Astoria Financial Corporation Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Proposals at Annual Meeting
May 18 2005 - 1:13PM
PR Newswire (US)
Astoria Financial Corporation Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve
Proposals at Annual Meeting Five Directors Re-Elected, Amendment to
the Stock Incentive Plan Overwhelmingly Approved and the
Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ratified LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Astoria
Financial Corporation (NYSE:AF) announced that at its annual
meeting held today its shareholders voted overwhelmingly to
re-elect directors George L. Engelke, Jr., Robert J. Conway, Peter
D. Haeffner, Jr., Ralph F. Palleschi and Leo J. Waters. It further
announced that its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the 2005
Re-designated, Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan for
Officers and Employees and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as
its independent registered public accounting firm for the 2005
fiscal year. Commenting on the meeting results, George L. Engelke,
Jr., Chairman, President and CEO of Astoria said, "We appreciate
that more than 93% of the Company's outstanding shares were
represented at the annual meeting, either in person or by proxy,
and were voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Company's proposals.
We value our shareholders' support and remain committed to
enhancing the value of their investment in Astoria Financial
Corporation." Astoria Financial Corporation, the holding company
for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, with assets of
$23.3 billion is the fifth largest thrift institution in the United
States. Established in 1888, Astoria Federal is the largest thrift
depository headquartered in New York with deposits of $12.6 billion
and embraces its philosophy of Putting people first by providing
the customers and local communities it serves with quality
financial products and services through 86 convenient banking
office locations and multiple delivery channels, including its
enhanced website, http://www.astoriafederal.com/ . Astoria Federal
commands the fourth largest deposit market share in the attractive
Long Island market, which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and
Suffolk counties with a population exceeding that of 39 individual
states. Astoria Federal originates mortgage loans through its
banking offices and loan production offices in New York, an
extensive broker network in twenty-three states, primarily the East
Coast and the District of Columbia, and through correspondent
relationships in forty-four states and the District of Columbia.
DATASOURCE: Astoria Financial Corporation CONTACT: Peter J.
Cunningham, First Vice President, Investor Relations,
+1-516-327-7877, , for Astoria Financial Corporation Web site:
http://www.astoriafederal.com/ Company News On-Call:
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