On October 27, 2020, Flushing Financial Corporation (Flushing) and Empire Bancorp, Inc. (Empire) issued a joint press release
announcing that the shareholders of Empire approved the previously announced merger of Empire with and into Flushing (the merger). The completion of the merger remains subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and is
currently scheduled to occur on or about October 31, 2020.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Press Release of Flushing Financial Corporation, dated October 27, 2020
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Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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About Flushing Financial Corporation
Flushing Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: FFIC) is the holding company for Flushing Bank®, a New York
Statechartered commercial bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Flushing Bank serves consumers, businesses, professionals, corporate clients, and public entities by offering a full complement of deposit, loan, equipment
finance, and cash management services through its banking offices located in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and on Long Island. As a leader in real estate lending, Flushing Banks experienced lending teams create mortgage solutions for real
estate owners and property managers both within and outside the New York City metropolitan area. Flushing Bank is an Equal Housing Lender. Flushing Bank also operates an online banking division consisting of iGObanking.com®, which offers competitively priced deposit products to consumers nationwide, and BankPurely®, an
eco-friendly, healthier lifestyle community brand.
Additional information on Flushing Bank and Flushing Financial
Corporation may be obtained by visiting the website http://www.flushingbank.com.
About Empire Bancorp
Empire Bancorp is a bank holding company for Empire National Bank, a Long Island-based independent bank that specializes in serving the financial services
needs of privately-owned small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, nonprofit organizations, real estate investors and consumers through a wide variety of tailored loan and deposit products and business
banking services. Empire National Bank has four full-service banking offices located in Islandia, Shirley, Port Jefferson Station, and Mineola.
Cautionary Notes on Forward-Looking Statements
This
press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. These forward-looking statements may include: management plans relating to the proposed transaction; the expected timing of the completion of the proposed transaction; the ability to complete the proposed transaction; any statements of the
plans and objectives of management for future operations, products or services, including the execution of integration plans relating to the proposed transaction; any statements of expectation or belief; projections related to certain financial
metrics; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as believe, expect, anticipate, intend, seek,
plan, may, will, should, could, would,