ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORP
8-K, 1998-05-29
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                       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): May 20, 1998




                          ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




         DELAWARE                    0-22228                      11-3170868
     (State or other
     jurisdiction of             (Commission File               (IRS Employer
      incorporation)                 Number)                 Identification No.)



          ONE ASTORIA FEDERAL PLAZA, LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK 11042-1085
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (516) 327-3000




                                      NONE
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4, 6, 8 & 9.                NOT APPLICABLE

ITEM 5.           OTHER EVENTS.

         On May 20, 1998, Astoria Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("AFC"), and Long Island Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("LIB"), entered
into the First Amendment, dated as of the 20th day of May, 1998 (the "First
Amendment"), to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the 2nd day of
April, 1998, by and between AFC and LIB (the "Merger Agreement").

         Pursuant to the First Amendment, AFC and LIB have (i) revised the
number of current members of the LIB board of directors who will become
directors of AFC and Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, a
federally-chartered savings and loan association and the wholly-owned subsidiary
of AFC, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and (ii) made a technical correction
to the formula to be used to determine whether LIB will have a right to
terminate the Merger Agreement as a result of a decline in the market price of
AFC's common stock to accurately reflect the parties' intentions at the time the
Merger Agreement was entered into.




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ITEM 7.           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND 
                  EXHIBITS.

         (a)      Financial statements of businesses acquired.

                  Not applicable.

         (b)      Pro forma financial information.

                  Not applicable.

         (c) Exhibits. The following Exhibits are filed as part of this report:


    EXHIBIT NO.                              DESCRIPTION
    -----------                              -----------

        2.1             Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
                        April 2, 1998, by and between Astoria
                        Financial Corporation and Long Island
                        Bancorp, Inc.*

        2.2             First Amendment, dated as of the 20th day
                        of May, 1998, to the Agreement and Plan of
                        Merger, dated as of the 2nd day of April,
                        1998, by and between Astoria Financial
                        Corporation and Long Island Bancorp, Inc.

        4.1             Stock Option Agreement, dated as of April 2, 
                        1998, by and between Astoria Financial Corporation 
                        and Long Island Bancorp, Inc.*

        4.2             Stock   Option   Agreement, dated as of April 2, 
                        1998, by and between Astoria Financial Corporation 
                        and Long Island Bancorp, Inc.*

        4.3             Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as 
                        of April 2, 1998, by and between Astoria Financial 
                        Corporation and ChaseMellon Shareholder 
                        Services, L.L.C.*

        99.1            Press Release issued on April 3, 1998.**

        99.2            Analyst Presentation.**

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* Previously filed with Astoria Financial Corporation's Current Report on Form
8-K/A on April 10, 1998.

** Previously filed with Astoria Financial Corporation's Current Report on Form
8-K on April 3, 1998.


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                                   SIGNATURES

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.

                                       ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION


                                       By:/s/ Alan P. Eggleston
                                           ------------------------------------
                                              Alan P. Eggleston
                                              Executive Vice President and
                                               General Counsel


Dated: May 29, 1998



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



    EXHIBIT NO.                              DESCRIPTION
    -----------                              -----------

            2.1             Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
                            April 2, 1998, by and between Astoria
                            Financial Corporation and Long Island
                            Bancorp, Inc.*

            2.2             First Amendment, dated as of the 20th day
                            of May, 1998, to the Agreement and Plan
                            of Merger, dated as of the 2nd day of
                            April, 1998, by and between Astoria Financial
                            Corporation and Long Island Bancorp,
                            Inc.

            4.1             Stock Option Agreement, dated as of April 2, 
                            1998, by and between Astoria Financial
                            Corporation and Long Island Bancorp, Inc.*

            4.2             Stock Option Agreement, dated as of April 2, 
                            1998, by and between Astoria Financial
                            Corporation and Long Island Bancorp, Inc.*

            4.3             Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement,
                            dated as of April 2, 1998, by and between
                            Astoria Financial Corporation and
                            ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.*

            99.1            Press Release issued on April 3, 1998.**

            99.2            Analyst Presentation.**





* Previously filed with Astoria Financial Corporation's Current Report on Form
8-K/A on April 10, 1998.

** Previously filed with Astoria Financial Corporation's Current Report on Form
8-K on April 3, 1998.





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                                   EXHIBIT 2.2



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                                 FIRST AMENDMENT


                      DATED AS OF THE 20th DAY OF MAY, 1998


                                     TO THE


                          AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER


                     DATED AS OF THE 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 1998


                                 BY AND BETWEEN


                          ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION


                                       AND


                            LONG ISLAND BANCORP, INC.






