Two Directors Re-Elected, Non-Employee Director Stock Plan Approved and the
Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ratified
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astoria Financial
Corporation (NYSE: AF) (the "Company") announced that at its annual meeting
held today its shareholders voted overwhelmingly to re-elect directors John
J. Conefry, Jr. and Thomas V. Powderly each for a three year term. It
further announced that its shareholders approved the Astoria Financial
Corporation 2007 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan and ratified the
appointment of KPMG LLP as its independent registered public accounting
firm for the 2007 fiscal year.
Astoria Financial Corporation, the holding company for Astoria Federal
Savings and Loan Association, with assets of $21.4 billion is the sixth
largest thrift institution in the United States. Established in 1888,
Astoria Federal is the largest thrift depository headquartered in New York
with deposits of $13.4 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 38 individual states. Astoria Federal originates mortgage
loans through its banking offices and loan production offices in New York,
an extensive broker network covering twenty-six states, primarily the East
Coast, and the District of Columbia, and through correspondent
relationships covering forty-three states and the District of Columbia.
SOURCE Astoria Financial Corporation
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http://ir.astoriafederal.com
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CONTACT:
Peter J. Cunningham, First Vice President,
Investor Relations of Astoria Financial Corporation,
+1-516-327-7877, or ir@astoriafederal.com
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