Astoria Financial Corp - Current report filing (8-K)
January 17 2008 - 11:10AM
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
report (Date of earliest event reported): January 17, 2008
Astoria
Financial Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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001-11967
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11-3170868
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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ONE
ASTORIA FEDERAL PLAZA, LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK 11042-1085
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
(516)
327-3000
NOT
APPLICABLE
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o
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o
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o
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Item
2.02.
Results
of Operations and Financial Condition.
On
January 17, 2008, Astoria Financial Corporation (“Astoria”) issued a press
release concerning the recording of an other-than-temporary impairment non-cash
after-tax charge of $13.3 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the quarter
ended December 31, 2007 to reduce the carrying amount of its investment in
two
perpetual preferred stock issues of Freddie Mac, a government sponsored
enterprise. A copy of the press release is included herewith as an exhibit
to
this report.
The
information provided pursuant hereto shall not be deemed incorporated by
reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Form 8-K
into
any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under
such Acts.
Item
9.01.
Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
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Exhibits.
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Exhibit
99.1
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Press
release dated January 17,
2008.
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SIGNATURE
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 hereunto
duly authorized.
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ASTORIA
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Peter
J.
Cunningham .
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Peter
J. Cunningham
First
Vice President and
Director
of Investor Relations
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Dated:
January 17, 2008
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
release dated January 17, 2008.
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