614 )     4,071,005  
 
                       
 
                               
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
GNMA pass-through certificates
    112,019       2,769       (1 )     114,787  
FNMA pass-through certificates
    2,510,095       106,509             2,616,604  
FHLMC pass-through certificates
    4,764,429       231,356       (3 )     4,995,782  
FHLMC and FNMA – REMICs
    2,577,011       37,119       (16,472 )     2,597,658  
 
                       
Total mortgage-backed securities held to maturity
  $ 9,963,554     $ 377,753     $ (16,476 )   $ 10,324,831  
 
                       

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The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the Company’s investments with unrealized losses that are deemed to be temporarily impaired, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
                                                 
    Less Than 12 Months     12 Months or Longer     Total  
    Fair     Unrealized     Fair     Unrealized     Fair     Unrealized  
    Value     Losses     Value     Losses     Value     Losses  
    (In thousands)  
June 30, 2010
                                               
 
                                               
Held to maturity:
                                               
FHLMC and FNMA – REMIC’s
  $ 678,705       (8,365 )   $ 153,133     $ (2,146 )   $ 831,838     $ (10,511 )
 
                                   
Total temporarily impaired securities held to maturity
    678,705       (8,365 )     153,133       (2,146 )     831,838       (10,511 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Available for sale:
                                               
FHLMC and FNMA – REMIC’s
    167,958       (660 )     104,119       (4,340 )     272,077       (5,000 )
 
                                   
Total temporarily impaired securities available for sale
    167,958       (660 )     104,119       (4,340 )     272,077       (5,000 )
 
                                   
Total
  $ 846,663     $ (9,025 )   $ 257,252     $ (6,486 )   $ 1,103,915     $ (15,511 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
December 31, 2009
                                               
 
                                               
Held to maturity:
                                               
United States goverment-sponsored enterprises debt
  $ 3,930,974     $ (117,614 )   $     $     $ 3,930,974     $ (117,614 )
GNMA pass-through certificates
                582       (1 )     582       (1 )
FHLMC pass-through certificates
    642       (2 )     52       (1 )     694       (3 )
FHLMC and FNMA – REMICs
    617,463       (10,747 )     171,031       (5,725 )     788,494       (16,472 )
 
                                   
Total temporarily impaired securities held to maturity
    4,549,079       (128,363 )     171,665       (5,727 )     4,720,744       (134,090 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Available for sale:
                                               
United States goverment-sponsored enterprises debt
    472,545       (7,263 )     263,730       (11,161 )     736,275       (18,424 )
GNMA pass-through certificates
    156,668       (878 )     19,690       (3 )     176,358       (881 )
FNMA pass-through certificates
    694,543       (3,259 )                 694,543       (3,259 )
FHLMC and FNMA – REMICs
    476,797       (12,182 )                 476,797       (12,182 )
 
                                   
Total temporarily impaired securities available for sale
    1,800,553       (23,582 )     283,420       (11,164 )     2,083,973       (34,746 )
 
                                   
Total
  $ 6,349,632     $ (151,945 )   $ 455,085     $ (16,891 )   $ 6,804,717     $ (168,836 )
 
                                   
The unrealized losses are primarily due to the changes in market interest rates subsequent to purchase. We only purchase securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”) and do not own any unrated or private label securities or other high-risk securities such as those backed by sub-prime loans. Accordingly, it is expected that the securities would not be settled at a price less than the Company’s amortized cost basis. We consider these investments to be temporarily impaired at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 since the decline in market value is attributable to changes in interest rates and not credit quality, the Company has the intent and ability to hold these investments until there is a full recovery of the unrealized loss, which may be at maturity, and it is not more likely than not that we will be required to sell the securities before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost basis. As

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a result no impairment loss was recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2010 or for the year ended December 31, 2009.
The amortized cost and estimated fair market value of our securities held to maturity and available-for-sale at June 30, 2010, by contractual maturity, are shown below. The table does not include the effect of prepayments or scheduled principal amortization. The expected maturity may differ from the contractual maturity because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Equity securities have been excluded from this table.
                         
    Amortized Cost     Estimated  
    Mortgage-backed     Investment     Fair Market  
    securities     securities     Value  
    (In thousands)  
Held to Maturity:
                       
Due in one year or less
  $ 71     $ 100     $ 170  
Due after one year through five years
    371             395  
Due after five years through ten years
    12,350       1,749,117       1,771,600  
Due after ten years
    7,607,204       3,390,577       11,379,476  
 
                 
Total held to maturity
  $ 7,619,996     $ 5,139,794     $ 13,151,641  
 
                 
Available for Sale:
                       
Due after five years through ten years
  $     $ 99,910     $ 100,188  
Due after ten years
    13,406,119       254,800       14,085,132  
 
                 
Total available for sale
  $ 13,406,119     $ 354,710     $ 14,185,320  
 
                 
Sales of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale amounted to $1.09 billion and $761.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, resulting in realized gains of $61.4 million and $24.0 million for the same respective periods. There were no sales of investment securities available-for-sale or held to maturity during the six months ended June 30, 2010. There were sales of $168,000 of investment securities available-for-sale during the six months ended June 30, 2009. Gross realized gains on sales and calls of investment securities available-for-sale were $148,000 during the first six months of 2009. Gains and losses on the sale of all securities are determined using the specific identification method.
5. Stock Repurchase Programs
Under our previously announced stock repurchase programs, shares of Hudson City Bancorp common stock may be purchased in the open market and through other privately negotiated transactions, depending on market conditions. The repurchased shares are held as treasury stock, which may be reissued for general corporate use. We have not purchased any of our common shares during the six months ended June 30, 2010. As of June 30, 2010, there remained 50,123,550 shares that may be purchased under the existing stock repurchase programs.
6. Fair Value Measurements
      a) Fair Value Measurements
The Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC Topic 820 applies only to fair value measurements already required or

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permitted by other accounting standards and does not impose requirements for additional fair value measures. ASC Topic 820 was issued to increase consistency and comparability in reporting fair values.
We use fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to certain assets and to determine fair value disclosures. We did not have any liabilities that were measured at fair value at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Our securities available-for-sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Additionally, from time to time, we may be required to record at fair value other assets or liabilities on a non-recurring basis, such as foreclosed real estate owned, certain impaired loans and goodwill. These non-recurring fair value adjustments generally involve the write-down of individual assets due to impairment losses.
In accordance with ASC Topic 820, we group our assets at fair value in three levels, based on the markets in which the assets are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value. These levels are:
Level 1 — Valuation is based upon quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.
Level 2 — Valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market.
Level 3 — Valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market. These unobservable assumptions reflect our own estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Valuation techniques include the use of option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and similar techniques. The results cannot be determined with precision and may not be realized in an actual sale or immediate settlement of the asset or liability.
We base our fair values on the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC Topic 820 requires us to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.
Assets that we measure on a recurring basis are limited to our available-for-sale securities portfolio. Our available-for-sale portfolio is carried at estimated fair value with any unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, reported as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in shareholders’ equity. Substantially all of our available-for-sale portfolio consists of mortgage-backed securities and investment securities issued by GSEs. The fair values for substantially all of these securities are obtained from an independent nationally recognized pricing service. Based on the nature of our securities, our independent pricing service provides us with prices which are categorized as Level 2 since quoted prices in active markets for identical assets are generally not available for the majority of securities in our portfolio. Various modeling techniques are used to determine pricing for our mortgage-backed securities, including option pricing and discounted cash flow models. The inputs to these models include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data. We also own equity securities with a carrying value of $7.3 million and $7.1 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, for which fair values are obtained from quoted market prices in active markets and, as such, are classified as Level 1.

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The following table provides the level of valuation assumptions used to determine the carrying value of our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
                                      
            Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2010 using  
            Quoted Prices in Active     Significant Other     Significant  
    Carrying     Markets for Identical     Observable Inputs     Unobservable Inputs  
Description   Value     Assets (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)  
                    (In thousands)          
Available for sale debt securities:
                               
Mortgage-backed securities
  $ 13,825,644     $     $ 13,825,644     $  
U.S. government-sponsored enterprises debt
    359,676             359,676        
 
                       
Total available for sale debt securities
  $ 14,185,320     $     $ 14,185,320     $  
 
                       
 
                               
Available for sale equity securities:
                               
Financial services industry
  $ 7,261     $ 7,261     $     $  
 
                       
Total available for sale equity securities
    7,261       7,261              
 
                       
Total available for sale securities
  $ 14,192,581     $ 7,261     $ 14,185,320     $  
 
                       
 
                               
            Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2009 using  
            Quoted Prices in Active     Significant Other     Significant  
    Carrying     Markets for Identical     Observable Inputs     Unobservable Inputs  
Description   Value     Assets (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)  
                    (In thousands)          
Available for sale debt securities:
                               
Mortgage-backed securities
  $ 11,116,531     $     $ 11,116,531     $  
U.S. government-sponsored enterprises debt
    1,088,165             1,088,165        
 
                       
Total available for sale debt securities
    12,204,696             12,204,696        
 
                       
 
Available for sale equity securities:
                               
Financial services industry
  $ 7,075     $ 7,075     $     $  
 
                       
Total available for sale equity securities
    7,075       7,075              
 
                       
Total available for sale securities
  $ 12,211,771     $ 7,075     $ 12,204,696     $  
 
                       
Assets that were measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at June 30, 2010 were limited to non-performing commercial and construction loans that are collateral dependent and foreclosed real estate. Commercial and construction loans evaluated for impairment in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance amounted to $11.4 million and $11.2 million at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Based on this evaluation, we established an allowance for loan losses of $2.7 million and $2.1 million for those same respective periods. The provision for loan losses related to these loans amounted to $659,000 and $484,000 for the first six months of 2010 and 2009. These impaired loans are individually assessed to determine that the loan’s carrying value is not in excess of the fair value of the collateral, less estimated selling costs. Since all of our impaired loans at June 30, 2010 are secured by real estate, fair value is estimated through current appraisals, where practical, or an inspection and a comparison of the property securing the loan with similar properties in the area by either a licensed appraiser or real estate broker and, as such, are classified as Level 3.

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Foreclosed real estate represents real estate acquired as a result of foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure and is carried at the lower of cost or fair value less estimated selling costs. Fair value is estimated through current appraisals, where practical, or an inspection and a comparison of the property securing the loan with similar properties in the area by either a licensed appraiser or real estate broker and, as such, foreclosed real estate properties are classified as Level 3. Foreclosed real estate at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 amounted to $21.7 million and $16.7 million, respectively. During the first six months of 2010 and 2009, charge-offs to the allowance for loan losses related to loans that were transferred to foreclosed real estate amounted to $2.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively. Write downs and net loss on sale related to foreclosed real estate that were charged to non-interest expense amounted to $1.5 million and $1.6 million for those same respective periods.
The following table provides the level of valuation assumptions used to determine the carrying value of our assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
                                 
    Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2010 using
    Quoted Prices in Active   Significant Other   Significant   Total
    Markets for Identical   Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs   Gains
Description   Assets (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3)   (Losses)
    (In thousands)
Impaired loans
  $     $     $ 11,369     $  
Foreclosed real estate
                21,690       (1,545 )
                                 
    Fair Value Measurments at December 31, 2009 using
    Quoted Prices in Active   Significant Other   Significant   Total
    Markets for Identical   Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs   Gains
Description   Assets (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3)   (Losses)
    (In thousands)
Impaired loans
  $     $     $ 11,178     $  
Foreclosed real estate
                16,736       (2,365 )
      b) Fair Value Disclosures
The fair value of financial instruments represents the estimated amounts at which the asset or liability could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced liquidation sale. These estimates are subjective in nature, involve uncertainties and matters of judgment and, therefore, cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates. Further, certain tax implications related to the realization of the unrealized gains and losses could have a substantial impact on these fair value estimates and have not been incorporated into any of the estimates.
Carrying amounts of cash, due from banks and federal funds sold are considered to approximate fair value. The carrying value of Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLB”) stock equals cost. The fair value of FHLB stock is based on redemption at par value.
The fair value of one- to four-family mortgages and home equity loans are generally estimated using the present value of expected future cash flows, assuming future prepayments and using market rates for new loans with comparable credit risk. This method of estimating fair value does not incorporate the exit-price concept of fair value prescribed by ASC 820-10.

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For time deposits and fixed-maturity borrowed funds, the fair value is estimated by discounting estimated future cash flows using currently offered rates. Structured borrowed funds are valued using an option valuation model which uses assumptions for anticipated calls of borrowings based on market interest rates and weighted-average life. For deposit liabilities payable on demand, the fair value is the carrying value at the reporting date. There is no material difference between the fair value and the carrying amounts recognized with respect to our off-balance sheet commitments.
Other important elements that are not deemed to be financial assets or liabilities and, therefore, not considered in these estimates include the value of Hudson City Bancorp’s retail branch delivery system, its existing core deposit base and banking premises and equipment.
The estimated fair value of Hudson City Bancorp’s financial instruments are summarized as follows:
                                 
    June 30, 2010   December 31, 2009
    Carrying   Estimated   Carrying   Estimated
    Amount   Fair Value   Amount   Fair Value
    (In thousands)
Assets:
                               
Cash and due from banks
  $ 138,112     $ 138,112     $ 198,752     $ 198,752  
Federal funds sold
    180,892       180,892       362,449       362,449  
Investment securities held to maturity
    5,139,794       5,167,785       4,187,704       4,071,005  
Investment securities available for sale
    366,937       366,937       1,095,240       1,095,240  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock
    883,190       883,190       874,768       874,768  
Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity
    7,619,996       7,983,856       9,963,554       10,324,831  
Mortgage-backed securities available for sale
    13,825,644       13,825,644       11,116,531       11,116,531  
Loans
    32,062,829       34,140,676       31,721,154       32,758,247  
 
                               
Liabilities:
                               
Deposits
    25,168,465       25,336,324       24,578,048       24,913,407  
Borrowed funds
    29,975,000       33,057,806       29,975,000       32,485,513  
7. Postretirement Benefit Plans
We maintain non-contributory retirement and post-retirement plans to cover employees hired prior to August 1, 2005, including retired employees, who have met the eligibility requirements of the plans. Benefits under the qualified and non-qualified defined benefit retirement plans are based primarily on years of service and compensation. Funding of the qualified retirement plan is actuarially determined on an annual basis. It is our policy to fund the qualified retirement plan sufficiently to meet the minimum requirements set forth in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The non-qualified retirement plan, which is maintained for certain employees, is unfunded.
In 2005, we limited participation in the non-contributory retirement plan and the post-retirement benefit plan to those employees hired on or before July 31, 2005. We also placed a cap on paid medical expenses at the 2007 rate, beginning in 2008, for those eligible employees who retire after December 31, 2005. As part of our acquisition of Sound Federal Bancorp, Inc. (“Sound Federal”) in 2006, participation in the Sound Federal retirement plans and the accrual of benefits for such plans were frozen as of the acquisition date.

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The components of the net periodic expense for the plans were as follows:
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended June 30,  
    Retirement Plans     Other Benefits  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
    (In thousands)  
Service cost
  $ 1,018     $ 1,003     $ 152     $ 234  
Interest cost
    2,076       1,863       476       529  
Expected return on assets
    (2,914 )     (1,939 )            
Amortization of:
                               
Net loss
    680       824       66       128  
Unrecognized prior service cost
    85       85       (391 )     (391 )
 
                       
 
                               
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 945     $ 1,836     $ 303     $ 500  
 
                       
 
    For the Six Months Ended June 30,  
    Retirement Plans     Other Benefits  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
    (In thousands)  
Service cost
  $ 2,036     $ 2,006     $ 304     $ 468  
Interest cost
    4,152       3,726       952       1,058  
Expected return on assets
    (5,828 )     (3,878 )            
Amortization of:
                               
Net loss
    1,360       1,648       132       256  
Unrecognized prior service cost
    170       170       (782 )     (782 )
 
                       
 
                               
Net periodic benefit cost
    1,890       3,672       606       1,000  
 
                       
We made no contributions to the pension plans during the first six months of 2010 or 2009.
8. Stock-Based Compensation
Stock Option Plans
A summary of the changes in outstanding stock options is as follows:
                                 
    For the Six Months Ended June 30,
    2010   2009
    Number of   Weighted   Number of   Weighted
    Stock   Average   Stock   Average
    Options   Exercise Price   Options   Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of period
    24,262,692     $ 12.51       26,728,119     $ 10.35  
Granted
    4,195,000       13.13       3,375,000       12.11  
Exercised
    (126,387 )     6.53       (2,564,264 )     2.18  
Forfeited
    (47,500 )     14.79              
 
                               
Outstanding at end of period
    28,283,805       12.63       27,538,855       11.33  
 
                               
In June 2006, our shareholders approved the Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the “SIP Plan”) authorizing us to grant up to 30,000,000 shares of common stock. In July 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Hudson City Bancorp (the “Committee”),

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authorized grants to each non-employee director, executive officers and other employees to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, pursuant to the SIP Plan. Grants of stock options made through December 31, 2009 pursuant to the SIP Plan amounted to 18,887,500 options at an exercise price equal to the fair value of our common stock on the grant date, based on quoted market prices. Of these options, 5,535,000 have vesting periods ranging from one to five years and an expiration period of ten years. The remaining 13,352,500 shares have vesting periods ranging from two to three years if certain financial performance measures are met. Subject to review and verification by the Committee, we believe we attained these performance measures and have therefore recorded compensation expense for these grants.
During 2010, the Committee authorized stock option grants (the “2010 grants”) pursuant to the SIP Plan for 4,195,000 options at an exercise price equal to the fair value of our common stock on the grant date, based on quoted market prices. Of these options, 3,700,000 will vest in January 2013 if certain financial performance measures are met and employment continues through the vesting date (the “2010 Performance Options”). The remaining 495,000 options will vest between January 2011 (the “2010 Retention Options”) and April 2011. The 2010 grants have an expiration period of ten years. We have determined that it is probable these performance measures will be met and have therefore recorded compensation expense for the 2010 grants in 2010.
The fair value of the 2010 grants was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions . The dividend yield assumption for the 2010 grants was based on our current declared dividend as a percentage of the stock price on the grant date. The expected volatility assumption was calculated based on the weighting of our historical and rolling volatility for the expected term of the option grants. The risk-free interest rate was determined by reference to the continuously compounded yield on Treasury obligations for the expected term. The expected option life was based on historic optionee behavior for prior option grant awards.
As a result of low employee turnover, the assumption regarding the forfeiture rate of option grants had no effect on the fair value estimate.
         
