SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
December 19, 1996
Long Island Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 0-23526 11-3198508
(State or Other Jurisdiction Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Number) Identification No.)
201 Old Country Road
Melville, New York 11747-2724
(Address of Principal (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (516) 547-2000
Not Applicable
(Former Name of Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 1. Changes in Control 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
Press Release of Long Island Bancorp, Inc.
dated December 19, 1996
Item 6. Resignations of Registrant's Directors
Not Applicable
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) Not Applicable
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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.
LONG ISLAND BANCORP, INC.
By: /s/ Mark Fuster
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Name: Mark Fuster
Title: Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and
accounting officer)
Date: December 19, 1996
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LONG ISLAND
BANCORP, INC. NEWS RELEASE
201 Old Country Road
Melville, New York 11747
Contact:
Mary M. Feder
Vice President - Investor Relations
(516 547-2607
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LONG ISLAND BANCORP, INC. INCREASES QUARTERLY
CASH DIVIDEND 50% TO $0.15 PER SHARE
MELVILLE, NY, DECEMBER 19, 1996 - Long Island Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: LISB), the
holding company for The Long Island Savings Bank, FSB announced today that its
Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share.
This dividend represents a 50% increase from the previous quarterly dividend of
$0.10 per share.
The dividend will be payable on February 14, 1997 to shareholders of record at
the close of business on January 15, 1997. This is the ninth consecutive
quarterly dividend paid by Long Island Bancorp, Inc.
The Long Island Savings Bank, FSB is a federally chartered FDIC-insured
institution which serves its customers in 36 full service branch offices
throughout Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. The Bank also operates mortgage
loan offices across Long Island and Westchester and in Connecticut, Delaware,
Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina and an
Internet home page at the address: http://www.lisb.com.
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