LONG ISLAND BANCORP INC
8-K, 1997-04-25
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                                   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)
                                 April 22, 1997


                            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 April 22, 1997

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
                                          ------------------------
                                          Name:       Mark Fuster
                                          Title:      Chief Financial Officer
                                                      (principal financial and
                                                      accounting officer)


Date:    April 22, 1997

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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



            LONG ISLAND BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES FOURTH STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM
MELVILLE,  NY, APRIL 22, 1997 - Long Island  Bancorp,  Inc. (NASDAQ:  LISB), the
holding company for The Long Island  Savings Bank, FSB  announced today that its
Board of Directors  approved the  Company's  fourth stock repurchase  plan. The
plan  authorizes  the purchase of up to one million  shares over the next two
years. The repurchases will be made from time to time, in open market
transactions, at the discretion of management.

Chairman  of the  Board and  Chief  Executive  Officer,  John J.  Conefry,  Jr.,
commented,  "The Board  continues to view the  Company's  stock as an attractive
investment with potential for continued growth.  Repurchasing shares in the open
market is one of many ways we plan to use our  capital  to  enhance  shareholder
value. "

The Company's third repurchase  program concluded on April 14, 1997. The Company
has  repurchased  922,500 shares of common stock,  par value $.01 per share,  in
open  market  transactions  since this  third  phase of the  repurchase  program
commenced on April 15, 1996, at an aggregate  cost of $28.4  million.  Since the
initial public  offering in April 1994,  the Company has  repurchased a total of
3,060,054 shares and has 24,228,267 shares currently outstanding.

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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