    2010   2010
    Retention Options   Performance Options
Expected dividend yield
  4.57%   4.57%
Expected volatility
  41.30%   34.58%
Risk-free interest rate
  1.65%   2.55%
Expected option life
  3.6 years   5.6 years
Fair value of options granted
  $3.00   $2.87
Compensation expense related to our outstanding stock options amounted to $2.6 million and $3.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $5.2 million and $6.9 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Stock Awards
During 2009, the Committee granted performance-based stock awards (the “2009 stock awards”) pursuant to the SIP Plan for 847,750 shares of our common stock. These shares were issued from treasury stock and will vest in annual installments over a three-year period if certain performance measures are met and employment continues through the vesting date. None of these shares may be sold or transferred before their January 2012 vesting date. We have determined that it is probable these performance measures will be met and have therefore recorded compensation expense for the 2009 stock awards in 2010. Expense for the 2009 stock awards is recognized over the vesting period and is based on the fair value of the shares on the grant date which was $12.03. In addition to the 2009 stock awards, grants were made in 2010 (the

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“2010 stock awards”) pursuant to the SIP Plan for 18,000 shares of our common stock. Expense for the 2010 stock awards is recognized over the vesting period of three years and is based on the fair value of the shares on the grant date which was $13.12. Total compensation expense for stock awards amounted to $870,000 and $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $2.0 million and $2.3 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
9. Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2010, FASB issued an accounting standards update regarding disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses. This update amends Topic 310 to improve the disclosures that an entity provides about the credit quality of its financing receivables and the related allowance for credit losses. As a result of these amendments, an entity is required to disaggregate by portfolio segment or class certain existing disclosures and provide certain new disclosures about its financing receivables and related allowance for credit losses. This update is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. We do not expect that this accounting standard update will have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
In April 2010, FASB issued an accounting standards update regarding the effect of a loan modification when the loan is part of a pool that is accounted for as a single asset. This update clarifies that modifications of loans that are accounted for within a pool under Subtopic 310-30, which provides guidance on accounting for acquired loans that have evidence of credit deterioration upon acquisition, do not result in the removal of those loans from the pool even if the modification would otherwise be considered a troubled debt restructuring. An entity will continue to be required to consider whether the pool of assets in which the loan is included is impaired if expected cash flows for the pool change. The amendments do not affect the accounting for loans under the scope of Subtopic 310-30 that are not accounted for within pools. Loans accounted for individually under Subtopic 310-30 continue to be subject to the troubled debt restructuring accounting provisions within Subtopic 310-40. This update is effective in the first interim or annual period ending on or after July 15, 2010. We do not expect that this accounting standard update will have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
In January 2010, FASB issued an accounting standards update regarding disclosure requirements for fair value measurement. This update provides amendments to fair value measurement that require new disclosures related to transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2 and activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. The update also provides amendments clarifying level of disaggregation and disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques along with conforming amendments to the guidance on employers’ disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets. This update is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the rollforward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The effective portions of this accounting standards update did not affect our financial condition, results of operations or financial statement disclosures, and we do not expect that the remaining portions of this accounting standard update will have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
In December 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R). The amendments in this accounting standards update replace the quantitative-based risks and

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rewards calculation for determining which reporting entity, if any, has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity with an approach focused on identifying which reporting entity has the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and (1) the obligation to absorb losses of the entity or (2) the right to receive benefits from the entity. An approach that is expected to be primarily qualitative will be more effective for identifying which reporting entity has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. The amendments in this update also require additional disclosures about a reporting entity’s involvement in variable interest entities, which will enhance the information provided to users of financial statements. This accounting standards update was effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. This accounting standards update did not affect our financial condition, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
In December 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 166, Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140. The amendments in this accounting standards update improve financial reporting by eliminating the exceptions for qualifying special-purpose entities from the consolidation guidance and the exception that permitted sale accounting for certain mortgage securitizations when a transferor has not surrendered control over the transferred financial assets. In addition, the amendments require enhanced disclosures about the risks that a transferor continues to be exposed to because of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets. Comparability and consistency in accounting for transferred financial assets will also be improved through clarifications of the requirements for isolation and limitations on portions of financial assets that are eligible for sale accounting. This accounting standards update was effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. This accounting standards update did not affect our financial condition, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.

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Item 2. — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Executive Summary
We continue to focus on our traditional consumer-oriented business model by growing our franchise through the origination and purchase of one- to four-family mortgage loans. We have traditionally funded this loan production with customer deposits and borrowings. During the first six months of 2010 we were able to fund substantially all of our loan growth with deposit growth.
Our results of operations depend primarily on net interest income, which in part, is a direct result of the market interest rate environment. Net interest income is the difference between the interest income we earn on our interest-earning assets, primarily mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities and investment securities, and the interest we pay on our interest-bearing liabilities, primarily time deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts and borrowed funds. Net interest income is affected by the shape of the market yield curve, the timing of the placement and repricing of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities on our balance sheet, the prepayment rate on our mortgage-related assets and the calls of our borrowings. Our results of operations may also be affected significantly by national and local economic and competitive conditions, particularly those with respect to changes in market interest rates, credit quality, government policies and actions of regulatory authorities. Our results are also affected by the market price of our stock, as the expense of our employee stock ownership plan is related to the current price of our common stock.
The Federal Open Market Committee of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FOMC”) noted that the economic outlook softened somewhat in the second quarter of 2010 but that the economy is continuing to grow although at a slower pace than anticipated. The national unemployment rate decreased to 9.5% in June 2010 as compared to 9.7% in March 2010 and 10.0% in December 2009. Although there has been recent improvement in the economy, the FOMC decided to maintain the overnight lending rate at zero to 0.25% during the second quarter of 2010. As a result, short-term market interest rates have remained at low levels during the second quarter of 2010. This allowed us to continue to re-price our short-term deposits thereby reducing our cost of funds. The yields on mortgage-related assets have also remained at relatively low levels as the 10 year treasury fell below 3.00% during the second quarter of 2010. Our net interest rate spread remained unchanged at 1.89% for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the second quarter of 2009 and our net interest margin decreased to 2.13% for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to 2.20% for the linked first quarter of 2010 and 2.18% for the second quarter of 2009. While our deposits continued to reprice to lower rates during the second quarter of 2010, the low market interest rates resulted in lower yields on our mortgage-related interest-earning assets as customers refinanced to lower mortgage rates and our new loan production and asset purchases were at the current low market interest rates. Mortgage-related assets represented 87.8% of our average interest-earning assets during the second quarter of 2010.
On March 4, 2010, Hudson City Savings filed the Application with the OCC to convert from a federally chartered stock savings bank to a national bank. If the Application is approved, Hudson City Savings will no longer be a federal savings bank subject to the regulation and examination of the OTS and will become a national bank subject to the regulation and examination of the OCC. In addition, the Company will cease being a savings and loan holding company subject to the regulation and supervision of the OTS and will become a bank holding company subject to the regulation and supervision of the Board of Governors of the FRB. We cannot provide assurance as to whether the Application will be approved or the timing of any approval.

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On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Reform Act. The Reform Act, among other things, effectively merges the OTS into the OCC, with the OCC assuming all functions and authority from the OTS relating to federally chartered savings banks, and the FRB assuming all functions and authority from the OTS relating to savings and loan holding companies.
Whether the aforementioned application is approved by the OCC or upon implementation of the Reform Act, Hudson City Savings will be regulated by the OCC and the Company will be regulated by the FRB. See “Risk Factors – The adoption of regulatory reform legislation may have a material effect on our operations and capital requirements.”
Net income amounted to $142.6 million for the second quarter of 2010, as compared to $127.9 million for the second quarter of 2009. Net income increased 14.1% for the first six months of 2010 to $291.5 million as compared to $255.6 million for the first six months of 2009. The increase in net income reflects an increase in net interest income, an increase in realized gains from securities transactions and the absence of the FDIC special assessment offset, in part, by significantly higher deposit insurance fees as well as a higher provision for loan losses.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2010, our annualized return on average assets and average shareholders’ equity were 0.93% and 10.42%, respectively, as compared to 0.91% and 9.98%, respectively, for the corresponding period in 2009. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, our annualized return on average assets and average shareholders’ equity were 0.96% and 10.69%, respectively, as compared to 0.92% and 10.09%, respectively, for the corresponding period in 2009. The increases in our return on average equity and average assets are due primarily to the increase in our net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the same periods in 2009.
Net interest income increased $15.1 million, or 5.0%, to $317.5 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $302.4 million for the second quarter of 2009. Net interest income increased primarily as a result of the growth in the average balance of our mortgage loan portfolio which is our highest-yielding interest-earning asset. During the second quarter of 2010, our net interest rate spread remained unchanged at 1.89% and our net interest margin decreased 5 basis points to 2.13% for the second quarter of 2010 from 2.18% for the second quarter of 2009. Our net interest margin decreased during the second quarter of 2010 as the average yield on interest-earning assets and the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities both decreased while the average balance of interest-earning assets increased. Net interest income increased $62.5 million, or 10.7%, to $648.7 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $586.2 million for the same period in 2009. During the first six months of 2010, our net interest rate spread increased 12 basis points to 1.93% and our net interest margin increased 5 basis points to 2.17% as compared to 2.12% for the same period in 2009.
The provision for loan losses amounted to $50.0 million for the second quarter of 2010 and $100.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to $32.5 million and $52.5 million for the same respective periods in 2009. The increase in the provision for loan losses for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and the resulting increase in the allowance for loan losses (“ALL”) is due primarily to the increase in non-performing loans during the first six months of 2010, continuing elevated levels of unemployment and an increase in net charge-offs. In addition, although home prices appear to have started to stabilize, they are still declining slightly in our primary lending market. Non-performing loans were $790.1 million or 2.46% of total loans at June 30, 2010 as compared to $627.7 million or 1.98% of total loans at December 31, 2009. While national economic activity appears to be showing signs of

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improvement, the continued high unemployment levels have negatively impacted the financial condition of residential borrowers and their ability to remain current on their mortgage loans. As a result, we experienced increases in loan delinquencies and loan loss experience, which resulted in increased levels of charge-offs. These factors contributed to an increase in our provision for loan losses for the first six months of 2010 and resulted in an increase in our ALL.
Total non-interest income was $33.2 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $26.6 million for the same quarter in 2009. Included in non-interest income were net gains on securities transactions of $30.6 million, which resulted from the sale of $515.2 million of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale. Total non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $66.2 million compared with $28.9 million for the comparable period in 2009. Included in non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were net gains on securities transactions of $61.4 million which resulted from the sale of $1.09 billion of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale. Included in non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 were net gains on securities transactions of $24.2 million substantially all of which resulted from the sale of $761.6 million of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale.
Total non-interest expense decreased $20.3 million, or 23.9%, to $64.6 million for the second quarter of 2010 from $84.9 million for the second quarter of 2009. The decrease is primarily due to the absence of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) special assessment of $21.1 million that was assessed during the second quarter of 2009 and a $3.6 million decrease in compensation and employee benefits expense, primarily due to a decrease in stock benefit plan expense. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $3.6 million in federal deposit insurance expense. Total non-interest expense decreased $8.6 million, or 6.2%, to $131.1 million for the first six months of 2010 from $139.7 million for the first six months of 2009 due primarily to the absence of the FDIC special assessment of $21.1 million and a $2.1 million decrease in compensation and employee benefits expense, primarily due to a decrease in stock benefit plan expense. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $13.5 million in Federal deposit insurance expense.
We grew our assets by 1.1% to $60.93 billion at June 30, 2010 from $60.27 billion at December 31, 2009. However, total assets decreased $298.5 million from March 31, 2010. Our growth rate slowed during the first six months of 2010 as loan repayments and prepayments on mortgage-backed securities remained at elevated levels. During this same time period, available reinvestment yields on the types of assets in which we invest also decreased. We lowered our deposit rates beginning in the first quarter of 2010 to slow our deposit growth from 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage-related assets and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve.
Loans increased $341.7 million to $32.06 billion at June 30, 2010 from $31.72 billion at December 31, 2009. Our loan production was $3.37 billion for the first six months of 2010 partially offset by $2.90 billion in principal repayments. Loan origination activity continues to be strong as a result of an increase in mortgage refinancing caused by market interest rates that remain at near-historic lows. The refinancing activity has also caused increased levels of repayments to continue in 2010 as some of our customers refinanced with other banks.
Total securities increased $589.4 million to $26.95 billion at June 30, 2010 from $26.36 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase in securities was primarily due to purchases of mortgage-backed and investment securities of

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$6.01 billion and $3.00 billion, respectively, partially offset by principal collections on mortgage-backed securities of $4.58 billion and sales of mortgage-backed securities of $1.09 billion and calls of investment securities of $2.70 billion. The securities purchased were all issued by GSEs. Total securities decreased $166.6 million from March 31, 2010 as we slowed our growth rate from the 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage-related assets and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve.
The increase in our total assets during the first six months of 2010 was funded primarily by an increase in customer deposits. Deposits increased $590.4 million to $25.17 billion at June 30, 2010 from $24.58 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase in deposits was attributable to growth in our time deposits and money market accounts. Borrowed funds remained unchanged at $29.98 billion at June 30, 2010.
Comparison of Financial Condition at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
During the first six months of 2010, our total assets increased $665.4 million, or 1.1%, to $60.93 billion at June 30, 2010 from $60.27 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase in total assets reflected a $365.6 million increase in total mortgage-backed securities and a $341.7 million increase in net loans. Total assets decreased $298.5 million from March 31, 2010 as mortgage refinancing activity caused an increase in loan repayments and prepayments on mortgage-backed securities remained at elevated levels. During this same time period, available reinvestment yields on these types of assets also decreased. We lowered our deposit rates beginning in the first quarter of 2010 to slow our deposit growth from the 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage loans and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve.
The increase in loans reflects our historical focus on loan portfolio growth through the origination of one- to four-family first mortgage loans in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut and, to a lesser extent, the continued purchase of mortgage loans. We are a portfolio lender and do not sell loans in the secondary market or to the GSEs. During the first six months of 2010, we originated $2.83 billion and purchased $542.2 million of loans, compared to originations of $2.97 billion and purchases of $1.88 billion for the comparable period in 2009. The origination and purchases of loans were partially offset by principal repayments of $2.90 billion in the first six months of 2010 as compared to $3.50 billion for the first six months of 2009. Loan origination activity continues to be strong as a result of an increase in mortgage refinancing caused by market interest rates that remain at near-historic lows. The refinancing activity has also caused increased levels of repayments to continue in 2010 as some of our customers refinanced with other banks. Our loan purchase activity has significantly declined as the GSEs have been actively purchasing loans as part of their efforts to keep mortgage rates low to support the housing market during the recent economic recession. As a result, the sellers we have historically purchased loans from are selling to the GSEs. We expect that the amount of loan purchases may continue to be at reduced levels for the near-term.
Our first mortgage loan originations and purchases during the first six months of 2010 were substantially all in one-to four-family mortgage loans. Approximately 58.0% of mortgage loan originations for the first six months of 2010 were variable-rate loans as compared to approximately 45.0% for the comparable period in 2009. Approximately 73.0% of mortgage loans purchased for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were fixed-rate mortgage loans. Fixed-rate mortgage loans accounted for 67.3% of our first mortgage loan portfolio at June 30, 2010 and 69.1% at December 31, 2009.
Non-performing loans amounted to $790.1 million, or 2.46%, of total loans at June 30, 2010 as compared to $627.7 million, or 1.98%, of total loans at December 31, 2009.
Total mortgage-backed securities increased $365.6 million to $21.45 billion at June 30, 2010 from $21.08 billion at December 31, 2009. This increase in total mortgage-backed securities resulted from the

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purchase of $6.01 billion of mortgage-backed securities issued by GSEs, substantially all of which were adjustable-rate. The increase was partially offset by repayments of $4.58 billion and sales of $1.09 billion. At June 30, 2010, variable-rate mortgage-backed securities accounted for 78.6% of our portfolio compared with 70.7% at December 31, 2009. The purchase of variable-rate mortgage-backed securities is a component of our interest rate risk management strategy. Since our loan portfolio includes a concentration of fixed-rate mortgage loans, the purchase of variable-rate mortgage-backed securities provides us with an asset that reduces our exposure to interest rate fluctuations. Total mortgage-backed securities decreased $327.8 million from March 31, 2010 as we slowed our growth rate from the 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage loans and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve.
Total investment securities increased $223.8 million to $5.51 billion at June 30, 2010 as compared to $5.28 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase in investment securities is primarily due to purchases of $3.00 billion, substantially offset by calls of investment securities of $2.70 billion.
Since we invest primarily in securities issued by GSEs, there were no debt securities past due or securities for which the Company currently believes it is not probable that it will collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the security.
Total cash and cash equivalents decreased $242.2 million to $319.0 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $561.2 million at December 31, 2009. Other assets decreased $16.8 million to $187.8 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $204.6 million at December 31, 2009.
Total liabilities increased $461.3 million, or 0.8%, to $55.39 billion at June 30, 2010 from $54.93 billion at December 31, 2009 due to an increase in deposits.
Total deposits increased $590.4 million, or 2.4%, to $25.17 billion at June 30, 2010 as compared to $24.58 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase in total deposits reflected a $386.1 million increase in our interest-bearing transaction accounts and savings accounts, a $159.9 million increase in our time deposits, and a $15.7 million increase in our money market checking accounts. The increase in our interest-bearing transaction accounts is primarily due to a $310.0 million increase in our High Value checking account product. Deposit flows are typically affected by the level of market interest rates, the interest rates and products offered by competitors, the volatility of equity markets, and other factors. Our deposit growth slowed during the first six months of 2010. During the second quarter of 2010, deposits decreased by $220.3 million from March 31, 2010. We lowered our deposit rates to slow our deposit growth from the 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage-related assets and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve. We had 134 branches at June 30, 2010 as compared to 131 branches at December 31, 2009.
Borrowings amounted to $29.98 billion at June 30, 2010, unchanged from December 31, 2009. During the first six months of 2010, we modified $3.18 billion of borrowings to extend the call dates of the borrowings by at least four years, thereby reducing our interest rate risk in a rising interest rate environment and the amount of borrowings that may be called in any one quarter. Borrowed funds at June 30, 2010 were comprised of $14.88 billion of FHLB advances and $15.10 billion of securities sold under agreements to repurchase.
Substantially all of our borrowings are callable quarterly at the discretion of the lender after an initial no-call period of one to five years with a final maturity of ten years. We have used this type of borrowing primarily to fund our loan growth because these borrowings have a longer duration than shorter-term non-callable borrowings and have a lower cost than a non-callable borrowing with a maturity date similar to the initial call date of the callable borrowing. At June 30, 2010, we had $22.53 billion of borrowed funds

