LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.,
May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Astoria
Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF) ("Astoria"), announced today that it will not be
participating in the Barclays Capital Americas Select Conference in
London, England on Monday, May 23, 2011 as previously announced.
Astoria's President and Chief Operating Officer, Monte N. Redman, will not be able to travel to
London and, therefore his
presentation scheduled to begin at 8:00
a.m. British Summer Time (3:00 a.m.
Eastern Daylight Time) has been cancelled.
Astoria Financial Corporation, with assets of $17.7 billion, is the holding company for Astoria
Federal Savings and Loan Association. Established in 1888,
Astoria Federal, with deposits in New
York totaling $11.5 billion,
is the largest thrift depository in New
York and embraces its philosophy of "Putting people
first" by providing the customers and local communities it
serves with quality financial products and services through 85
convenient banking office locations and multiple delivery channels,
including its enhanced website, 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 38 individual states. Astoria Federal originates
mortgage loans through its banking and loan production offices in
New York, an extensive broker
network covering fourteen states, primarily along the East Coast,
and the District of Columbia, and
through correspondent relationships covering fifteen states and the
District of Columbia.
SOURCE Astoria Financial Corporation