Filed by Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Pursuant to Rule 425 Under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Commission File No. 0-22278
QUEENS COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
AND
HAVEN BANCORP, INC.
are combining to create
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
Queens County Bancorp, Inc. Haven Bancorp
Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Forward Looking Statements
Queens County Bancorp and Haven Bancorp will be filing a joint proxy
statement/prospectus and other relevant documents concerning the merger with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). WE URGE INVESTORS
TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO
BE FILED WITH THE SEC, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Investors will be able to obtain these documents free of charge at the SEC's web
site (www.sec.gov). In addition, documents filed with the SEC by Haven Bancorp
will be available free of charge from Haven Bancorp, 615 Merrick Avenue,
Westbury, New York 11590. Documents filed with the SEC by Queens County Bancorp
will be available without charge from the Vice President, Investor Relations,
Queens County Bancorp, 38-25 Main Street, Flushing, New York 11354.
The directors, executive officers, and certain other members of management of
Queens County Bancorp and Haven Bancorp may be soliciting proxies in favor of
the merger from the companies' respective shareholders. For information about
these directors, executive officers, and members of management, shareholders are
asked to refer to the most recent proxy statements issued by the respective
companies, which are available at the addresses provided in the preceding
paragraph.
Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995
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Certain statements contained within this news release are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by their reference to
future periods and include, without limitation, those statements relating to the
anticipated effects of the merger. The following factors, among others, could
cause the actual results of the merger to differ materially from the
expectations stated in this release: the ability of the companies to obtain the
required shareholder or regulatory approvals of the merger; the ability of the
companies to consummate the merger; the ability to successfully integrate the
companies following the merger; a materially adverse change in the financial
condition of either company; the ability to fully realize the expected cost
savings and revenues; and the ability to realize the expected cost savings and
revenues on a timely basis. In addition, factors that could cause the actual
results of the merger to differ materially from current expectations include a
change in economic conditions; changes in interest rates, deposit flows, loan
demand, real estate values, and competition; changes in accounting principles,
policies, or guidelines; changes in legislation and regulation; and other
economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory, and technological factors
affecting the companies' operations, pricing, and services. The company
undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances that occur after the date on which such statements were
made.
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Key Transaction Terms
Fixed Exchange Ratio: 1.04 QCSB shares per HAVN share
Price per HAVN share: $18.85(1)
Transaction Value: $196 million(1)
Implied Market Premium: 4.0%(2)
New Company Name: New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
("NYCB")
Headquarters: Westbury, New York
HAVN Board Representation: 3 of 11 seats on NYCB Board
Chairman, President & CEO: Joseph R. Ficalora
(1) Based on QCSB share price as of close June 27, 2000
(2) Premium to HAVN June 27, 2000 closing price.
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Key Structural Terms
Transaction Structure: Purchase
Tax-free exchange
19.9% stock option granted to QCSB
Ownership Split: 68% QCSB / 32% HAVN(1)
Stock Buyback: Up to 20% of the shares issued in the
transaction(2)
Expected Closing: 4Q 2000
Estimated Merger-Related Charges: $31 million (pre-tax)
Estimated Annual Cost Savings: $14 million (pre-tax) - $8.5 million
(after- tax)
Due Diligence: Completed
Required Approvals: QCSB and HAVN Shareholders Regulatory
(1) Excludes the impact of any share repurchases.
(2) Under certain circumstances, shares of HAVN may be purchased.
