LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astoria Financial
Corporation (NYSE: AF), announced that it expects to report third quarter 2008
earnings on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time (ET). A copy of the news release will be immediately available on its
web site, www.astoriafederal.com .
The Company also announced that George L. Engelke, Jr., Chairman & CEO of
Astoria will host an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at
10:00 a.m. (ET).
Toll-free dial-in: (888) 562-3356 Conference ID: 64189352
International dial-in: (973) 582-2700 Conference ID: 64189352
A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will also be available on
the Company's web site at www.astoriafederal.com and will be archived for one
year.
A telephone replay will be available on Thursday, October 16, 2008 from
1:00 p.m. (ET) through Friday, October 24, 2008, 11:59 p.m.
Replay # (Domestic): (800) 642-1687 PIN Code: 64189352
Replay # (International) (706) 645-9291 PIN Code: 64189352
Astoria Financial Corporation, with assets of $21.6 billion, is the
holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association. Established
in 1888, Astoria Federal, with deposits in New York totaling $13.1 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 85
convenient banking office locations and multiple delivery channels, including
its enhanced website, 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 nineteen states, primarily the East Coast,
and the District of Columbia, and through correspondent relationships covering
twenty states and the District of Columbia.
SOURCE Astoria Financial Corporation