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with call dates within one year. If interest rates were to decrease, or remain consistent with current rates, we believe these borrowings would probably not be called and our average cost of existing borrowings would not decrease even as market interest rates decrease. Conversely, if interest rates increase above the market interest rate for similar borrowings, we believe these borrowings would likely be called at their next call date and our cost to replace these borrowings would increase. However, we believe, given current market conditions, that the likelihood that a significant portion of these borrowings would be called will not increase substantially unless interest rates were to increase by at least 300 basis points.
The Company has two collateralized borrowings in the form of repurchase agreements totaling $100.0 million with Lehman Brothers, Inc. Lehman Brothers, Inc. is currently in liquidation under the Securities Industry Protection Act. Mortgage-backed securities with an amortized cost of approximately $114.5 million are pledged as collateral for these borrowings and we have demanded the return of this collateral. We believe that we have the legal right to setoff our obligation to repay the borrowings against our right to the return of the mortgage-backed securities pledged as collateral. As a result, we believe that our potential economic loss from Lehman Brother’s failure to return the collateral is limited to the excess market value of the collateral over the $100 million repurchase price. We intend to pursue full recovery of the pledged collateral in accordance with the contractual terms of the repurchase agreements. There can be no assurances that the final settlement of this transaction will result in the full recovery of the collateral or the full amount of the claim. We have not recognized a loss in our financial statements related to these repurchase agreements as we have concluded that a loss in neither probable or estimable at June 30, 2010.
Other liabilities decreased to $246.4 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $275.6 million at December 31, 2009. The decrease is primarily the result of a decrease in accrued taxes of $33.0 million.
Total shareholders’ equity increased $204.1 million to $5.54 billion at June 30, 2010 from $5.34 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to net income of $291.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and a $46.2 million increase in accumulated other comprehensive income primarily due to an increase in the net unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale. These increases to shareholders’ equity were partially offset by cash dividends paid to common shareholders of $147.9 million. The accumulated other comprehensive income of $230.7 million at June 30, 2010 included a $251.4 million after-tax net unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale ($425.0 million pre-tax) partially offset by a $20.7 million after-tax accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the funded status of our employee benefit plans.
As of June 30, 2010, there remained 50,123,550 shares that may be purchased under our existing stock repurchase programs. We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the first six months of 2010. Our capital ratios remain in excess of the regulatory requirements for a well-capitalized bank. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
At June 30, 2010, our shareholders’ equity to asset ratio was 9.10% compared with 8.86% at December 31, 2009. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the ratio of average shareholders’ equity to average assets was 8.96% compared with 9.08% for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The slightly lower equity-to-assets ratios reflect our asset growth during the second half of 2009 and the first half of 2010 as well as the payment of dividends. Our book value per share, using the period-end number of outstanding shares, less purchased but unallocated employee stock ownership plan shares and less purchased but unvested recognition and retention plan shares, was $11.25 at June 30, 2010 and $10.85 at December 31,

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2009. Our tangible book value per share, calculated by deducting goodwill and the core deposit intangible from shareholders’ equity, was $10.93 as of June 30, 2010 and $10.53 at December 31, 2009.

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Comparison of Operating Results for the Three-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
Average Balance Sheet. The following table presents the average balance sheets, average yields and costs and certain other information for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. The table presents the annualized average yield on interest-earning assets and the annualized average cost of interest-bearing liabilities. We derived the yields and costs by dividing annualized income or expense by the average balance of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, respectively, for the periods shown. We derived average balances from daily balances over the periods indicated. Interest income includes fees that we considered to be adjustments to yields. Yields on tax-exempt obligations were not computed on a tax equivalent basis. Nonaccrual loans were included in the computation of average balances and therefore have a zero yield. The yields set forth below include the effect of deferred loan origination fees and costs, and purchase discounts and premiums that are amortized or accreted to interest income.
                                                 
    For the Three Months Ended June 30,  
    2010     2009  
                    Average                     Average  
    Average             Yield/     Average             Yield/  
    Balance     Interest     Cost     Balance     Interest     Cost  
                    (Dollars in thousands)                  
Assets:
                                               
Interest-earnings assets:
                                               
First mortgage loans, net (1)
  $ 31,614,795     $ 426,244       5.39 %   $ 29,693,723     $ 413,282       5.57 %
Consumer and other loans
    349,749       4,654       5.32       386,060       5,427       5.62  
Federal funds sold and other overnight deposits
    886,378       576       0.26       477,376       187       0.16  
Mortgage-backed securities at amortized cost
    20,570,629       222,109       4.32       19,640,390       248,476       5.06  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    882,819       9,167       4.15       879,323       12,044       5.48  
Investment securities, at amortized cost
    5,109,046       54,830       4.29       4,180,303       48,343       4.63  
 
                                       
Total interest-earning assets
    59,413,416       717,580       4.83       55,257,175       727,759       5.27  
 
                                       
Noninterest-earnings assets (4)
    1,600,216                       1,211,856                  
 
                                           
Total Assets
  $ 61,013,632                     $ 56,469,031                  
 
                                           
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Savings accounts
  $ 834,784       1,555       0.75     $ 743,736       1,394       0.75  
Interest-bearing transaction accounts
    2,374,298       6,288       1.06       1,739,356       8,039       1.85  
Money market accounts
    5,179,001       12,958       1.00       3,417,795       16,253       1.91  
Time deposits
    16,302,646       74,869       1.84       14,461,215       97,568       2.71  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing deposits
    24,690,729       95,670       1.55       20,362,102       123,254       2.43  
 
                                       
Repurchase agreements
    15,100,000       154,992       4.12       15,100,934       152,025       4.04  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York advances
    14,875,000       149,404       4.03       15,000,178       150,083       4.01  
 
                                       
Total borrowed funds
    29,975,000       304,396       4.07       30,101,112       302,108       4.03  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    54,665,729       400,066       2.94       50,463,214       425,362       3.38  
 
                                       
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    594,131                       544,230                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
    278,876                       332,295                  
 
                                           
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities
    873,007                       876,525                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities
    55,538,736                       51,339,739                  
Shareholders’ equity
    5,474,896                       5,129,292                  
 
                                           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
  $ 61,013,632                     $ 56,469,031                  
 
                                           
Net interest income/net interest rate spread (2)
          $ 317,514       1.89             $ 302,397       1.89  
 
                                           
Net interest-earning assets/net interest margin (3)
  $ 4,747,687               2.13 %   $ 4,793,961               2.18 %
 
                                           
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
                    1.09 x                     1.09 x
 
(1)   Amount includes deferred loan costs and non-performing loans and is net of the allowance for loan losses.
 
(2)   Determined by subtracting the annualized weighted average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities from the annualized weighted average yield on total interest-earning assets.
 
(3)   Determined by dividing annualized net interest income by total average interest-earning assets.
 
(4)   Includes the average balance of principal receivable related to FHLMC mortgage-backed securities of $397.8 million and $188.9 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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General. Net income was $142.6 million for the second quarter of 2010, an increase of $14.7 million, or 11.5%, compared with net income of $127.9 million for the second quarter of 2009. Both basic and diluted earnings per common share were $0.29 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $0.26 for both basic and diluted earnings per share for the second quarter of 2009. For the second quarter of 2010, our annualized return on average shareholders’ equity was 10.42%, compared with 9.98% for the corresponding period in 2009. Our annualized return on average assets for the second quarter of 2010 was 0.93% as compared to 0.91% for the second quarter of 2009. The increase in the annualized return on average equity and assets is primarily due to the increase in net income during the second quarter of 2010.
Interest and Dividend Income. Total interest and dividend income for the second quarter of 2010 decreased $10.2 million, or 1.4%, to $717.6 million from $727.8 million for the second quarter of 2009. The decrease in total interest and dividend income was primarily due to a decrease of 44 basis points in the annualized weighted-average yield to 4.83% for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 from 5.27% for the same quarter in 2009. The decrease in the annualized weighted-average yield was partially offset by an increase in the average balance of total interest-earning assets of $4.15 billion, or 7.5%, to $59.41 billion for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $55.26 billion for the second quarter of 2009.
Interest on first mortgage loans increased $12.9 million to $426.2 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $413.3 million for the same quarter in 2009. This was primarily due to a $1.92 billion increase in the average balance of first mortgage loans, which reflected our historical emphasis on the growth of our mortgage loan portfolio. However, during 2010 the growth rate of our mortgage loan portfolio slowed significantly as refinancing activity resulted in continued elevated levels of loan repayments and weak real estate markets resulted in decreased home purchase mortgage activity. In addition, loan purchase activity has significantly declined as the GSEs have been actively purchasing loans as part of their efforts to keep mortgage rates low to support the housing market during the recent economic recession. As a result, the sellers we have historically purchased loans from are selling to the GSEs. The increase in the average balance of first mortgage loans was partially offset by an 18 basis point decrease in the weighted-average yield to 5.39% from 5.57% for the second quarter of 2009. The decrease in the average yield earned was due to lower market interest rates on mortgage products and also due to the continued mortgage refinancing activity. During the first six months of 2010, existing mortgage customers refinanced or modified approximately $1.14 billion in mortgage loans with a weighted average rate of 5.93% to a new weighted average rate of 5.10%. We allow existing customers to modify their mortgage loans, for a fee, with the intent of maintaining our customer relationship in periods of extensive refinancing due to a low interest rate environment. The modification changes the existing interest rate to the market rate for a product currently offered by us with a similar or reduced term. We generally do not extend the maturity date of the loan. To qualify for a modification, the loan should be current and our review of past payment performance should indicate that no payments were past due in any of the 12 preceding months. In general, all other terms and conditions of the existing mortgage remain the same.
Interest on consumer and other loans decreased $773,000 to $4.7 million for the second quarter of 2010 from $5.4 million for the second quarter of 2009. The average balance of consumer and other loans decreased $36.4 million to $349.7 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $386.1 million for the second quarter of 2009 and the average yield earned decreased 30 basis points to 5.32% as compared to 5.62% for the same respective periods.
Interest on mortgage-backed securities decreased $26.4 million to $222.1 million for the second quarter of 2010 from $248.5 million for the second quarter of 2009. This decrease was due primarily to a 74 basis point decrease in the weighted-average yield to 4.32% for the second quarter of 2010 from 5.06% for the

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second quarter of 2009. The decrease in the weighted-average yield was partially offset by a $930.2 million increase in the average balance of mortgage-backed securities to $20.57 billion during the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $19.64 billion for the second quarter of 2009.
The increases in the average balances of mortgage-backed securities were due to purchases of these securities. We purchase these securities as part of our overall management of interest rate risk and to provide us with a source of monthly cash flows. The decrease in the weighted average yield on mortgage-backed securities is a result of lower yields on securities purchased during the second half of 2009 and the first six months of 2010 when market interest rates were lower than the yield earned on the existing portfolio.
Interest on investment securities increased $6.5 million to $54.8 million during the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $48.3 million for the second quarter of 2009. This increase was due primarily to a $928.7 million increase in the average balance of investment securities to $5.11 billion for the second quarter of 2010 from $4.18 billion for the second quarter of 2009. The impact on interest income from the increase in the average balance of investment securities was partially offset by a decrease in the average yield of investment securities of 34 basis points to 4.29% for the second quarter of 2010 from 4.63% for the second quarter of 2009.
Dividends on FHLB stock decreased $2.8 million, or 23.3%, to $9.2 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $12.0 million for the second quarter of 2009. This decrease was due primarily to a 133 basis point decrease in the average dividend yield earned to 4.15% as compared to 5.48% for the second quarter of 2009. The decrease in dividend income was partially offset by a $3.5 million increase in the average balance to $882.8 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $879.3 million for the same period in 2009.
Interest on Federal funds sold amounted to $576,000 for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $187,000 for the second quarter of 2009. The average balance of Federal funds sold amounted to $886.4 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $477.4 million for the second quarter of 2009. The yield earned on Federal funds sold was 0.26% for the second quarter of 2010 and 0.16% for the second quarter of 2009. The increase in the average balance of Federal funds sold is a result of liquidity provided by increased levels of repayments on mortgage-related assets and calls of investment securities.
Interest Expense. Total interest expense for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 decreased $25.3 million, or 6.0%, to $400.1 million as compared to $425.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. This decrease was primarily due to a 44 basis point decrease in the weighted-average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities to 2.94% for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 compared with 3.38% for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. The decrease was partially offset by a $4.21 billion, or 8.3%, increase in the average balance of total interest-bearing liabilities to $54.67 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 compared with $50.46 billion for the second quarter of 2009. This increase in interest-bearing liabilities was primarily used to fund asset growth.
Interest expense on our time deposit accounts decreased $22.7 million to $74.9 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $97.6 million for the second quarter of 2009. This decrease was due to a decrease in the annualized weighted-average cost of 87 basis points to 1.84% for the second quarter of 2010 from 2.71% for the second quarter of 2009 as maturing time deposits were renewed or replaced by new time deposits at lower rates. This decrease was partially offset by a $1.84 billion increase in the average balance of time deposit accounts to $16.30 billion for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $14.46 billion for the second quarter of 2009. Interest expense on money market accounts decreased $3.3

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million to $13.0 million for the second quarter of 2010 from $16.3 million for the same period in 2009. This decrease was due to a decrease in the annualized weighted-average cost of 91 basis points to 1.00% for the second quarter of 2010 from 1.91% for the second quarter of 2009. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in the average balance of $1.76 billion to $5.18 billion for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $3.42 billion for the second quarter of 2009. Interest expense on our interest-bearing transaction accounts decreased $1.7 million to $6.3 million for the second quarter of 2010 from $8.0 million for the same period in 2009. The decrease is due to a 79 basis point decrease in the annualized weighted-average cost to 1.06%, partially offset by a $634.9 million increase in the average balance to $2.37 billion for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $1.74 billion for the second quarter of 2009.
The increases in the average balances of interest-bearing deposits reflect our expanded branch network and our historical efforts to grow deposits in our existing branches by offering competitive rates. Also, in response to the economic conditions in 2009, we believe that households increased their personal savings and customers sought insured bank deposit products as an alternative to investments such as equity securities and bonds. We believe these factors contributed to our deposit growth. However, during the second quarter of 2010, total deposits decreased $220.3 million from March 31, 2010. We lowered our deposit rates in order to slow our deposit growth from the 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage-related assets and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve. The decrease in the average cost of deposits for 2010 reflected lower market interest rates.
Interest expense on borrowed funds increased $2.3 million to $304.4 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $302.1 million for the second quarter of 2009. This increase was primarily due to a 4 basis point increase in the weighted-average cost of borrowed funds to 4.07% for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to 4.03% for the second quarter of 2009 reflecting the incremental cost of the debt modifications. The effect of the increase in the weighted-average cost was partially offset by a $126.1 million decrease in the average balance of borrowed funds to $29.98 billion for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $30.10 billion for the second quarter of 2009. The slight increase in the average cost of our borrowings is due primarily to our strategy of modifying current borrowings to extend the call dates. The interest rates on modified borrowings are typically between 10 and 25 basis points higher than the interest rate on original borrowings. During the first six months of 2010, we modified $3.18 billion of borrowings to extend the call dates of the borrowings by at least four years, thereby reducing our interest rate risk in a rising interest rate environment. During the year ended December 31, 2009 we modified approximately $1.73 billion of these borrowings.
We have historically used borrowings to fund a portion of the growth in interest-earning assets. However, we were able to fund substantially all of our growth in 2009 and for the first six months of 2010 with deposits. Substantially all of our borrowings are callable quarterly at the discretion of the lender after an initial non-call period of one to five years with a final maturity of ten years. We believe, given current market conditions, that the likelihood that a significant portion of these borrowings would be called will not increase substantially unless interest rates were to increase by at least 300 basis points. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Net Interest Income. Net interest income increased $15.1 million, or 5.0%, to $317.5 million for the second quarter of 2010 compared with $302.4 million for the second quarter of 2009. Our net interest rate spread was unchanged at 1.89% for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our net interest margin decreased 5 basis points to 2.13% for the second quarter of 2010 from 2.18% for the same quarter in 2009. While our net interest margin decreased during the second quarter of 2010 as the average yield on interest-earning assets and the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities both decreased while the average balance of interest-earning assets increased, net interest income increased

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primarily as a result of the growth in the average balance of our mortgage loan portfolio which is our highest-yielding interest-earning asset.
The decrease in our net interest margin was primarily due to the decrease in the weighted-average yield of interest-earning assets. While our deposits continued to reprice to lower rates during the second quarter of 2010, the low market interest rates resulted in lower yields on our mortgage-related interest-earning assets as customers refinanced to lower mortgage rates and our new loan production and asset purchases were at the current low market interest rates. The low market interest rates resulted in increased refinancing activity which caused a decrease in the yield we earned on mortgage-related assets. Mortgage-related assets represented 87.8% of our average interest-earning assets during the second quarter of 2010.
Provision for Loan Losses. The provision for loan losses amounted to $50.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 as compared to $32.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. The ALL amounted to $193.0 million at June 30, 2010 and $140.1 million at December 31, 2009. The increase in the provision for loan losses for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and the resulting increase in the ALL is due primarily to the increase in non-performing loans during the quarter, continuing elevated levels of unemployment and an increase in charge-offs. In addition, although home prices appear to have started to stabilize, they are still declining slightly in our primary lending market. We recorded our provision for loan losses during the first six months of 2010 based on our ALL methodology that considers a number of quantitative and qualitative factors, including the amount of non-performing loans, the loss experience of our non-performing loans, recent collateral valuations, conditions in the real estate and housing markets, current economic conditions, particularly continued elevated levels of unemployment, and growth in the loan portfolio. See “Critical Accounting Policies – Allowance for Loan Losses.”
Our primary lending emphasis is the origination and purchase of one- to four-family first mortgage loans on residential properties and, to a lesser extent, second mortgage loans on one- to four-family residential properties. Our loan growth is primarily concentrated in one- to four-family mortgage loans with original loan-to-value (“LTV”) ratios of less than 80%. The average LTV ratio of our 2010 first mortgage loan originations and our total first mortgage loan portfolio were 60.5% and 60.6%, respectively using the appraised value at the time of origination. The value of the property used as collateral for our loans is dependent upon local market conditions. As part of our estimation of the ALL, we monitor changes in the values of homes in each market using indices published by various organizations. Based on our analysis of the data for the second quarter of 2010, we concluded that home values in the Northeast quadrant of the United States, where most of our lending activity occurs, continued to decline from 2009 levels, as evidenced by reduced levels of sales, increasing inventories of houses on the market, declining house prices and an increase in the length of time houses remain on the market. However, the rate of decline in home values decreased significantly during the second half of 2009 and the first six months of 2010.
The national economy has been in a recessionary cycle for approximately 2 years with the housing and real estate markets suffering significant losses in value. The faltering economy was marked by contractions in the availability of business and consumer credit, increases in corporate borrowing rates, falling home prices, increasing home foreclosures and rising levels of unemployment. Economic conditions have improved but at a slower pace than anticipated during the second quarter of 2010. Home sale activity increased during the second quarter of 2010 but unemployment remained at elevated levels. We continue to closely monitor the local and national real estate markets and other factors related to risks inherent in our loan portfolio. We determined the provision for loan losses for the second quarter of 2010 based on our evaluation of the foregoing factors, the growth of the loan portfolio, the recent increases in delinquent loans, non-performing loans and net loan charge-offs, and trends in the unemployment rate.