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
Traditional Branch Banking Supermarket Branch Banking
Haven CFS and
QCSB Traditional Supermarket
Branches Branches
o Retain dual charters and operational flexibility
o NYCB structure allows for continued consolidation opportunities without
"branding" issues
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
o New York Community Bancorp, Inc. will be a full service financial
institution with strong deposit gathering, fee generation and high quality
loan origination capabilities
o 19 traditional and 62 supermarket branches throughout New York MSA
o Haven Bancorp's proven ability to generate fee income will be extended into
the Queens County customer base
o New York Community Bank will have consolidated assets of $5.1 billion, loans
of $3.5 billion and deposits of $3.2 billion, as estimated prior to
restructuring
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Transaction Rationale
o Enables cost effective expansion of high quality multi-family loan
production
o Replaces wholesale borrowing with lower cost deposit funding
o Strong additions to management
o Potential to increase fee income at Queens County
o Addresses HAVN balance sheet risks through purchase accounting and
restructuring
o Fairly priced
o Financially attractive
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Compelling Balance Sheet Fit
QCSB HAVN
Loans Deposits
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Balanced, self-funding, growing franchise
o Strong loan origination capability funded by solid deposit gatherer
o Improved market share in Queens
o Broader, more economically diversified branch network
o 80% pro forma loan/deposit ratio provides significant opportunity to grow
the loan portfolio
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Overlapping Geographic Franchise
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
HAVN Supermarket Branch Franchise
o Proven and effective means of deposit growth
o Will rationalize franchise in the transaction
o Strong fee income generation capability
o Supermarket franchise turning profitable, with strong deposit and earnings
growth potential
- 62 stores opened since 1996
- Average age of 2.25 years
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Attractive Combined Branch Franchise
(Dollars in millions; data as of or for the quarter ended 3/31/00)
Core Non-Core
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NY CT/NJ Total
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Traditional Branches
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QCSB 11 - 11
Deposits $ 1,053 - $ 1,053
Cost 3.96% - 3.96%
HAVN 8 - 8
Deposits $ 1,252 - $ 1,252
Cost 3.66% - 3.66%
Supermarket Branches
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Pathmark 38 - 38
Shoprite 5 12 17
Other 4 3 7
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Total supermarket branches 47 15 62
Deposits $ 748 $ 151 $ 899
Cost 4.33% 4.83% 4.42%
Total Combined Deposits $ 3,053 $ 151 $ 3,204
Weighted Average Cost 3.95% 4.83% 4.00%
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Improved Position in Core Queens Market
QUEENS
TOTAL MARKET
RANK INSTITUTION DEPOSITS SHARE
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1 CHASE MANHATTAN CORP. (NY) $ 4,102 14.3%
2 CITIGROUP INC. (NY) 3,124 10.9
3 ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORP. (NY) 2,915 10.2
4 NORTH FORK BANCORP (NY) 2,598 9.1
5 GREENPOINT FINANCIAL CORP. (NY) 2,299 8.0
6 NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK (NY) 2,277 8.0
6 HSBC HOLDINGS, PLC (FO) 1,991 7.0
7 HAVEN BANCORP (NY) 1,178 4.1
8 RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK (NY) 1,133 4.0
9 QUEENS COUNTY BANCORP INC. (NY) 1,099 3.8
10 INDEPENDENCE COMM. BANK CORP. (NY) 876 3.1
TOTALS: QUEENS, NY $28,617 100.0%
Source: SNL Branch Migration DataSource as of June 30, 1999
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Changing the Competitive Landscape for NY Thrifts
(Dollars in millions)
TOTAL MARKET
RANK INSTITUTION DEPOSITS SHARE
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1 GREENPOINT FINANCIAL CORP. $11,792 18.5%
2 DIME BANCORP INC. 11,417 18.0
3 ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORP. 9,497 14.9
4 EMIGRANT BANCORP, INC. 4,479 7.0
5 APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS 4,460 7.0
6 ROSLYN BANCORP INC. 4,257 6.7
7 INDEPENDENCE COMM. BANK CORP. (NY) 3,439 5.4
8 NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK 3,012 4.7
8 HAVEN BANCORP 1,844 2.9
9 STATEN ISLAND BANCORP INC. 1,821 2.9
10 RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK 1,811 2.8
12 QUEENS COUNTY BANCORP INC. 1,168 1.8
TOTAL $63,583 100.0%
Source: SNL Branch Migration DataSource as of June 30, 1999.
N.B. Market served is defined as Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond,
Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester counties.
