Four Directors Re-Elected and the Appointment of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm Ratified
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 21 /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
George L. Engelke, Jr., Peter C. Haeffner, Jr., and Ralph F. Palleschi each
for a three year term, and director Leo J. Waters for a two year term. It
further announced that shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as
its independent registered public accounting firm for the 2008 fiscal year.
Astoria Financial Corporation, with assets of $21.5 billion, is the
holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association.
Established in 1888, Astoria Federal, with deposits in New York totaling
$13.0 billion, is the largest thrift depository headquartered 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 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 and loan
production offices in New York, an extensive broker network covering
twenty-two states, primarily the East Coast, and the District of Columbia,
and through correspondent relationships covering twenty-nine states and the
District of Columbia.
SOURCE Astoria Financial Corporation
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CONTACT:
Peter J. Cunningham, First Vice President,
Investor Relations, +1-516-327-7877, ir@astoriafederal.com
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