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Non-performing loans amounted to $790.1 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $744.9 million at March 31, 2010 and $627.7 million at December 31, 2009. Non-performing loans at June 30, 2010 included $775.2 million of one- to four-family first mortgage loans as compared to $613.6 million at December 31, 2009. The ratio of non-performing loans to total loans was 2.46% at June 30, 2010 compared with 2.32% at March 31, 2010 and 1.98% at December 31, 2009. Our recent increases in non-performing loans appear to be directly related to the elevated level of unemployment in our market areas. Loans delinquent 30 to 59 days amounted to $396.5 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $370.1 million at March 31, 2010 and $430.9 million at December 31, 2009. Loans delinquent 60 to 89 days amounted to $168.6 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $171.5 million at March 31, 2010 and $182.5 million at December 31, 2009. Foreclosed real estate amounted to $21.7 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $16.7 million at December 31, 2009. As a result of our underwriting policies, our borrowers typically have a significant amount of equity, at the time of origination, in the underlying real estate that we use as collateral for our loans. Due to the steady deterioration of real estate values in recent years, the LTV ratios based on appraisals obtained at time of origination do not necessarily indicate the extent to which we may incur a loss on any given loan that may go into foreclosure. However, our lower average LTV ratios have helped to moderate our charge-offs as there has generally been adequate equity behind our first lien as of the foreclosure date to satisfy our loan.
At June 30, 2010, the ratio of the ALL to non-performing loans was 24.42% as compared to 22.26 at March 31, 2010 and 22.32% at December 31, 2009. The ratio of the ALL to total loans was 0.60% at June 30, 2010 as compared to 0.52% at March 31, 2010 and 0.44% at December 31, 2009. Changes in the ratio of the ALL to non-performing loans is not, absent other factors, an indication of the adequacy of the ALL since there is not necessarily a direct relationship between changes in various asset quality ratios and changes in the ALL and non-performing loans. In the current economic environment, a loan generally becomes non-performing when the borrower experiences financial difficulty. In many cases, the borrower also has a second mortgage or home equity loan on the property. In substantially all of these cases, we do not hold the second mortgage or home equity loan as this is not a business we have actively pursued.
Charge-offs on our non-performing loans increased in 2009 and during the first six months of 2010. We generally obtain new collateral values when a loan becomes 180 days past due. If the estimated fair value of the collateral (less estimated selling costs) is less than the recorded investment in the loan, we charge-off an amount to reduce the loan to the fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs. As a result, certain losses inherent in our non-performing loans are being recognized as charge-offs which may result in a lower ratio of the ALL to non-performing loans. Charge-offs amounted to $22.8 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $24.2 million for the first quarter of 2010. These charge-offs were primarily due to the results of our reappraisal process for our non-performing residential first mortgage loans with only 38 loans disposed of through the foreclosure process during the first six months of 2010 with a final realized gain on sale (after previous charge-offs) of approximately $100,000. The results of our reappraisal process and our recent charge-off history are also considered in the determination of the ALL. At June 30, 2010 the average LTV ratio (using appraised values at the time of origination) of our non-performing loans was 71.8% and was 60.6% for our total mortgage loan portfolio. Thus, the ratio of the ALL to non-performing loans needs to be viewed in the context of the underlying LTVs of the non-performing loans and the relative decline in home values.
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Oversight and Case-Shiller. Our Asset Quality Committee (“AQC”) uses these indices and a stratification of our loan portfolio by state as part of its quarterly determination of the ALL. We do not apply different loss factors based on geographic locations since, at June 30, 2010, 75.9% of our loan portfolio and 67.7% of our non-performing loans are located in the New York metropolitan area. In addition, we obtain updated collateral values when a loan becomes 180 days past due which we believe identifies potential charge-offs more accurately than a house price index that is based on a wide geographic area and includes many different types of houses. However, we use the house price indices to identify geographic areas experiencing weaknesses in housing markets to determine if an overall adjustment to the ALL is required based on loans we have in those geographic areas and to determine if changes in the loss factors used in the ALL quantitative analysis are necessary. Our quantitative analysis of the ALL accounts for increases in non-performing loans by applying progressively higher risk factors to loans as they become more delinquent.
Due to the nature of our loan portfolio, our evaluation of the adequacy of our ALL is performed primarily on a “pooled” basis. Each month we prepare an analysis which categorizes the entire loan portfolio by certain risk characteristics such as loan type (one- to four-family, multi-family, commercial, construction, etc.), loan source (originated or purchased) and payment status (i.e., current or number of days delinquent). Loans with known potential losses are categorized separately. We assign estimated loss factors to the payment status categories on the basis of our assessment of the potential risk inherent in each loan type. These factors are periodically reviewed for appropriateness giving consideration to charge-off history, delinquency trends, portfolio growth and the status of the regional economy and housing market, in order to ascertain that the loss factors cover probable and estimable losses inherent in the portfolio. Based on our recent loss experience on non-performing loans, we increased the loss factors used in our quantitative analysis of the ALL for certain loan types during the first six months of 2010. We define our loss experience on non-performing loans as the ratio of the excess of the loan balance (including selling costs) over the updated collateral value to the principal balance of loans for which we have updated valuations. We generally obtain updated collateral values when a loan becomes 180 days past due. Based on our analysis, our loss experience on our non-performing one- to four-family first mortgage loans was approximately 11.2% during the first six months of 2010 and was approximately 11.0% in 2009. Our one- to four-family mortgage loans represent 98.8% of our total loans. The recent adjustment in our loss factors did not have a material effect on the ultimate level of our ALL or on our provision for loan losses. If our future loss experience requires additional increases in our loss factors, this may result in increased levels of loan loss provisions.
In addition to our quantitative systematic methodology, we also use qualitative analyses to determine the adequacy of our ALL. Our qualitative analyses include further evaluation of economic factors, such as trends in the unemployment rate, as well as a ratio analysis to evaluate the overall measurement of the ALL. This analysis includes a review of delinquency ratios, net charge-off ratios and the ratio of the ALL to both non-performing loans and total loans. This qualitative review is used to reassess the overall determination of the ALL and to ensure that directional changes in the ALL and the provision for loan losses are supported by relevant internal and external data.
We consider the average LTV of our non-performing loans and our total portfolio in relation to the overall changes in house prices in our lending markets when determining the ALL. This provides us with a “macro” indication of the severity of potential losses that might be expected. Since substantially all of our portfolio consists of first mortgage loans on residential properties, the LTV is particularly important to us when a loan becomes non-performing. The weighted average LTV in our one- to four-family mortgage loan portfolio at June 30, 2010 was 60.6%, using appraised values at the time of origination. The average LTV ratio of our non-performing loans was 71.8% at June 30, 2010. Based on the valuation indices, house prices have declined in the New York metropolitan area, where 67.7% of our non-performing loans

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were located at June 30, 2010, by approximately 21% from the peak of the market in 2006 through April 2010 and by 29% nationwide during that period. During the first four months of 2010, house prices declined 0.6% in the New York metropolitan area and increased 0.9% nationwide. Changes in house values may affect our loss experience which may require that we change the loss factors used in our quantitative analysis of the allowance for loan losses. There can be no assurance whether significant further declines in house values may occur and result in a higher loss experience and increased levels of charge-offs and loan loss provisions.
Net charge-offs amounted to $22.8 million for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to net charge-offs of $9.6 million for the corresponding period in 2009. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, net charge-offs amounted to $47.1 million as compared to $14.2 million for the same period in 2009. Our charge-offs on non-performing loans have historically been low due to the amount of underlying equity in the properties collateralizing our first mortgage loans. Until the recent recessionary cycle, it was our experience that as a non-performing loan approached foreclosure, the borrower sold the underlying property or, if there was a second mortgage or other subordinated lien, the subordinated lien holder would purchase the property to protect their interest thereby resulting in the full payment of principal and interest to Hudson City Savings. This process normally took approximately 12 months. However, due to the unprecedented level of foreclosures and the desire by most states to slow the foreclosure process, we are now experiencing a time frame to repayment or foreclosure ranging from 24 to 30 months from the initial non-performing period. As real estate prices continue to decline, this extended time may result in further charge-offs. In addition, current conditions in the housing market have made it more difficult for borrowers to sell homes to satisfy the mortgage and second lien holders are less likely to repay our loan if the value of the property is not enough to satisfy their loan. We continue to closely monitor the property values underlying our non-performing loans during this timeframe and take appropriate charge-offs when the loan balances exceed the underlying property values.
At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, commercial and construction loans evaluated for impairment in accordance with FASB guidance amounted to $11.4 million and $11.2 million, respectively. Based on this evaluation, we established an ALL of $2.7 million for loans classified as impaired at June 30, 2010 compared to $2.1 million at December 31, 2009.
The markets in which we lend have experienced significant declines in real estate values which we have taken into account in evaluating our ALL. Although we believe that we have established and maintained the ALL at adequate levels, additions may be necessary if future economic and other conditions differ substantially from the current operating environment. Increases in our loss experience on non-performing loans, the loss factors used in our quantitative analysis of the ALL and continued increases in overall loan delinquencies can have a significant impact on our need for increased levels of loan loss provisions in the future. No assurance can be given in any particular case that our LTV ratios will provide full protection in the event of borrower default. Although we use the best information available, the level of the ALL remains an estimate that is subject to significant judgment and short-term change. See “Critical Accounting Policies.”
Non-Interest Income. Total non-interest income was $33.2 million for the second quarter 2010 as compared to $26.6 million for the same quarter in 2009. Included in non-interest income for the three month period ended June 30, 2010 were net gains on securities transactions of $30.6 million which resulted from the sale of $515.2 million of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale. Included in non-interest income for the three month period ended June 30, 2009 were net gains on securities transactions of $24.0 million which resulted from the sale of $761.6 million of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale. We believe that the continued elevated levels of prepayments and the eventual increase in

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interest rates will reduce the amount of unrealized gains in the available-for-sale portfolio. Accordingly, we sold these securities to take advantage of the favorable pricing that currently exists in the market.
Non-Interest Expense. Total non-interest expense decreased $20.3 million, or 23.9%, to $64.6 million for the second quarter of 2010 from $84.9 million for the second quarter of 2009. The decrease is primarily due to the absence of the FDIC special assessment of $21.1 million that was assessed during the second quarter of 2009 and a $3.6 million decrease in compensation and employee benefits expense. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $3.6 million in Federal deposit insurance expense. The increase in Federal deposit insurance expense is due primarily to an increase in our total deposits. The decrease in compensation and employee benefits expense included a $3.3 million decrease in expense related to our stock benefit plans, partially offset by a $1.0 million increase in compensation costs due primarily to normal increases in salary as well as additional full time employees. There was also a $1.1 million decrease in pension expense due primarily to an increase in the expected return on plan assets, particularly as a result of contributions of $35.3 million made to the pension plan in 2009. At June 30, 2010, we had 1,557 full-time equivalent employees as compared to 1,458 at June 30, 2009. Included in other non-interest expense for the second quarter of 2010 were write-downs on foreclosed real estate and net losses on the sale of foreclosed real estate of $173,000 as compared to $399,000 for the second quarter of 2009.
The Reform Act that was signed by President Obama on July 21, 2010 as well as other proposals currently being considered by Congress and regulatory agencies, could result in higher FDIC deposit insurance assessments and other new fees and taxes. While the amount of such fees and assessments are unknown at this time, they could result in an increase in our non-interest expenses. See “Risk Factors – The adoption of regulatory reform legislation may have a material effect on our operations and capital requirements.”
Our efficiency ratio was 18.42% for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to 25.82% for the second quarter of 2009. The efficiency ratio is calculated by dividing non-interest expense, by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income. Our annualized ratio of non-interest expense to average total assets for the second quarter of 2010 was 0.43% as compared to 0.60% for the second quarter of 2009.
Income Taxes. Income tax expense amounted to $93.5 million for the second quarter of 2010 compared with $83.6 million for the same quarter in 2009. Our effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2010 was 39.61% compared with 39.53% for the second quarter of 2009.

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Comparison of Operating Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
Average Balance Sheet. The following table presents the average balance sheets, average yields and costs and certain other information for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. The table presents the annualized average yield on interest-earning assets and the annualized average cost of interest-bearing liabilities. We derived the yields and costs by dividing annualized income or expense by the average balance of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, respectively, for the periods shown. We derived average balances from daily balances over the periods indicated. Interest income includes fees that we considered to be adjustments to yields. Yields on tax-exempt obligations were not computed on a tax equivalent basis. Nonaccrual loans were included in the computation of average balances and therefore have a zero yield. The yields set forth below include the effect of deferred loan origination fees and costs, and purchase discounts and premiums that are amortized or accreted to interest income.
                                                 
    For the Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2010     2009  
                    Average                     Average  
    Average             Yield/     Average             Yield/  
    Balance     Interest     Cost     Balance     Interest     Cost  
                    (Dollars in thousands)                  
Assets:
                                               
Interest-earnings assets:
                                               
First mortgage loans, net (1)
  $ 31,555,931     $ 854,405       5.42 %   $ 29,521,178     $ 827,490       5.61 %
Consumer and other loans
    354,169       9,413       5.32       394,016       11,417       5.80  
Federal funds sold and other overnight deposits
    838,112       1,025       0.25       452,727       363       0.16  
Mortgage-backed securities at amortized cost
    20,417,100       453,827       4.45       19,479,342       499,390       5.13  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    878,816       21,540       4.90       875,729       18,417       4.21  
Investment securities, at amortized cost
    5,205,697       112,240       4.31       3,937,618       94,004       4.77  
 
                                       
Total interest-earning assets
    59,249,825       1,452,450       4.90       54,660,610       1,451,081       5.31  
 
                                       
Noninterest-earnings assets (4)
    1,617,883                       1,130,161                  
 
                                           
Total Assets
  $ 60,867,708                     $ 55,790,771                  
 
                                           
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Savings accounts
  $ 815,904       3,022       0.75     $ 731,297       2,742       0.76  
Interest-bearing transaction accounts
    2,289,876       13,797       1.22       1,682,232       17,108       2.05  
Money market accounts
    5,221,284       29,688       1.15       3,188,583       32,958       2.08  
Time deposits
    16,270,803       153,082       1.90       14,034,078       209,270       3.01  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing deposits
    24,597,867       199,589       1.64       19,636,190       262,078       2.69  
 
                                       
Repurchase agreements
    15,100,000       306,421       4.09       15,100,445       303,077       4.05  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York advances
    14,875,000       297,781       4.04       15,132,686       299,698       3.99  
 
                                       
Total borrowed funds
    29,975,000       604,202       4.06       30,233,131       602,775       4.02  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    54,572,867       803,791       2.97       49,869,321       864,853       3.50  
 
                                       
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    537,283                       534,824                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
    304,347                       321,350                  
 
                                           
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities
    841,630                       856,174                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities
    55,414,497                       50,725,495                  
Shareholders’ equity
    5,453,211                       5,065,276                  
 
                                           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
  $ 60,867,708                     $ 55,790,771                  
 
                                           
Net interest income/net interest rate spread (2)
          $ 648,659       1.93             $ 586,228       1.81  
 
                                           
Net interest-earning assets/net interest margin (3)
  $ 4,676,958               2.17 %   $ 4,791,289               2.12 %
 
                                           
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
                    1.09 x                     1.10 x
 
(1)   Amount includes deferred loan costs and non-performing loans and is net of the allowance for loan losses.
 
(2)   Determined by subtracting the annualized weighted average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities from the annualized weighted average yield on total interest-earning assets.
 
(3)   Determined by dividing annualized net interest income by total average interest-earning assets.
 
