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): September 15, 2003
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-31565 | 06-1377322 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
Commission File Number | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
615 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (516) 683-4100
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
| Item 1. | Changes in Control of Registrant |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 2. | Acquisition or Disposition of Assets |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 3. | Bankruptcy or Receivership |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 4. | Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 5. | Other Events |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 6. | Resignations of Registrant’s Directors |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 7. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| (a) | No financial statements of businesses acquired are required. |
| (b) | No pro forma financial information is required. |
| (c) | Attached as an exhibit is the text of a written presentation that Joseph R. Ficalora, President and Chief Executive Officer of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), will be giving at the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco’s annual member conference on September 15, 2003. |
| Item 8. | Change in Fiscal Year |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 9. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
| On September 15, 2003, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph R. Ficalora, will give a presentation at the annual member conference of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco that discusses the Company’s strategies, performance, and strengths on a stand-alone basis, and on a pro forma basis at June 30, 2003 to reflect its proposed merger with Roslyn Bancorp, Inc. The presentation reiterates the Company’s stand-alone diluted earnings per share estimates for 2003 and its pro forma diluted earnings per share estimates for 2004, reflecting the proposed Roslyn merger. |
| Item 10. | Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 11. | Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans |
| Not applicable. |
| Item 12. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition |
| Not applicable. |
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.
| September 15, 2003 |
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. | |
| Date |
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| /S/ JOSEPH R. FICALORA | ||
| Joseph R. Ficalora | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| 99.1 |
Written presentation to be made available, and distributed, to participants at the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco’s annual member conference on September 15, 2003. | |