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         First Amendment, dated May 20, 1998, to the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated April 2, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement") by and between Astoria
Financial Corporation ("AFC") and Long Island Bancorp, Inc. ("LIB").

                             W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, AFC and LIB entered into the Merger Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Merger Agreement, the parties
thereto may from time to time amend or modify the Merger Agreement in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.03; and

         WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of AFC and LIB have by resolution
approved and authorized this First Amendment to the Merger Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, all actions necessary to make this First Amendment a valid
agreement, enforceable according to its terms have been taken and the execution
and delivery of this First Amendment by AFC and LIB have in all respects been
duly authorized by AFC and LIB, respectively.

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing are the mutual
agreements set forth herein, AFC and LIB agree as follows:

         I.       Unless otherwise expressly defined in this First Amendment or
                  the context otherwise requires, capitalized and other terms
                  for which meanings are provided in the Merger Agreement shall
                  have such meanings when used in this First Amendment.

         II.      Effective as of the date first written above, the Merger
                  Agreement shall be and it hereby is amended as follows:

         1. Section 4.13(a) of the Merger Agreement is amended in its entirety
to read as follows:

                  SECTION 4.13 DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS; ADVISORY BOARD;
         LITIGATION COMMITTEE. (a) AFC agrees to cause five persons who are
         mutually acceptable to AFC and LISB, who are currently members of the
         LISB board of directors and who are willing to so serve ("Former LISB
         Directors"), one of whom shall be Mr. John J. Conefry, Jr., to be
         elected or appointed as directors of AFC at, or as promptly as
         practicable after, the Effective Time (such appointment or election of
         Former LISB Directors to be as evenly distributed as possible among the
         classes of AFC directors). The directors of the Association, following
         the Bank Merger, shall be the current directors of the Association,
         plus the five individuals named above in the immediately preceding
         sentence.




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         2. Section 6.01(d) of the Merger Agreement is amended by deleting "or"
at the end thereof, Section 6.01(e) of the Merger Agreement is amended by adding
";or" at the end thereof and the first full paragraph of Section 6.01(f) of the
Merger Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                  (f) by LISB, if its board of directors so determines by a
         majority vote of members of its entire board, at any time during the
         five-day period commencing on the Valuation Date (the "Effective
         Termination Date"), that both of the following conditions are
         satisfied:

                           (i) The AFC Market Value on the Valuation Date shall
                  be less than an amount equal to $49.76, adjusted as indicated
                  in the last sentence of this Section 6.01(f); and

                           (ii) (A) the number (the "AFC Ratio") obtained by
                  dividing the AFC Market Value on the Valuation Date by $60.31
                  (the "Initial AFC Market Value") shall be less than (B) the
                  number obtained by dividing the Final Index Price by the
                  Initial Index Price and subtracting .175 from the quotient in
                  this clause (ii)(B) (the "Index Ratio");


SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the following three sentences. If LISB elects to exercise
its termination right pursuant to this Section 6.01(f), it shall give prompt
written notice thereof to AFC; PROVIDED, that such notice of election to
terminate may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Effective Termination Date.
During the FIVE-DAY PERIOD commencing with its receipt of such notice, AFC shall
have the option to increase the consideration to be received by the holders of
AFC Common Stock hereunder, by adjusting the Exchange Ratio to equal the lesser
of (x) a number equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is 1.15 multiplied
by the Initial AFC Market Value and the denominator of which is the AFC Market
Value, and (y) a number equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the Index
Ratio multiplied by 1.15 and the denominator of which is the AFC Ratio. If AFC
so elects it shall give, within such five day period, written notice to LISB of
such election and the revised Exchange Ratio, whereupon no termination shall be
deemed to have occurred pursuant to this Section 6.01(f) and this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms (except as
the Exchange Ratio shall have been so modified).


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
the Merger Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.

                           ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION


                           By:/s/ George L. Engelke, Jr.
                              -----------------------------------------------
                              George L. Engelke, Jr.
                              Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer




                           LONG ISLAND BANCORP, INC.


                           By:/s/ John J. Conefry, Jr.
                              -----------------------------------------------
                              John J. Conefry, Jr.
                              Chairman and Chief Executive Officer




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