(4)   Includes the average balance of principal receivable related to FHLMC mortgage-backed securities of $381.7 million and $154.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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General. Net income was $291.5 million for the first six months of 2010, an increase of $35.9 million, or 14.1%, compared with net income of $255.6 million for the first six months of 2009. Basic and diluted earnings per common share were both $0.59 for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $0.52 for both basic and diluted earnings per share for the first six months of 2009. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, our annualized return on average shareholders’ equity was 10.69%, compared with 10.09% for the corresponding period in 2009. Our annualized return on average assets for the first six months of 2010 was 0.96% as compared to 0.92% for the first six months of 2009. The increase in the annualized return on average equity and assets is primarily due to the increase in net income during the first six months of 2010.
Interest and Dividend Income. Total interest and dividend income was $1.45 billion for both six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. The average balance of total interest-earning assets increased $4.59 billion, or 8.4%, to $59.25 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to $54.66 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The increase in the average balance of total interest-earning assets was partially offset by a decrease of 41 basis points in the annualized weighted-average yield to 4.90% for the six months ended June 30, 2010 from 5.31% for the comparable period in 2009.
Interest on first mortgage loans increased $26.9 million to $854.4 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $827.5 million for the corresponding period in 2009. This was primarily due to a $2.04 billion increase in the average balance of first mortgage loans, which reflected our historic emphasis on the growth of our mortgage loan portfolio and an increase in mortgage originations due to refinancing activity caused by market interest rates that are at near-historic lows. The positive impact on first mortgage loan interest income from the increase in the average balance was partially offset by a 19 basis point decrease in the weighted-average yield to 5.42% for the first six months of 2010 from 5.61% for the first six months of 2009. The decrease in the average yield earned was due to lower market interest rates on mortgage products and also due to the continued mortgage refinancing activity. During the first six months of 2010, existing mortgage customers refinanced or modified approximately $1.14 billion in mortgage loans with a weighted average rate of 5.93% to a new weighted average rate of 5.10%.
Interest on consumer and other loans decreased $2.0 million to $9.4 million for the first six months of 2010 from $11.4 million for the first six months of 2009. The average balance of consumer and other loans decreased $39.8 million to $354.2 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $394.0 million for the first six months of 2009 and the average yield earned decreased 48 basis points to 5.32% as compared to 5.80% for the same respective periods.
Interest on mortgage-backed securities decreased $45.6 million to $453.8 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $499.4 million for the first six months of 2009. This decrease was due primarily to a 68 basis point decrease in the weighted-average yield to 4.45% for the first six months of 2010 from 5.13% for the first six months of 2009. The decrease in the weighted-average yield was partially offset by a $937.8 million increase in the average balance of mortgage-backed securities to $20.42 billion during the first six months of 2010 as compared to $19.48 billion for the first six months of 2009.
The increases in the average balances of mortgage-backed securities were due to purchases of these securities. We purchase these securities as part of our overall management of interest rate risk and to provide us with a source of monthly cash flows. The decrease in the weighted average yield on mortgage-backed securities is a result of lower yields on securities purchased during the second half of 2009 and the first six months of 2010 when market interest rates were lower than the yield earned on the existing portfolio.

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Interest on investment securities increased $18.2 million to $112.2 million during the first six months of 2010 as compared to $94.0 million for the first six months of 2009. This increase was due primarily to a $1.27 billion increase in the average balance of investment securities to $5.21 billion for the first six months of 2010 from $3.94 billion for the first six months of 2009. The increase in the average balance of investment securities was due primarily to purchases of these securities to reinvest excess cash flows. The impact on interest income from the increase in the average balance of investment securities was partially offset by a decrease in the average yield of investment securities of 46 basis points to 4.31%, reflecting current market interest rates.
Dividends on FHLB stock increased $3.1 million, or 16.9%, to $21.5 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $18.4 million for the first six months of 2009. This increase was due primarily to a 69 basis point increase in the average dividend yield earned to 4.90% as compared to 4.21% for the first six months of 2009. The increase in dividend income was also due to a $3.1 million increase in the average balance to $878.8 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $875.7 million for the same period in 2009.
Interest on Federal funds sold amounted to $1.0 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $363,000 for the first six months of 2009. The average balance of Federal funds sold amounted to $838.1 million for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $452.7 million for the first six months of 2009. The yield earned on Federal funds sold was 0.25% for the first six months of 2010 and 0.16% for the first six months of 2009. The increase in the average balance of Federal funds sold is a result of ongoing liquidity provided by increased levels of repayments on mortgage-related assets and calls of investment securities.
Interest Expense. Total interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 decreased $61.1 million, or 7.1%, to $803.8 million from $864.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. This decrease was primarily due to a 53 basis point decrease in the weighted-average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities to 2.97% for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared with 3.50% for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The decrease was partially offset by a $4.70 billion, or 9.4%, increase in the average balance of total interest-bearing liabilities to $54.57 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared with $49.87 billion for the first six months of 2009. This increase in interest-bearing liabilities was primarily used to fund asset growth.
Interest expense on our time deposit accounts decreased $56.2 million to $153.1 million for the first six months of 2010 from $209.3 million for the first six months of 2009. This decrease was due to a decrease in the annualized weighted-average cost of 111 basis points to 1.90% for the first six months of 2010 from 3.01% for the first six months of 2009 as maturing time deposits were renewed or replaced by new time deposits at lower rates. This decrease was partially offset by a $2.24 billion increase in the average balance of time deposit accounts to $16.27 billion for the first six months of 2010 from $14.03 billion for the first six months of 2009. Interest expense on money market accounts decreased $3.3 million to $29.7 million for the first six months of 2010 from $33.0 million for the same period in 2009. This decrease was due to a decrease in the annualized weighted-average cost of 93 basis points to 1.15% for the first six months of 2010 from 2.08% for the first six months of 2009. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in the average balance of $2.03 billion to $5.22 billion for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to $3.19 billion for the second quarter of 2009. Interest expense on our interest-bearing transaction accounts decreased $3.3 million to $13.8 million for the first six months of 2010 from $17.1 million for the same period in 2009. The decrease is due to an 83 basis point decrease in the annualized weighted-average cost to 1.22%, partially offset by a $607.6 million increase in the average balance to

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$2.29 billion for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $1.68 billion for the corresponding period in 2009.
The increases in the average balances of interest-bearing deposits reflect our expanded branch network and our historical efforts to grow deposits in our existing branches by offering competitive rates. Also, in response to the economic conditions in 2009, we believe that households increased their personal savings and customers sought insured bank deposit products as an alternative to investments such as equity securities and bonds. We believe these factors contributed to our deposit growth. However, during the second quarter of 2010, deposits decreased $220.3 million from March 31, 2010. We lowered our deposit rates in order to slow our deposit growth from the 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage loans and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve. The decrease in the average cost of deposits for 2010 reflected lower market interest rates.
Interest expense on borrowed funds increased $1.4 million to $604.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to $602.8 million for the comparable period in 2009. This increase was primarily due to a 4 basis point increase in the weighted-average cost of borrowed funds to 4.06% for the first six months of 2010 as compared to 4.02% for the first six months of 2009 reflecting the incremental cost of the debt modifications. This increase was partially offset by a $258.1 million decrease in the average balance of borrowed funds to $29.98 billion for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $30.23 billion for the first six months of 2009. During the first six months of 2010, we modified $3.18 billion of borrowings to extend the call dates of the borrowings by at least four years, thereby reducing our interest rate risk in a rising interest rate environment. During 2009, we modified approximately $1.73 billion of these borrowings.
We have historically used borrowings to fund a portion of the growth in interest-earning assets. However, we were able to fund substantially all of our growth in 2009 and for the first six months of 2010 with deposits. Substantially all of our borrowings are callable quarterly at the discretion of the lender after an initial non-call period of one to five years with a final maturity of ten years. We believe, given current market conditions, that the likelihood that a significant portion of these borrowings would be called will not increase substantially unless interest rates were to increase by at least 300 basis points. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Net Interest Income. Net interest income increased $62.5 million, or 10.7%, to $648.7 million for the first six months of 2010 compared with $586.2 million for the first six months of 2009. Our net interest rate spread increased 12 basis points to 1.93% for the first six months of 2010 from 1.81% for the corresponding period in 2009. Our net interest margin increased 5 basis points to 2.17% for the first six months of 2010 from 2.12% for the corresponding period in 2009.
The increase in our net interest margin and net interest rate spread was primarily due to the decrease in the weighted-average cost of interest-bearing liabilities . The yields on mortgage-related assets, which account for 87.7% of the average balance of interest-earning assets for the six months ended June 30, 2010, remained at near-historic lows primarily due to the FRB’s program to purchase mortgage-backed securities. The low market interest rates resulted in increased refinancing activity which caused a decrease in the yield we earned on mortgage-related assets. However, we were able to reduce deposit costs to a greater extent than the decrease in mortgage yields, particularly during the second half of 2009, thereby increasing our net interest rate spread and net interest margin.

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Provision for Loan Losses. The provision for loan losses amounted to $100.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to $52.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The ALL amounted to $193.0 million at June 30, 2010 and $140.1 million at December 31, 2009. The increase in the provision for loan losses for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and the resulting increase in the ALL is due primarily to the increase in non-performing loans during the first six months of 2010, continuing elevated levels of unemployment and an increase in charge-offs. In addition, although home prices appear to have started to stabilize, they are still declining slightly in some of our lending markets. We recorded our provision for loan losses during the first six months of 2010 based on our ALL methodology that considers a number of quantitative and qualitative factors, including the amount of non-performing loans, the loss experience of our non-performing loans, conditions in the real estate and housing markets, current economic conditions, particularly continued elevated levels of unemployment, and growth in the loan portfolio. See “Comparison of Operating Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 – Provision for Loan Losses”.
Non-Interest Income. Total non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $66.2 million compared with $28.9 million for the comparable period in 2009. Included in non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were net gains on securities transactions of $61.4 million which resulted from the sale of $1.09 billion of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale. Included in non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 were net gains on securities transactions of $24.2 million substantially all of which resulted from the sale of $761.6 million of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale. We believe that the continued elevated levels of prepayments and the eventual increase in interest rates will reduce the amount of unrealized gains in the available-for-sale portfolio. Accordingly, we sold these securities to take advantage of the favorable pricing that currently exists in the market.
Non-Interest Expense. Total non-interest expense decreased $8.6 million, or 6.2%, to $131.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 from $139.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The decrease is primarily due to the absence of the FDIC special assessment of $21.1 million that was assessed during the second quarter of 2009 and a $2.1 million decrease in compensation and employee benefits expense. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $13.5 million in Federal deposit insurance expense. The increase in Federal deposit insurance expense is due primarily to the increases in our deposit insurance assessment rate as a result of a restoration plan implemented by the FDIC to recapitalize the Deposit Insurance Fund and an increase in our total deposits. The decrease in compensation and employee benefits expense included a $2.4 million decrease in expense related to our stock benefit plans, a decrease of $1.3 million in costs related to our health plan and a $1.9 million decrease in pension expense. These decreases were partially offset by a $3.0 million increase in compensation costs due primarily to normal increases in salary as well as additional full time employees. The decrease in our stock benefit plan expense is due primarily to a decrease in the price of our common stock during the 2010 six-month period as compared to the 2009 six-month period. Included in other non-interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were write-downs on foreclosed real estate and net losses on the sale of foreclosed real estate, of $1.5 million as compared to $1.6 million for the comparable period in 2009.
The Reform Act that was signed by President Obama on July 21, 2010 as well as other proposals currently being considered by Congress and the regulatory agencies, could result in higher FDIC deposit insurance assessments and other new fees and taxes. While the amount of such fees and assessments are unknown at this time, they could result in an increase in our non-interest expenses. See “Risk Factors – The adoption of regulatory reform legislation may have a material effect on our operations and capital requirements.”

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Our efficiency ratio was 18.34% for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to 22.72% for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The efficiency ratio is calculated by dividing non-interest expense, by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income. Our annualized ratio of non-interest expense to average total assets for the first six months of 2010 was 0.43% as compared to 0.51% for the first six months of 2009.
Income Taxes. Income tax expense amounted to $192.3 million for the first six months of 2010 compared with $167.3 million for the corresponding period in 2009. Our effective tax rate for the first six months of 2010 was 39.75% compared with 39.56% for the first six months of 2009.
Asset Quality
Credit Quality
One of our key operating objectives has been, and continues to be, to maintain a high level of asset quality. Through a variety of strategies we have been proactive in addressing problem loans and non-performing assets. These strategies, as well as our concentration on one- to four-family mortgage lending and our maintenance of sound credit standards for new loan originations have helped us to maintain the strength of our financial condition. Our primary lending emphasis is the origination and purchase of one- to four-family first mortgage loans on residential properties located in the Northeast quadrant of the United States. We define the Northeast quadrant of the country generally as those states that are east of the Mississippi River and as far south as South Carolina.
The following table presents the composition of our loan portfolio in dollar amounts and in percentages of the total portfolio at the dates indicated:
                                 
    June 30, 2010     December 31, 2009  
            Percent             Percent  
    Amount     of Total     Amount     of Total  
            (Dollars in thousands)          
First mortgage loans:
                               
One- to four-family:
                               
Amortizing
  $ 26,630,180       82.79 %   $ 26,490,454       83.36 %
Interest-only
    4,750,543       14.77       4,586,375       14.43  
FHA/VA
    385,823       1.20       285,003       0.90  
Multi-family and commercial
    51,884       0.16       54,694       0.17  
Construction
    11,317       0.04       13,030       0.04  
 
                       
Total first mortgage loans
    31,829,747       98.96       31,429,556       98.90  
 
                       
 
                               
Consumer and other loans
                               
Fixed-rate second mortgages
    180,688       0.56       201,375       0.63  
Home equity credit lines
    134,315       0.42       127,987       0.40  
Other
    19,553       0.06       21,003       0.07  
 
                       
Total consumer and other loans
    334,556       1.04       350,365       1.10  
 
                       
Total loans
    32,164,303       100.00 %     31,779,921       100.00 %
 
                           
 
                               
Deferred loan costs
    91,509               81,307          
Allowance for loan losses
    (192,983 )             (140,074 )        
 
                           
Net loans
  $ 32,062,829             $ 31,721,154          
 
                           

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At June 30, 2010, first mortgage loans secured by one-to four-family properties accounted for 98.8% of total loans. Fixed-rate mortgage loans represent 67.3% of our first mortgage loans. Compared to adjustable-rate loans, fixed-rate loans possess less inherent credit risk since loan payments do not change in response to changes in interest rates. In addition, we do not originate or purchase loans with payment options, negative amortization loans or sub-prime loans. The market does not apply a uniform definition of what constitutes “sub-prime” lending. Our reference to sub-prime lending relies upon the “Statement on Subprime Mortgage Lending” issued by the OTS and the other federal bank regulatory agencies (the “Agencies”), on June 29, 2007, which further references the “Expanded Guidance for Subprime Lending Programs” (the “Expanded Guidance”), issued by the Agencies by press release dated January 31, 2001. In the Expanded Guidance, the Agencies indicated that sub-prime lending does not refer to individual sub-prime loans originated and managed, in the ordinary course of business, as exceptions to prime risk selection standards. The Agencies recognize that many prime loan portfolios will contain such loans. The Agencies also excluded prime loans that develop credit problems after acquisition and community development loans from the sub-prime arena. According to the Expanded Guidance, sub-prime loans are other loans to borrowers which display one or more characteristics of reduced payment capacity. Five specific criteria, which are not intended to be exhaustive and are not meant to define specific parameters for all sub-prime borrowers and may not match all markets or institutions’ specific sub-prime definitions, are set forth, including having a Fair Isaac Corporation (“FICO”) score of 660 or below. Based upon the definition and exclusions described above, we are a prime lender. However, as we are a portfolio lender, we review all data contained in borrower credit reports and do not base our underwriting decisions solely on FICO scores and do not record FICO scores on our mortgage loan system. We believe our loans, when made, were amply collateralized and otherwise conformed to our prime lending standards.
Included in our loan portfolio at June 30, 2010 are interest-only loans of approximately $4.75 billion or 14.8% of total loans as compared to $4.59 billion or 14.4% of total loans at December 31, 2009. These loans are originated as adjustable rate mortgage loans with initial terms of five, seven or ten years with the interest-only portion of the payment based upon the initial loan term, or offered on a 30-year fixed-rate loan, with interest-only payments for the first 10 years of the obligation. At the end of the initial 5-, 7- or 10-year interest-only period, the loan payment will adjust to include both principal and interest and will amortize over the remaining term so the loan will be repaid at the end of its original life. These loans are underwritten using the fully-amortizing payment amount. Non-performing interest-only loans amounted to $137.7 million or 17.4% of non-performing loans at June 30, 2010 as compared to non-performing interest-only loans of $82.2 million or 13.1% of non-performing loans at December 31, 2009.
In addition to our full documentation loan program, we originate and purchase loans to certain eligible borrowers as limited documentation loans. Generally the maximum loan amount for limited documentation loans is $750,000 and these loans are subject to higher interest rates than our full documentation loan products. We require applicants for limited documentation loans to complete a FreddieMac/FannieMae loan application and request income, asset and credit history information from the borrower. Additionally, we verify asset holdings and obtain credit reports from outside vendors on all borrowers to ascertain the credit history of the borrower. Applicants with delinquent credit histories usually do not qualify for the limited documentation processing, although delinquencies that are adequately explained will not prohibit processing as a limited documentation loan. We reserve the right to verify income and do require asset verification but we may elect not to verify or corroborate certain income information where we believe circumstances warrant. We also allow certain borrowers to obtain mortgage loans without disclosing income levels and without any verification of income. In these cases, we require verification of the borrowers’ assets. We are able to provide data relating to limited documentation loans that we originate. Originated loans overall represent 58.3% of our one- to four-

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family first mortgage loans. As part of our wholesale loan program, we allow sellers to include limited documentation loans in each pool of purchased mortgage loans but limit the amount of these loans to be no more than 10% of the principal balance of the purchased pool. In addition, these loans must have a maximum LTV of 70% and meet other characteristics such as maximum loan size. However, we have not tracked wholesale limited documentation loans on our mortgage loan system. Included in our loan portfolio at June 30, 2010 are $3.14 billion of originated amortizing limited documentation loans and $901.7 million of originated limited documentation interest-only loans. Non-performing loans at June 30, 2010 include $76.4 million of originated amortizing limited documentation loans and $40.8 million of originated interest-only limited documentation loans.
The following table presents the geographic distribution of our total loan portfolio, as well as the geographic distribution of our non-performing loans:
                                 
    At June 30, 2010     At December 31, 2009  
    Total loans     Non-performing loans     Total loans     Non-performing loans  
New Jersey
    42.9 %     43.7 %     43.0 %     41.6 %
New York
    19.2       18.1       18.2       18.0  
Connecticut
    13.8       5.9       12.6       4.2  
 
                       
Total New York metropolitan area
    75.9       67.7       73.8       63.8  
 
                       
 
                               
Virginia
    4.1       5.5       4.6       6.2  
Illinois
    3.6       5.3       3.9       5.6  
Maryland
    3.1       4.7       3.5       5.1  
Massachusetts
    2.4       1.9       2.7       2.3  
Pennsylvania
    2.3       1.6       2.0       1.9  
Minnesota
    1.5       2.1       1.4       1.8  
Michigan
    1.2       3.1       1.3       4.2  
All others
    5.9       8.1       6.8       9.1  
 
                       
Total outside New York metropolitan area
    24.1       32.3       26.2       36.2  
 
                       
 
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
 
                       

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Non-Performing Assets
The following table presents information regarding non-performing assets as of the dates indicated.
                 
