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): | February 5, 2004 |
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 and Regulation FD Disclosure | |
| 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 Exhibit 99.1 is the text of a written presentation that New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) intends to make available, and distribute, to current and prospective investors, and to post on its web site, beginning on February 5, 2004. | ||
| Item 8. | Change in Fiscal Year | |
| Not applicable. | ||
| Item 9. | Regulation FD Disclosure | |
| Beginning on February 5, 2004, the Company intends to make available and distribute to current and prospective investors a written presentation that will also be posted on its web site, www.mynycb.com. In addition to discussing the Company’s historic and 2003 financial performance, its strategies, its recent merger with Roslyn Bancorp, Inc., and its recent follow-on offering, the presentation reiterates the Company’s 2004 diluted earnings per share projections of $2.90 to $2.94 ($2.17 to $2.20, as adjusted to reflect an upcoming 4-for-3 stock split on February 17, 2004). | ||
| 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.
| February 5, 2004 |
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. | |
| Date |
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| /s/ Joseph R. Ficalora | ||
| Joseph R. Ficalora | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| 99.1 | Written presentation to be made available, and distributed, to current and prospective investors, and posted on the Company’s web site beginning on February 5, 2004. |