John J. Conefry

Astoria Financial Corp. is a holding company, which through its subsidiary Astoria Bank, engages in attracting retail deposits from the general public and businesses. It invests in principal repayments on loans and securities and borrowings, primarily in multi-family and commercial real estate mortgage loans, one-to-four family, or residential, mortgage loans, and mortgage-backed securities. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Lake Success, NY.

Astoria Bank is a company based in New Hyde Park, NY.

St. Vincent's Health Services operates hospital as well as provides health care services. Its services include primary & urgent care facilities and a behavior health care program. It also provides open-heart surgery, cancer care, bariatric surgery and joint replacement services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Bridgeport, CT.

Long Island Bancorp, Inc. is a federal savings institution. The company is based in Melville, NY. Long Island Bancorp was acquired by Astoria Financial Corp. on October 01, 1998 for $1,164.03 million.

The Long Island Savings Bank, FSB is a company based in Islandia, NY.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte, Haskins & Sells LLP provides accounting services. The company is based in Mumbai, India.