    At June 30, 2010     At December 31, 2009  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Non-accrual first mortgage loans
  $ 592,999     $ 500,964  
Non-accrual interest-only mortgage loans
    137,676       82,236  
Non-accrual construction loans
    8,272       6,624  
Non-accrual consumer and other loans
    1,632       1,916  
Accruing loans delinquent 90 days or more:
               
FHA Loans
    47,618       31,855  
Other loans
    1,940       4,100  
 
           
Total non-performing loans
    790,137       627,695  
Foreclosed real estate, net
    21,690       16,736  
 
           
Total non-performing assets
  $ 811,827     $ 644,431  
 
           
 
               
Non-performing loans to total loans
    2.46 %     1.98 %
Non-performing assets to total assets
    1.33       1.07  
Non-performing assets amounted to $811.8 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $644.4 million at December 31, 2009. Non-performing loans increased $162.4 million to $790.1 million at June 30, 2010 as compared to $627.7 million at December 31, 2009. The increase in non-performing loans appears to be directly related to the elevated level of unemployment in our market areas. The ratio of non-performing loans to total loans was 2.46% at June 30, 2010 compared with 1.98% at December 31, 2009.
The following table is a comparison of our delinquent loans at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
                                                 
    30-59 Days     60-89 Days     90 Days or More  
    Number     Principal     Number     Principal     Number     Principal  
    of     Balance     of     Balance     of     Balance  
At June 30, 2010   Loans     of Loans     Loans     of Loans     Loans     of Loans  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
One- to four-family first mortgages
    945     $ 376,945       409     $ 156,524       1,900     $ 727,577  
FHA/VA first mortgages
    62       15,252       30       9,652       173       47,618  
Multi-family and commercial mortgages
    2       1,046       2       564       3       3,098  
Construction loans
                1       490       6       8,272  
Consumer and other loans
    37       3,275       12       1,407       28       3,572  
 
                                   
Total
    1,046     $ 396,518       454     $ 168,637       2,110     $ 790,137  
 
                                   
Delinquent loans to total loans
            1.23 %             0.52 %             2.46 %
 
                                               
At December 31, 2009
                                               
 
                                               
One- to four-family first mortgages
    1,053     $ 404,392       408     $ 171,913       1,480     $ 581,786  
FHA/VA first mortgages
    83       20,682       35       8,650       115       31,855  
Multi-family and commercial mortgages
    2       1,357       2       1,088       1       1,414  
Construction loans
                            6       9,764  
Consumer and other loans
    43       4,440       14       882       34       2,876  
 
                                   
Total
    1,181     $ 430,871       459     $ 182,533       1,636     $ 627,695  
 
                                   
Delinquent loans to total loans
            1.36 %             0.57 %             1.98 %

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In addition to non-performing loans, we had $174.0 million of potential problem loans at June 30, 2010 as compared to $189.9 million at December 31, 2009. This amount includes loans which are 60-89 days delinquent (other than loans guaranteed by the FHA) and certain other internally classified loans. We generally do not modify the contractual terms of loans for borrowers experiencing financial difficulty where such modifications would represent a troubled debt restructuring. Potential problem loans are summarized as follows:
                 
    June 30, 2010     December 31,2009  
    (In thousands)  
One- to four-family first mortgages
  $ 156,524     $ 171,913  
Multi-family and commercial mortgages
    15,554       17,076  
Construction loans
    490        
Consumer and other loans
    1,407       882  
 
           
Total potential problem loans
  $ 173,975     $ 189,871  
 
           
Allowance for Loan Losses
The following table presents the activity in our allowance for loan losses at or for the dates indicated.
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Six Months  
    Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 165,829     $ 65,122     $ 140,074     $ 49,797  
 
                       
Provision for loan losses
    50,000       32,500       100,000       52,500  
Charge-offs:
                               
First mortgage loans
    (24,103 )     (9,633 )     (48,944 )     (14,300 )
Consumer and other loans
    (53 )     (1 )     (83 )     (9 )
 
                       
Total charge-offs
    (24,156 )     (9,634 )     (49,027 )     (14,309 )
Recoveries
    1,310       65       1,936       65  
 
                       
Net charge-offs
    (22,846 )     (9,569 )     (47,091 )     (14,244 )
 
                       
Balance at end of period
  $ 192,983     $ 88,053     $ 192,983     $ 88,053  
 
                       
 
                               
Allowance for loan losses to total loans
    0.60 %     0.29 %     0.60 %     0.29 %
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans
    24.42       20.43       24.42       20.43  
Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans (1)
    0.29       0.13       0.30       0.10  
 
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The following table presents our allocation of the ALL by loan category and the percentage of loans in each category to total loans at the dates indicated.
                                 
    At June 30, 2010     At December 31, 2009  
            Percentage             Percentage  
            of Loans in             of Loans in  
            Category to             Category to  
    Amount     Total Loans     Amount     Total Loans  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
First mortgage loans:
                               
One- to four-family
  $ 183,745       98.76 %   $ 133,927       98.69 %
Other first mortgages
    6,248       0.20       3,169       0.21  
 
                       
Total first mortgage loans
    189,993       98.96       137,096       98.90  
 
                               
Consumer and other loans
    2,990       1.04       2,978       1.10  
 
                       
Total allowance for loan losses
  $ 192,983       100.00 %   $ 140,074       100.00 %
 
                       
Investments
We invest primarily in mortgage-backed securities issued by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as other securities issued by GSEs. These securities account for substantially all of our securities. We do not purchase unrated or private label mortgage-backed securities or other higher risk securities such as those backed by sub-prime loans. There were no debt securities past due or securities for which the Company currently believes it is not probable that it will collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the security.
The Company has two collateralized borrowings in the form of repurchase agreements totaling $100.0 million with Lehman Brothers, Inc. Lehman Brothers, Inc. is currently in liquidation under the Securities Industry Protection Act. Mortgage-backed securities with an amortized cost of approximately $114.5 million are pledged as collateral for these borrowings and we have demanded the return of this collateral. We believe that we have the legal right to setoff our obligation to repay the borrowings against our right to the return of the mortgage-backed securities pledged as collateral. As a result, we believe that our potential economic loss from Lehman Brother’s failure to return the collateral is limited to the excess market value of the collateral over the $100 million repurchase price. We intend to pursue full recovery of the pledged collateral in accordance with the contractual terms of the repurchase agreements. There can be no assurances that the final settlement of this transaction will result in the full recovery of the collateral or the full amount of the claim. We have not recognized a loss in our financial statements related to these repurchase agreements as we have concluded that a loss in neither probable or estimable at June 30, 2010.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The term “liquidity” refers to our ability to generate adequate amounts of cash to fund loan originations, loan and security purchases, deposit withdrawals, repayment of borrowings and operating expenses. Our primary sources of funds are deposits, borrowings, the proceeds from principal and interest payments on

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loans and mortgage-backed securities, the maturities and calls of investment securities and funds provided by our operations. Deposit flows, calls of investment securities and borrowed funds, and prepayments of loans and mortgage-backed securities are strongly influenced by interest rates, national and local economic conditions and competition in the marketplace. These factors reduce the predictability of the receipt of these sources of funds. Our membership in the FHLB provides us access to additional sources of borrowed funds, which is generally limited to approximately twenty times the amount of FHLB stock owned. We also have the ability to access the capital markets, depending on market conditions.
On December 16, 2009, we filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was declared effective immediately upon filing. This shelf registration statement allows us to periodically offer and sell, from time to time, in one or more offerings, individually or in any combination, common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, capital securities, guarantees, warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock and units consisting of one or more of the foregoing. The shelf registration statement provides us with greater capital management flexibility and enables us to readily access the capital markets in order to pursue growth opportunities that may become available to us in the future or should there be any changes in the regulatory environment that call for increased capital requirements. Although the shelf registration statement does not limit the amount of the foregoing items that we may offer and sell pursuant to the shelf registration statement, our ability and any decision to do so is subject to market conditions and our capital needs. At this time, we do not have any immediate plans or current commitments to sell securities under the self registration statement.
Our primary investing activities are the origination and purchase of one-to four-family real estate loans and consumer and other loans, the purchase of mortgage-backed securities, and the purchase of investment securities. These activities are funded primarily by borrowings, deposit growth and principal and interest payments on loans, mortgage-backed securities and investment securities. We originated $2.83 billion and purchased $542.2 million of loans during the first six months of 2010 as compared to $2.97 billion and $1.88 billion during the first six months of 2009. Loan origination activity continues to be strong as a result of an increase in mortgage refinancing caused by market interest rates that remain at near-historic lows. Our loan purchase activity has significantly declined as the GSEs have been actively purchasing loans as part of their efforts to keep mortgage rates low to support the housing market during the recent economic recession. As a result, the sellers we have historically purchased loans from are selling to the GSEs. We expect that the amount of loan purchases may continue to be at reduced levels for the near-term. Principal repayments on loans amounted to $2.90 billion for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $3.50 billion for the same period in 2009. At June 30, 2010, commitments to originate and purchase mortgage loans amounted to $575.9 million and $750,000, respectively as compared to $697.3 million and $101.3 million, respectively at June 30, 2009. The decrease in mortgage loan commitments is due to a decrease in refinancing activity and continued low levels of home purchase activity. We believe the decrease in refinancing activity reflects the high volume of refinancings which have already occurred during this extended period of low market interest rates.
Purchases of mortgage-backed securities during the first six months of 2010 were $6.01 billion as compared to $3.40 billion during the first six months of 2009. The increase in the purchases of mortgage-backed securities was due primarily to the reinvestment of proceeds from the principal repayments and sales of mortgage-backed securities during the first six months of 2010. Principal repayments on mortgage-backed securities amounted to $4.58 billion for the first six months of 2010 as compared to $1.94 billion for the same period in 2009. The increase in principal repayments was due primarily to the refinancing activity caused by market interest rates that are at near-historic lows. The increase in repayments is also due to the principal repayment of $1.13 billion of mortgage-backed securities by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) during the first quarter of 2010. These principal repayments represented the balances of non-performing loans that were included in mortgage-backed securities that they issued. We sold $1.09 billion of mortgage-backed

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securities during the first six months of 2010, resulting in a gain of $61.4 million. We also sold $761.6 million of mortgage-backed securities during the first six months of 2009, resulting in a gain of $24.0 million.
We purchased $3.00 billion of investment securities during the first six months of 2010 as compared to $3.07 billion during the first six months of 2009. Proceeds from the calls of investment securities amounted to $2.70 billion during the first six months of 2010 as compared to $2.27 billion for the corresponding period in 2009.
As part of the membership requirements of the FHLB, we are required to hold a certain dollar amount of FHLB common stock based on our mortgage-related assets and borrowings from the FHLB. During the first six months of 2010, we had net purchases of $8.4 million of FHLB common stock. During the first six months of 2009 we had net purchases of $11.4 million.
Our primary financing activities consist of gathering deposits, engaging in wholesale borrowings, repurchases of our common stock and the payment of dividends.
Total deposits increased $590.4 million during the first six months of 2010 as compared to an increase of $3.23 billion for the first six months of 2009. Deposit flows are typically affected by the level of market interest rates, the interest rates and products offered by competitors, the volatility of equity markets, and other factors. The growth in deposits during the first six months of 2010 was due to the economic conditions existing at the time that we believe caused customers to use insured bank deposit products as an alternative to investments such as equity securities and bonds. However, during the second quarter of 2010, deposits decreased $220.3 million from March 31, 2010. We have lowered our deposit rates to slow our deposit growth from the 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage-related assets and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve. Time deposits scheduled to mature within one year were $11.27 billion at June 30, 2010. These time deposits have a weighted average rate of 1.45%. These time deposits are scheduled to mature as follows: $4.98 billion with an average cost of 1.40% in the third quarter of 2010, $2.73 billion with an average cost of 1.35% in the fourth quarter of 2010, $1.73 billion with an average cost of 1.75% in the first quarter of 2011 and $1.83 billion with an average cost of 1.47% in the second quarter of 2011. The current yields offered for our six month, one year and two year time deposits are 1.05%, 1.25% and 2.00%, respectively. In addition, our money market accounts are currently yielding 1.00%. We anticipate that we will have sufficient resources to meet this current funding commitment. Based on our deposit retention experience and current pricing strategy, we anticipate that a significant portion of these time deposits will remain with us as renewed time deposits or as transfers to other deposit products at the prevailing interest rate.
We have historically used wholesale borrowings to fund our investing and financing activities. However, we were able to fund our growth during the first six months of 2010 with deposits. At June 30, 2010, we had $22.53 billion of borrowed funds with a weighted-average rate of 3.95% and with call dates within one year. We anticipate that none of these borrowings will be called assuming current market interest rates remain stable. We believe, given current market conditions, that the likelihood that a significant portion of these borrowings would be called will not increase substantially unless interest rates were to increase by at least 300 basis points. However, in the event borrowings are called, we anticipate that we will have sufficient resources to meet this funding commitment by borrowing new funds at the prevailing market interest rate, using funds generated by deposit growth or by using proceeds from securities sales. In addition, at June 30, 2010 we had $600.0 million of borrowings with a weighted average rate of 4.86% that are scheduled to mature within one year.

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Our borrowings have traditionally consisted of structured callable borrowings with ten year final maturities and initial non-call periods of one to five years. We have used this type of borrowing primarily to fund our loan growth because they have a longer duration than shorter-term non-callable borrowings and have a slightly lower cost than a non-callable borrowing with a maturity date similar to the initial call date of the callable borrowing.
In order to effectively manage our interest rate risk and liquidity risk resulting from our current callable borrowing position, we are pursuing a variety of strategies to reduce callable borrowings while positioning the Company for future growth. We intend to continue focusing on funding our future growth primarily with customer deposits, using borrowed funds as a supplemental funding source if deposit growth is insufficient to support those growth plans. Funding our future growth primarily with deposits will allow us to achieve a greater balance between deposits and borrowings. If necessary to fund our future growth and provide for liquidity, we may borrow a combination of short-term borrowings with maturities of three to six months and longer-term fixed-maturity borrowings with terms of two to five years. We also intend to modify certain borrowings to extend their call dates, which we began to do during 2009. During the first six months of 2010, we modified approximately $3.18 billion of callable borrowings to extend the call dates of the borrowings by at least four years as part of this strategy. In addition, we are considering prepayment of certain borrowings; however, at this time, we have no immediate plans to make any such prepayments, and we anticipate that any prepayment of borrowings will be limited.
Cash dividends paid during the first six months of 2010 were $147.9 million. We have not purchased any of our common shares during the six months ended June 30, 2010. At June 30, 2010, there remained 50,123,550 shares available for purchase under existing stock repurchase programs.
The primary source of liquidity for Hudson City Bancorp, the holding company of Hudson City Savings, is capital distributions from Hudson City Savings. During the first six months of 2010, Hudson City Bancorp received $160.0 million in dividend payments from Hudson City Savings. The primary use of these funds is the payment of dividends to our shareholders and, when appropriate as part of our capital management strategy, the repurchase of our outstanding common stock. Hudson City Bancorp’s ability to continue these activities is dependent upon capital distributions from Hudson City Savings. Applicable federal law may limit the amount of capital distributions Hudson City Savings may make. At June 30, 2010, Hudson City Bancorp had total cash and due from banks of $230.6 million.
At June 30, 2010, Hudson City Savings exceeded all regulatory capital requirements. Hudson City Savings’ tangible capital ratio, leverage (core) capital ratio and total risk-based capital ratio were 7.75%, 7.75% and 21.9%, respectively.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
We are a party to certain off-balance sheet arrangements, which occur in the normal course of our business, to meet the credit needs of our customers and the growth initiatives of Hudson City Savings. These arrangements are primarily commitments to originate and purchase mortgage loans, and to purchase securities. We are also obligated under a number of non-cancelable operating leases.