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Potential to Increase Fee Income at QCSB
o HAVN has demonstrated ability to generate fee income
o The combined company will offer several fee-generating products including:
- Insurance
- Annuities
- Brokerage
- Mutual funds
- Single-family mortgages
o No revenue enhancements assumed in financial projections, although clear
potential exists
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Restructuring Plan
1) Reduction of securities and 1-4 family mortgage portfolios
o Sell $1 billion; run-off or sell remainder in future periods
o Proceeds used to fund higher yielding multi-family loan production, pay
down borrowed funds and fund disposition of sold or closed branches
2) Focus on core franchise - sell CT and NJ supermarket branches
3) Repurchase up to 20% of the shares issued in the transaction subject to
market conditions
o Leverage excess capital as attractive opportunities arise
4) Mark-to-market balance sheet to absorb current embedded losses up front,
enhances future period earnings
5) Retain Haven's Westbury headquarters as base for combined company -
attractive tax benefits
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Fairly Priced
Comparable Medians
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Transaction Northeast All US
Multiples Thrift(1) Thrift(2)
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Price as Multiple of:
LTAM Normalized EPS 11.8x 18.6x 19.5x
Forward EPS 8.4 18.1 18.9
Book Value 1.68 1.53 2.21
Tangible Book Value 1.70 1.53 2.80
Premium to Deposits 3.8 % 8.1 % 17.0 %
Premimum to Market (30 days) 3.4 % 33.3 % 52.5 %
(1) Northeast thrift transactions since January 1, 1999
(2) All thrift transactions ($100 - $500 million) since January 1, 1999
Source: Salomon Smith Barney
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Financially Attractive
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
Projected
2001 2002
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QCSB Stand-Alone (1) $35 $39
HAVN Stand-Alone (2) 23 25
Cost Savings 4 7
Purchase Acctg./Restr. Impact 10 6
Goodwill Amortization (6) (6)
Pro Forma Net Income $66 $70
Stand-Alone EPS $1.95 $2.16
Pro Forma EPS 2.47 2.63
% Accretion 26.8% 21.7%
Stand-Alone Cash EPS $2.64 $2.86
Pro-Forma Cash EPS 2.74 3.17
% Accretion 3.8% 10.8%
ROAA 1.62% 1.68%
ROACE 20.5 20.0
Avg. Diluted Shares Outstanding (3) 26.8 26.8
(1) Based on IBES estimates (as of May 17, 2000) of $1.95 for 2001 grown at IBES
long term growth rate of 11% for 2002.
(2) Based on IBES estimates (as of May 17, 2000) of $2.51 for 2001 grown at IBES
long term growth rate of 9% for 2002.
(3) Includes effect of 20% repurchase at transaction price.
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Due Diligence Review
o HAVN's management and franchise are well known to QCSB
o QCSB has held periodic discussions with HAVN over the past several years
o Prior to announcing this transaction, QCSB:
- Completed extensive due diligence involving all members of senior
management
- Reviewed all major contracts
- Reviewed appropriate samples of HAVN's multi-family and commercial
loan portfolios
- Contracted third party loan review teams to re-underwrite appropriate
sample of HAVN's 1-4 family mortgage portfolio
- Valued the loan and securities portfolio to reflect current interest
rates
o QCSB's management team is confident it can effectively and smoothly manage
merger integration and obtain expected cost savings
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
An Exciting Opportunity
o Excellent addition to existing and new markets
o Lower cost of funding for QCSB loan growth
o Strong management additions
o Adds attractive fee income products
o Balance sheet risks addressed up front
o Fairly priced
o Financially attractive
Exciting opportunity for Queens County
and Haven Bancorp shareholders
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APPENDIX
Supplemental Financial Information
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Queens County Bancorp, Inc.
Pro Forma Projected Balance Sheet
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in millions)
Projected at 12/31/00 Purchase & (1) Combined Pro Forma Projected
------------------------------ Restructuring Pro Forma ------------------------------
QCSB HAVN Total Adjustments 31-Dec-00 2001 (2) 2002 (2)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Securities $213 $950 $1,163 ($58) $1,104 $679 $155
Net Loans 1,744 1,805 3,549 (1,071) 2,478 2,899 3,637
Goodwill --- 1 1 127 128 121 115
Other assets 118 210 328 31 359 385 368
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Total assets 2,076 2,966 5,042 (972) 4,070 4,083 4,275
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Deposits 1,093 2,151 3,244 (156) 3,088 3,088 3,211
Borrowed funds/other 831 706 1,536 (863) 674 659 696
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Total liabilities 1,924 2,857 4,780 (1,019) 3,761 3,746 3,908
Common equity 152 109 261 47 309 337 367
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Total Liabilities & Equity $2,076 $2,966 $5,042 ($972) $4,070 $4,083 4,275
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Loan/Deposits 160.3 % 84.7% 110.2% --- 80.6% 94.4% 114.0%
Tangible common equity 7.33 3.65 5.16 --- 4.58 5.44 6.07
Tier 1 15.20 11.5 13.25 --- 13.29 14.73 15.57
Leverage ratio 10.17 6.04 7.74 --- 7.88 8.72 9.19
<FN>
(1) QCSB Estimates
(2) Includes impact of 20% stock repurchase
</FN>
</TABLE>
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