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The following table reports the amounts of our contractual obligations as of June 30, 2010.
                                         
    Payments Due By Period  
            Less Than     One Year to     Three Years to     More Than  
Contractual Obligation   Total     One Year     Three Years     Five Years     Five Years  
      (In thousands)  
Mortgage loan originations
  $ 575,933     $ 575,933     $     $     $  
Mortgage loan purchases
    750       750                    
Mortgage-backed security purchases
    977,700       977,700                    
Operating leases
    149,662       9,204       18,652       18,159       103,647  
 
                             
Total
  $ 1,704,045     $ 1,563,587     $ 18,652     $ 18,159     $ 103,647  
 
                             
Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend money to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments to fund first mortgage loans generally have fixed expiration dates of approximately 90 days and other termination clauses. Since some commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. Hudson City Savings evaluates each customer’s credit-worthiness on a case-by-case basis. Additionally, we have available home equity, commercial lines of credit, and overdraft lines of credit, which do not have fixed expiration dates, of approximately $189.1 million, $8.7 million, and $2.9 million. We are not obligated to advance further amounts on credit lines if the customer is delinquent, or otherwise in violation of the agreement. The commitments to purchase first mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities had a normal period from trade date to settlement date of approximately 90 days and 60 days, respectively.
Critical Accounting Policies
Note 2 to our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, included in our 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders and incorporated by reference into our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, contains a summary of our significant accounting policies. We believe our policies with respect to the methodology for our determination of the ALL, the measurement of stock-based compensation expense and the measurement of the funded status and cost of our pension and other post-retirement benefit plans involve a higher degree of complexity and require management to make difficult and subjective judgments which often require assumptions or estimates about highly uncertain matters. Changes in these judgments, assumptions or estimates could cause reported results to differ materially. These critical policies and their application are continually reviewed by management, and are periodically reviewed with the Audit Committee and our Board of Directors.
Allowance for Loan Losses
The ALL has been determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, under which we are required to maintain an adequate ALL at June 30, 2010. We are responsible for the timely and periodic determination of the amount of the allowance required. We believe that our ALL is adequate to cover specifically identifiable loan losses, as well as estimated losses inherent in our portfolio for which certain losses are probable but not specifically identifiable.
Our primary lending emphasis is the origination and purchase of one- to four-family first mortgage loans on residential properties and, to a lesser extent, second mortgage loans on one- to four-family residential properties resulting in a loan concentration in residential first mortgage loans at June 30, 2010. As a result of our lending practices, we also have a concentration of loans secured by real property located primarily in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. At June 30, 2010, approximately 75.9% of our total loans are in the New York metropolitan area. Additionally, the states of Virginia, Illinois, Maryland,

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Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Michigan accounted for 4.1%, 3.6%, 3.1%, 2.4%, 2.3%, 1.5% and 1.2%, respectively of total loans. The remaining 5.9% of the loan portfolio is secured by real estate primarily in the remainder of the Northeast quadrant of the United States. Based on the composition of our loan portfolio and the growth in our loan portfolio, we believe the primary risks inherent in our portfolio are the continued weakened economic conditions due to the recent U.S. recession, continued high levels of unemployment, rising interest rates in the markets we lend and a continuing decline in real estate market values. Any one or a combination of these adverse trends may adversely affect our loan portfolio resulting in increased delinquencies, non-performing assets, loan losses and future levels of loan loss provisions. We consider these trends in market conditions in determining the ALL.
Due to the nature of our loan portfolio, our evaluation of the adequacy of our ALL is performed primarily on a “pooled” basis. Each month we prepare an analysis which categorizes the entire loan portfolio by certain risk characteristics such as loan type (one- to four-family, multi-family, commercial, construction, etc.), loan source (originated or purchased) and payment status (i.e., current or number of days delinquent). Loans with known potential losses are categorized separately. We assign potential loss factors to the payment status categories on the basis of our assessment of the potential risk inherent in each loan type. These factors are periodically reviewed for appropriateness giving consideration to charge-off history, delinquency trends, portfolio growth and the status of the regional economy and housing market, in order to ascertain that the loss factors cover probable and estimable losses inherent in the portfolio. Based on our recent loss experience on non-performing loans, we increased the loss factors used in our quantitative analysis of the ALL for certain loan types during the first quarter of 2010. We use this analysis, as a tool, together with principal balances and delinquency reports, to evaluate the adequacy of the ALL. Other key factors we consider in this process are current real estate market conditions in geographic areas where our loans are located, changes in the trend of non-performing loans, the results of our foreclosed property transactions, the current state of the local and national economy, changes in interest rates and loan portfolio growth. Any one or a combination of these adverse trends may adversely affect our loan portfolio resulting in increased delinquencies, loan losses and future levels of provisions.
We maintain the ALL through provisions for loan losses that we charge to income. We charge losses on loans against the ALL when we believe the collection of loan principal is unlikely. We establish the provision for loan losses after considering the results of our review as described above. We apply this process and methodology in a consistent manner and we reassess and modify the estimation methods and assumptions used in response to changing conditions. Such changes, if any, are approved by our AQC each quarter.
Hudson City Savings defines the population of potential impaired loans to be all non-accrual construction, commercial real estate and multi-family loans. Impaired loans are individually assessed to determine that the loan’s carrying value is not in excess of the fair value of the collateral or the present value of the loan’s expected future cash flows. Smaller balance homogeneous loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment, such as residential mortgage loans and consumer loans, are specifically excluded from the impaired loan analysis.
We believe that we have established and maintained the ALL at adequate levels. Additions may be necessary if future economic and other conditions differ substantially from the current operating environment. Although management uses the best information available, the level of the ALL remains an estimate that is subject to significant judgment and short-term change.

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Stock-Based Compensation
We recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value for all awards granted, modified, repurchased or cancelled after January 1, 2006 and for the portion of outstanding awards for which the requisite service was not rendered as of January 1, 2006, in accordance with accounting guidance. We have made annual grants of performance-based stock options since 2006 that vest if certain financial performance measures are met. In accordance with accounting guidance, we assess the probability of achieving these financial performance measures and recognize the cost of these performance-based grants if it is probable that the financial performance measures will be met. This probability assessment is subjective in nature and may change over the assessment period for the performance measures.
We estimate the per share fair value of option grants on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using assumptions for the expected dividend yield, expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected option term. These assumptions are based on our analysis of our historical option exercise experience and our judgments regarding future option exercise experience and market conditions. These assumptions are subjective in nature, involve uncertainties and, therefore, cannot be determined with precision. The Black-Scholes option pricing model also contains certain inherent limitations when applied to options that are not traded on public markets.
The per share fair value of options is highly sensitive to changes in assumptions. In general, the per share fair value of options will move in the same direction as changes in the expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected option term, and in the opposite direction of changes in the expected dividend yield. For example, the per share fair value of options will generally increase as expected stock price volatility increases, risk-free interest rate increases, expected option term increases and expected dividend yield decreases. The use of different assumptions or different option pricing models could result in materially different per share fair values of options.
Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Assumptions
Non-contributory retirement and post-retirement defined benefit plans are maintained for certain employees, including retired employees hired on or before July 31, 2005 who have met other eligibility requirements of the plans. We adopted ASC 715, Retirement Benefits . This ASC requires an employer to: (a) recognize in its statement of financial condition an asset for a plan’s overfunded status or a liability for a plan’s underfunded status; (b) measure a plan’s assets and its obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of the employer’s fiscal year; and (c) recognize, in comprehensive income, changes in the funded status of a defined benefit post-retirement plan in the year in which the changes occur.
We provide our actuary with certain rate assumptions used in measuring our benefit obligation. We monitor these rates in relation to the current market interest rate environment and update our actuarial analysis accordingly. The most significant of these is the discount rate used to calculate the period-end present value of the benefit obligations, and the expense to be included in the following year’s financial statements. A lower discount rate will result in a higher benefit obligation and expense, while a higher discount rate will result in a lower benefit obligation and expense. The discount rate assumption was determined based on a cash flow/yield curve model specific to our pension and post-retirement plans. We compare this rate to certain market indices, such as long-term treasury bonds, or the Moody’s bond indices, for reasonableness. A discount rate of 6.00% was selected for the December 31, 2009 measurement date and the 2010 expense calculation.

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For our pension plan, we also assumed an annual rate of salary increase of 4.00% for future periods. This rate is corresponding to actual salary increases experienced over prior years. We assumed a return on plan assets of 8.25% for future periods. We actuarially determine the return on plan assets based on actual plan experience over the previous ten years. The actual return on plan assets was 12.9% for 2009. The assumed return on plan assets of 8.25% is based on expected returns in future periods. There can be no assurances with respect to actual return on plan assets in the future. We continually review and evaluate all actuarial assumptions affecting the pension plan, including assumed return on assets.
For our post-retirement benefit plan, the assumed health care cost trend rate used to measure the expected cost of other benefits for 2009 was 8.50%. The rate was assumed to decrease gradually to 4.75% for 2016 and remain at that level thereafter. Changes to the assumed health care cost trend rate are expected to have an immaterial impact as we capped our obligations to contribute to the premium cost of coverage to the post-retirement health benefit plan at the 2007 premium level.
Securities Impairment
Our available-for-sale securities portfolio is carried at estimated fair value with any unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, reported as accumulated other comprehensive income/loss in shareholders’ equity. Debt securities which we have the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as held-to-maturity and are carried at amortized cost. The fair values for our securities are obtained from an independent nationally recognized pricing service.
Substantially all of our securities portfolio is comprised of mortgage-backed securities and debt securities issued by a GSE. The fair value of these securities is primarily impacted by changes in interest rates. We generally view changes in fair value caused by changes in interest rates as temporary, which is consistent with our experience.
In April 2009, the FASB issued guidance which changes the method for determining whether an other-than-temporary impairment exists for debt securities and the amount of the impairment to be recognized in earnings. This guidance requires that an entity assess whether an impairment of a debt security is other-than-temporary and, as part of that assessment, determine its intent and ability to hold the security. If the entity intends to sell the debt security, an other-than-temporary impairment shall be considered to have occurred. In addition, an other-than-temporary impairment shall be considered to have occurred if it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost.
We conduct a periodic review and evaluation of the securities portfolio to determine if a decline in the fair value of any security below its cost basis is other-than-temporary. Our evaluation of other-than-temporary impairment considers the duration and severity of the impairment, our intent and ability to hold the securities and our assessments of the reason for the decline in value and the likelihood of a near-term recovery. The unrealized losses on securities in our portfolio were due primarily to changes in market interest rates subsequent to purchase. In addition, we only purchase securities issued by GSEs. As a result, the unrealized losses on our securities were not considered to be other-than-temporary and, accordingly, no impairment loss was recognized during the first six months of 2010.
Item 3. — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Quantitative and qualitative disclosure about market risk is presented as of December 31, 2009 in Hudson City Bancorp’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. The following is an update of the discussion provided therein.

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General
As a financial institution, our primary component of market risk is interest rate volatility. Our net income is primarily based on net interest income, and fluctuations in interest rates will ultimately impact the level of both income and expense recorded on a large portion of our assets and liabilities. Fluctuations in interest rates will also affect the market value of all interest-earning assets, other than those that possess a short term to maturity. Due to the nature of our operations, we are not subject to foreign currency exchange or commodity price risk. We do not own any trading assets. We did not engage in any hedging transactions that use derivative instruments (such as interest rate swaps and caps) during the first six months of 2010 and did not have any such hedging transactions in place at June 30, 2010. Our mortgage loan and mortgage-backed security portfolios, which comprise 87% of our balance sheet, are subject to risks associated with the economy in the New York metropolitan area, the general economy of the United States and the continuing pressure on housing prices. We continually analyze our asset quality and believe our allowance for loan losses is adequate to cover known and potential losses.
The difference between rates on the yield curve, or the shape of the yield curve, impacts our net interest income. The FOMC noted that the economic outlook softened somewhat in the second quarter of 2010 but that the economy is continuing to grow although at a slower pace than anticipated. The national unemployment rate decreased to 9.5% in June 2010 as compared to 9.7% in March 2010 and 10.0% in December 2009. Although there has been recent improvement in the economy, the FOMC decided to maintain the overnight lending rate at zero to 0.25% during the second quarter of 2010. As a result of the FOMC policy decisions and the general tenor of the economy, short-term market interest rates have remained at low levels during the first six months of 2010 while longer-term market interest rates decreased, thus flattening the slope of the market yield curve. Due to our investment and financing decisions, a flatter slope of the yield curve results in a less favorable environment for us to generate net interest income. Our interest-bearing liabilities generally reflect movements in short- and intermediate-term rates, while our interest-earning assets, a majority of which have initial terms to maturity or repricing greater than one year, generally reflect movements in intermediate- and long-term interest rates.
The current interest rate environment has allowed us to continue to re-price lower our short-term time and non-maturity deposits, thereby reducing our cost of funds, and has also allowed us to price medium-term time deposits (2-5 year maturities) at lower rates and extend the weighted-average remaining maturity on this portfolio. The yields on mortgage-related assets have also remained at relatively low levels as the 10 year treasury fell below 3.00% during the second quarter of 2010. Our net interest rate spread remained unchanged at 1.89% for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the second quarter of 2009 and our net interest margin decreased to 2.13% for the second quarter of 2010 as compared to 2.20% for the linked first quarter of 2010 and 2.18% for the second quarter of 2009. While our deposits continued to reprice to lower rates during the second quarter of 2010, the low market interest rates resulted in lower yields on our mortgage-related interest-earning assets as customers refinanced to lower mortgage rates and our new loan production and asset purchases were at the current low market interest rates. Mortgage-related assets represented 87.8% of our average interest-earning assets during the second quarter of 2010.
The impact of interest rate changes on our interest income is generally felt in later periods than the impact on our interest expense due to differences in the timing of the recognition of items on our balance sheet. The timing of the recognition of interest-earning assets on our balance sheet generally lags the current market rates by 60 to 90 days due to the normal time period between commitment and settlement dates. In contrast, the recognition of interest-bearing liabilities on our balance sheet generally reflects current market interest rates as we generally fund purchases at the time of settlement. During a period of decreasing short-term interest rates, this timing difference has a positive impact on our net interest income

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as our interest-bearing liabilities reset to the lower interest rates. If short-term interest rates were to increase, the cost of our interest-bearing liabilities would also increase and have an adverse impact on our net interest income.
Also impacting our net interest income and net interest rate spread is the level of prepayment activity on our interest-sensitive assets. The actual amount of time before mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities are repaid can be significantly impacted by changes in market interest rates and mortgage prepayment rates. Mortgage prepayment rates will vary due to a number of factors, including the regional economy in the area where the underlying mortgages were originated, availability of credit, seasonal factors and demographic variables. However, the major factors affecting prepayment rates are prevailing interest rates, related mortgage refinancing opportunities and competition. Generally, the level of prepayment activity directly affects the yield earned on those assets, as the payments received on the interest-earning assets will be reinvested at the prevailing lower market interest rate. Prepayment rates are generally inversely related to the prevailing market interest rate, thus, as market interest rates increase, prepayment rates tend to decrease. Prepayment rates on our mortgage-related assets have increased during 2009 and the first six months of 2010, due to the current low market interest rate environment. We believe the higher level of prepayment activity may continue as market interest rates are expected to remain at the current low levels through at least the end of the third quarter of 2010.
Calls of investment securities and borrowed funds are also impacted by the level of market interest rates. The level of calls of investment securities are generally inversely related to the prevailing market interest rate, meaning as rates decrease the likelihood of a security being called would increase. The level of call activity generally affects the yield earned on these assets, as the payment received on the security would be reinvested at the prevailing lower market interest rate. During the first six months of 2010 we saw an increase in call activity on our investment securities as market interest rates remained at these historic lows. We anticipate continued calls of investment securities due to the anticipated continuation of the low current market interest rate environment.
Our borrowings have traditionally consisted of structured callable borrowings with ten year final maturities and initial non-call periods of one to five years. We have used this type of borrowing primarily to fund our growth because these borrowings have a longer duration than shorter-term non-callable borrowings and have a lower cost than a non-callable borrowing with a maturity date similar to the initial call date of the callable borrowing. The likelihood of a borrowing being called is directly related to the current market interest rates, meaning the higher that interest rates move, the more likely the borrowing would be called. The level of call activity generally affects the cost of our borrowed funds, as the call of a borrowing would generally necessitate re-funding, either through a new borrowing or deposit growth, at the higher current market interest rate. During the first six months of 2010 we experienced no call activity on our borrowed funds due to the continued low levels of market interest rates. At June 30, 2010, we had $22.53 billion of borrowed funds, with a weighted-average rate of 3.95%, with call dates within one year as compared to $22.25 billion at December 31, 2009. We anticipate that none of these borrowings will be called assuming current market interest rates remain stable or increase modestly. We believe, given current market conditions, that the likelihood that a significant portion of these borrowings would be called will not increase substantially unless interest rates were to increase by at least 300 basis points. However, in the event borrowings are called, we anticipate that we will have sufficient resources to meet this funding commitment by borrowing new funds at the prevailing market interest rate or by repaying the borrowings, using funds generated by deposit growth or by using proceeds from securities sales.
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current callable borrowing position, we are pursuing a variety of strategies to reduce borrowings callable within 12 months while positioning the Company for future growth. We intend to continue focusing on funding our future growth primarily with customer deposits, using borrowed funds as a supplemental funding source if deposit growth is insufficient to support those growth plans. Funding our future growth primarily with deposits will allow us to achieve a greater balance between deposits and borrowings. If necessary to fund our future growth and provide for liquidity, we may borrow a combination of short-term borrowings with maturities of three to six months and longer-term fixed-maturity borrowings with terms of two to five years. We also intend to continue to modify certain borrowings to extend their call dates, which we began to do during 2009. During the first six months of 2010, we modified approximately $3.18 billion of callable borrowings to extend the call dates of the borrowings by at least four years as part of this strategy. In addition, we are considering prepayment of certain borrowings; however, at this time, we have no immediate plans to make any such prepayments, and we anticipate that any prepayment of borrowings will be limited.
Simulation Model. Hudson City continues to monitor the impact of interest rate volatility in the same manner as at December 31, 2009, utilizing simulation models as a means of analyzing the impact of interest rate changes on our net interest income and net present value of equity. We have not reported the minus 100 or 200 basis point interest rate shock scenarios in either of our simulation model analyses, as we believe, given the current interest rate environment and historical interest rate levels, the resulting information would not be meaningful.
As a primary means of managing interest rate risk, we monitor the impact of interest rate changes on our net interest income over the next twelve-month period. This model does not purport to provide estimates of net interest income over the next twelve-month period, but rather, attempts to assess the impact on our net interest income of interest rate changes. The following table reports the changes to our net interest income over the next 12 months ending June 30, 2011 assuming incremental (equal percent change in each quarter) and permanent changes in interest rates for the given rate shock scenarios. The incremental rate changes occur over the 12 month period.
           
Change in   Percent Change in
Interest Rates   Net Interest Income
 
(Basis points)    
 
 
  200    
0.35
%
  100    
0.09
  50    
0.02
  (50 )  
(0.46
)
The preceding table indicates that at June 30, 2010, in the event of a 200 basis point incremental increase in interest rates, we would expect to experience a 0.35% increase from the base case in net interest income. This compares to a 1.66% decrease at December 31, 2009.
If market rates were to instantaneously increase 200 or 300 basis points, rather than the incremental increases shown in the table, we would expect to experience a 1.49% increase or an 8.44% decrease, respectively, to net interest income from the base case analysis compared with a 6.02% and 12.72% decrease, respectively, at December 31, 2009. The positive change to net interest income in the increasing interest rate scenarios in both these analyses was primarily due to the increased income from our mortgage-related assets, due to higher reinvestment rates, partially offset by a lower increase in interest expense from deposits due to a lower aggregate principal balance of deposits compared to our interest-earning assets, and limited change in borrowing expense due to the current low interest rate environment. Our internal policy sets a maximum change of 20.0% given an instantaneous 200 basis point increase or decrease shock in interest rates.

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The preceding table also indicates that at June 30, 2010, in the event of a 50 basis point incremental decrease in interest rates over the next 12 months, we would expect to experience a 0.46% decrease from the base case in net interest income. This compares to the 0.01% increase at December 31, 2009. In this analysis, where the rates change over the 12 month period, the decrease in interest income, due to accelerated prepayments and calls, is greater than the decrease in deposits while borrowing expense does not change. If market rates were to decrease 50 basis points instantaneously, we would expect to experience a 5.12% decrease in net interest income from the base case compared with a 4.83% decrease at December 31, 2009. This decrease is primarily due to the instantaneous acceleration of prepayment speeds on our mortgage-related assets and calls of our investment securities in the lower shocked environment, and the subsequent replacement of these instruments at the lower prevailing market rate.
We also monitor our interest rate risk by modeling changes in the present value of equity in the different interest rate environments. The present value of equity is the difference between the estimated fair value of interest rate-sensitive assets and liabilities. The changes in market value of assets and liabilities, due to changes in interest rates, reflect the interest sensitivity of those assets and liabilities as their values are derived from the characteristics of the asset or liability (i.e., fixed-rate, adjustable-rate, rate caps, rate floors) relative to the current interest rate environment. For example, in a rising interest rate environment the fair market value of a fixed-rate asset will decline, whereas the fair market value of an adjustable-rate asset, depending on its repricing characteristics, may not decline. Increases in the market value of assets will increase the present value of equity whereas decreases in the market value of assets will decrease the present value of equity. Conversely, increases in the market value of liabilities will decrease the present value of equity whereas decreases in the market value of liabilities will increase the present value of equity.
The following table presents the estimated present value of equity over a range of interest rate change scenarios at June 30, 2010. The present value ratio shown in the table is the present value of equity as a percent of the present value of total assets in each of the different interest rate environments.
                 
Value of Assets
Change in   Present   Basis Point
Interest Rates   Value Ratio   Change
 
(Basis points)
               
200
    8.27 %     25
100
    8.96       94
50
    8.72       70  
0
    8.02          
(50)
    6.87       (115 )
In the 200 basis point increase scenario, the present value ratio was 8.27% at June 30, 2010 as compared to 4.81% at December 31, 2009. The change in the present value ratio was positive 25 basis points at June 30, 2010 as compared to negative 258 basis points at December 31, 2009. The increase in the present value ratio and the decrease of the sensitivity measure from the base case in the current period positive 200 basis point shock scenario reflect the decrease in the value of our borrowed funds due to the extension of the next reprice date and our ongoing modifications and the elevated levels of pricing of our mortgage related assets in this low rate environment. If rates were to increase 300 basic points, the present value ratio would be 6.36% with a decrease from the base case of 166 basis points. In the 50 basis point decrease scenario, the present value ratio was 6.87% at June 30, 2010 as compared to 7.07% at December

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31, 2009. The change in the present value ratio was negative 115 basis points at June 30, 2010 as compared to negative 32 basis points at December 31, 2009. The decrease in the present value ratio in the current period negative 50 basis point shock scenario reflects the higher valuation of borrowings as lower market rates would further decrease the likelihood that these borrowings will be called.
The increase in the present value ratio in the base case, the 200 basis point increase scenario and the 50 basis point decrease scenario from December 31, 2009 reflects the higher valuation of our mortgage-related asset portfolios due to accelerated prepayment speeds and current low interest rate environment, and the initial lower valuation of our borrowing portfolio due to the modifications we have executed during the past nine months that have decreased the likelihood that these borrowings will be called. The increase in the present value ratio is also due to the growth of our deposit portfolio during 2009 and the first three months of 2010 as deposits price closer to par in the various scenarios.
The methods we used in simulation modeling are inherently imprecise. This type of modeling requires that we make assumptions that may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. For example, we assume the composition of the interest rate-sensitive assets and liabilities will remain constant over the period being measured and that all interest rate shocks will be uniformly reflected across the yield curve, regardless of the duration to maturity or repricing. The table assumes that we will take no action in response to the changes in interest rates. In addition, prepayment estimates and other assumptions within the model are subjective in nature, involve uncertainties, and, therefore, cannot be determined with precision. Accordingly, although the previous two tables may provide an estimate of our interest rate risk at a particular point in time, such measurements are not intended to and do not provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in interest rates on our net interest income or present value of equity.

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GAP Analysis. The following table presents the amounts of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities outstanding at June 30, 2010, which we anticipate to reprice or mature in each of the future time periods shown. Except for prepayment or call activity and non-maturity deposit decay rates, we determined the amounts of assets and liabilities that reprice or mature during a particular period in accordance with the earlier of the term to rate reset or the contractual maturity of the asset or liability. Assumptions used for decay rates are the same as those used in the preparation of our December 31, 2009 model. Prepayment speeds on our mortgage-backed securities have increased from our December 31, 2009 analysis to reflect actual prepayment speeds for these items. Investment securities with step-up features, totaling $1.05 billion, are reported at the earlier of their next step-up date. Callable investment securities and borrowed funds are reported at the anticipated call date, for those that are callable within one year, or at their contractual maturity date. We reported $4.33 billion of investment securities at their anticipated call date. We have reported no borrowings at their anticipated call date due to the low interest rate environment. We have excluded non-accrual mortgage loans of $734.2 million, non-accrual other loans of $3.6 million.
                                                         
    At June 30, 2010  
                            More than     More than              
            More than     More than     two years     three years              
    Six months     six months     one year to     to three     to five     More than        
    or less     to one year     two years     years     years     five years     Total  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Interest-earning assets:
                                                       
First mortgage loans
  $ 3,679,290     $ 2,975,888     $ 4,616,081     $ 3,962,958     $ 5,840,273     $ 10,021,118     $ 31,095,608  
Consumer and other loans
    85,949       5,450       14,308       49,727       11,554       163,960       330,948  
Federal funds sold
    180,892                                     180,892  
Mortgage-backed securities
    4,146,131       3,149,069       5,104,575       3,671,466       3,382,627       1,991,772       21,445,640  
FHLB stock
    883,190                                     883,190  
Investment securities
    4,331,491             300,000       750,000             125,240       5,506,731  
 
                                         
Total interest-earning assets
    13,306,943       6,130,407       10,034,964       8,434,151       9,234,454       12,302,090       59,443,009  
 
                                         
 
                                                       
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                                       
Savings accounts
    63,705       63,705       84,940       84,940       212,349       339,756       849,395  
Interest-bearing demand accounts
    234,265       234,265       348,608       348,608       599,614       633,096       2,398,456  
Money market accounts
    507,454       507,454       1,014,908       1,014,908       1,776,090       253,728       5,074,542  
Time deposits
    7,713,599       3,558,276       2,855,509       904,400       1,199,499             16,231,283  
Borrowed funds
    300,000       300,000       300,000       350,000       1,900,000       26,825,000       29,975,000  
 
                                         
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    8,819,023       4,663,700       4,603,965       2,702,856       5,687,552       28,051,580       54,528,676  
 
                                         
 
                                                       
Interest rate sensitivity gap
  $ 4,487,920     $ 1,466,707     $ 5,430,999     $ 5,731,295     $ 3,546,902     $ (15,749,490 )   $ 4,914,333  
 
                                         
 
                                                       
Cumulative interest rate sensitivity gap
  $ 4,487,920     $ 5,954,627     $ 11,385,626     $ 17,116,921     $ 20,663,823     $ 4,914,333          
 
                                         
 
                                                       
Cumulative interest rate sensitivity gap as a percent of total assets
    7.37 %     9.77 %     18.69 %     28.09 %     33.91 %     8.07 %        
 
                                                       
Cumulative interest-earning assets as a percent of interest-bearing liabilities
    150.89 %     144.16 %     162.95 %     182.33 %     178.04 %     109.01 %        
The cumulative one-year gap as a percent of total assets was positive 9.77% at June 30, 2010 compared with negative 3.70% at December 31, 2009. The change to a positive cumulative one-year gap primarily reflects the increase in the amount of agency bonds assumed to be called, the accelerated prepayment speeds on our mortgage-related assets and the extension of our time deposits to longer-term maturities. The proceeds from the assumed call of $4.33 billion in agency bonds will likely be reinvested in similar callable securities. As a result of the expected reinvestment of these proceeds, our one-year interest rate sensitivity gap may decrease in future periods.

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The methods used in the gap table are also inherently imprecise. For example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates. Interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates. Certain assets, such as adjustable-rate loans and mortgage-backed securities, have features that limit changes in interest rates on a short-term basis and over the life of the loan. If interest rates change, prepayment and early withdrawal levels would likely deviate from those assumed in calculating the table. Finally, the ability of borrowers to make payments on their adjustable-rate loans may decrease if interest rates increase.
Item 4. — Controls and Procedures
Ronald E. Hermance, Jr., our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and James C. Kranz, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of June 30, 2010. Based upon their evaluation, they each found that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file and submit under the Exchange Act was recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required and that such information was accumulated and communicated to our management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. — Legal Proceedings
We are not involved in any pending legal proceedings other than routine legal proceedings occurring in the ordinary course of business. We believe that these routine legal proceedings, in the aggregate, are immaterial to our financial condition and results of operations.
Item 1A. — Risk Factors
For a summary of risk factors relevant to our operations, please see Part I, Item 1A in our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K and our March 31, 2010 Form 10-Q. There has been no material change in risk factors since March 31, 2010, except as described below.
The recent adoption of regulatory reform legislation may have a material effect on our operations and capital requirements.
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Reform Act. The Reform Act is intended to address perceived weaknesses in the U.S. financial regulatory system and to prevent future economic and financial crises. There are many provisions of the Reform Act which are to be implemented through regulations to be adopted by the federal bank regulatory agencies within specified time frames following the effective date of the Reform Act, which creates a risk of uncertainty as to the effect that such provisions will ultimately have. We do not believe that the Reform Act will have a material impact on our core operations. However, we believe the following provisions of the Reform Act will have an

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impact on us, though it is not possible for us to determine at this time whether and to what extent the Reform Act will have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations:
    New Regulatory Regime . On July 21, 2011, unless the Secretary of the Treasury opts to delay such date for up to an additional six months, the OTS will be eliminated and the OCC will take over the regulation of all federal savings associations, such as Hudson City Savings. The FRB will acquire the OTS’s authority over all savings and loan holding companies, such as Hudson City Bancorp, and will also become the supervisor of all subsidiaries of savings and loan holding companies other than depository institutions. As a result, we will now be subject to regulation, supervision and examination by two federal banking agencies, the OCC and the FRB, rather than just by the OTS, as is currently the case. The Reform Act also provides for the creation of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, or the CFPB. The CFPB will have the authority to implement and enforce a variety of existing consumer protection statutes and to issue new regulations and, with respect to institutions with more than $10 billion in assets, such as Hudson City Savings, the CFPB will have exclusive examination and enforcement authority with respect to such laws and regulations. As a new independent Bureau within the FRB, it is possible that the CFPB will focus more attention on consumers and may impose requirements more severe than the previous bank regulatory agencies.
 
    Consolidated Holding Company Capital Requirements . The Reform Act requires the federal banking agencies to establish consolidated risk-based and leverage capital requirements for insured depository institutions, depository institution holding companies and systemically important nonbank financial companies. These requirements must be no less than those to which insured depository institutions are currently subject, and the new requirements will effectively eliminate the use of trust preferred securities, which we have never issued, as a component of Tier 1 capital for depository institution holding companies of our size. As a result, on the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the Reform Act, we will become subject to consolidated capital requirements to which we are not subject to currently.
 
    Deposit Insurance Assessments . The Reform Act increases the minimum designated reserve ratio for the Deposit Insurance Fund of the FDIC from 1.15% to 1.35% of insured deposits, which much be reached by September 30, 2020, and provides that in setting the assessments necessary to meet the new requirement, the FDIC shall offset the effect of this provision on insured depository institutions with total consolidated assets of less than $10 billion, so that more of the cost of raising the reserve ratio will be borne by the institutions with more than $10 billion in assets, such as Hudson City. In addition, deposit insurance assessments will now be based on our average consolidated total assets minus our average tangible equity, rather than on our deposit bases. As a result of these provisions, our deposit insurance premiums are expected to increase, and the increase may be substantial.
 
    Roll Back of Federal Preemption . The Reform Act significantly rolls back the federal preemption of state consumer protection laws that is currently enjoyed by federal savings associations and national banks by (i) requiring that a state consumer financial law prevent or significantly interfere with the exercise of a federal savings association’s or national bank’s powers before it can be preempted, (ii) mandating that any preemption decision be made on a case by case basis rather than a blanket rule and (iii) ending the applicability of preemption to subsidiaries and affiliates of national banks and federal savings associations. As a result, we may now be subject to state consumer protection laws in each state where we do business, and those laws may be interpreted and enforced differently in different states.

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    Systemic Risk Regulation . The Reform Act contains various systemic risk provisions that are applicable to bank holding companies with $50 billion or more in consolidated assets, as well as nonbank financial companies that are deemed to be “systemically important” by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”), an entity established under the Reform Act to identify risks in market activities and to enhance oversight of the financial system. Upon completion of our planned conversion of Hudson City Savings to a national bank, we will become a bank holding company and be subject to the systemic risk provisions of the Reform Act. If we do not complete the planned charter conversion, it is likely that the FSOC will evaluate us to determine whether we should be deemed “systemically important” for purposes of the Reform Act’s systemic risk provisions because we are one of the largest savings and loan holding companies. If we complete the planned charter conversion or are otherwise deemed to be systemically important, we would become subject to any enhanced prudential standards that are imposed by the FRB pursuant to the Reform Act, which may include increased capital requirements, leverage limits, liquidity requirements, resolution plan and credit exposure report requirements, concentration limits, enhanced public disclosures, short-term debt limits and overall risk management requirements, as well as other requirements, such as the preparation of resolution plans and credit exposure reports.
The Reform Act also includes provisions, subject to further rulemaking by the federal bank regulatory agencies, that may affect our future operations, including provisions that create minimum standards for the origination of mortgages and that remove certain obstacles to the conversion of savings associations to national banks. We will not be able to determine the impact of these provisions until final rules are promulgated to implement these provisions and other regulatory guidance is provided interpreting these provisions.
Future taxes on liabilities could adversely affect our financial condition .
In January of 2010, President Obama announced his proposal for a Financial Crisis Responsibility fee that would require financial firms to repay the projected cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The proposed fee was to be applied to banks, thrifts, bank holding companies, thrift holding companies and insurance or other companies that own insured depository institutions, in each case with more than $50 billion in consolidated assets and would equal approximately 15 basis points (0.15%) of covered liabilities per year. As proposed, the fee was to remain in place for ten years and was expected to raise a total of $90 billion. At this time legislation to enact the Financial Crisis Responsibility fee has not been introduced into Congress.
Similarly, on June 25, 2010, the House of Representatives approved the conference report (the “Conference Report”) that reconciled the House- and Senate-passed versions of financial regulatory reform. The Conference Report contained a proposed tax to pay the projected five-year, $19 billion cost of the legislation, which similar to the Financial Crisis Responsibility fee, was to be imposed on banks, thrifts and bank holding companies with more than $50 billion in consolidated assets (the “bank tax”). Although initially adopted by the House of Representatives, the bank tax was later stricken from the Conference Report during the final stages of the legislation and is not included in the Reform Act enacted on July 21, 2010. Although the bank tax was removed from the Reform Act, the Obama administration and Representative Barney Frank have publicly stated that they intend to reintroduce a bank tax in some form. While at this time it is not clear what a future bank tax will entail, if the proposed tax is similar to the past proposals it will be assessed on large financial institutions such has Hudson City which may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

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Item 2. — Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The following table reports information regarding repurchases of our common stock during the first quarter of 2010 and the stock repurchase plans approved by our Board of Directors.
                                 
                            Maximum
                    Total Number of   Number of Shares
    Total           Shares Purchased   that May Yet Be
    Number of   Average   as Part of Publicly   Purchased Under
    Shares   Price Paid   Announced Plans   the Plans or
Period   Purchased   per Share   or Programs   Programs (1)
 
April 1-April 30, 2010
        $             50,123,550  
May 1-May 31, 2010
                      50,123,550  
June 1-June 30, 2010
                      50,123,550  
 
                               
Total
                         
 
                               
 
(1)   On April 25, 2007, Hudson City Bancorp announced the adoption of its eighth Stock Repurchase Program, which authorized the repurchase of up to 51,400,000 shares of common stock. This program has no expiration date.
Item 3. — Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
Item 4. — (Removed and Reserved)
Item 5. — Other Information
Not applicable.
Item 6. — Exhibits
     
Exhibit Number   Exhibit
31.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer
 
   
32.1
  Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer furnished pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. *

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Exhibit Number   Exhibit
101
  The following information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, filed with the SEC on August 5, 2010, has been formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language: (i) Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 , (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 and (v) Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (detail tagged). *
 
*   Pursuant to SEC rules, this exhibit will not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.

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SIGNATURES
     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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
  Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
 
 
     Date: August 5, 2010  By:   /s/ Ronald E. Hermance, Jr.    
    Ronald E. Hermance, Jr.   
    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) 
 
     
     Date: August 5, 2010  By:   /s/ James C. Kranz    
    James C. Kranz   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) 
 

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