New York Community Bancorp, Inc. Reports 2Q 2009 Diluted Operating Earnings Per Share of $0.26(1), Diluted GAAP EPS of $0.16, and Diluted Cash EPS of $0.26(2)

July 29, 2009

WESTBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) (the "Company") today reported second quarter 2009 operating earnings of $89.1 million, representing a $13.9 million, or 18.6%, increase from the year-earlier level and a $0.03, or 13.0%, increase in diluted operating earnings per share to $0.26.(1)

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company reported operating earnings of $177.7 million, representing a $32.5 million, or 22.3%, increase from the year-earlier level and a $0.07, or 15.9%, increase in diluted operating earnings per share to $0.51.(1)

Operating earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 exclude the impact of an after-tax FDIC special assessment of $8.4 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, and a non-cash after-tax charge of $24.2 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, on the other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI") of certain pooled trust preferred and other debt securities. Including these after-tax amounts, the Company reported GAAP earnings of $56.4 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, in the current second quarter, and $145.1 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, in the current six-month period.

In contrast, the Company recorded a GAAP loss of $154.8 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, in the year-earlier second quarter and a GAAP loss of $82.4 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, in the year-earlier six months. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, the Company's GAAP earnings were reduced by an after-tax debt repositioning charge of $199.2 million, or $0.60 per diluted share; a non-cash after-tax OTTI charge of $29.8 million, or $0.09 per diluted share; and an after-tax litigation settlement charge of $2.3 million. During that quarter, the Company completed a highly successful, earnings-accretive common stock offering which added $339.2 million to stockholders equity at June 30, 2008.

The Company also reported cash earnings of $88.9 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the current second quarter, and $188.8 million, or $0.55 per diluted share, for the current six-month period.(2)

Commenting on the Company's second quarter performance, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Joseph R. Ficalora stated, "While the Metro New York region continues to feel the effects of the recession, we nonetheless produced a strong operating performance in the second quarter of 2009. Driven by net interest income growth and the expansion of our margin, operating earnings rose both year-over-year and linked-quarter, as we continued to capitalize on the steepness of the yield curve to grow our loans and reduce our cost of funds. At $0.26 per diluted share, our operating earnings were consistent with the trailing-quarter level, while reflecting a year-over-year increase of 13%.(1)

"The highlight of the quarter was the expansion of our margin to its highest level since the first quarter of 2005. At 3.06%, the margin was 17 basis points wider than the trailing-quarter measure and 52 basis points wider than the adjusted measure we reported for the second quarter of 2008.(3) The expansion was consistent with our expectations, and reflects our ability to generate loan growth at higher spreads over the past four quarters, as well as our ability to strategically manage our funding costs.

"In addition, our operating efficiency ratio improved to 36.72% from 40.14% in the year-ago quarter, despite the increase in ongoing FDIC insurance premiums.(4) Including the $14.0 million special assessment, FDIC insurance premiums added $28.1 million to our year-to-date GAAP operating expenses, exceeding the year-earlier six-month amount by $26.8 million, and reducing our diluted GAAP earnings per share by $0.05 in the first half of this year."

Board of Directors Declares $0.25 per Share Dividend, Payable on August 18th

"We also maintained a solid tangible capital position at the close of the quarter, with tangible stockholders' equity representing 5.83% of tangible assets, absent the impact of accumulated other comprehensive loss.(6)

"In view of our continued capital strength, and the strength of our cash earnings, the Board of Directors last night declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share, payable on August 18th to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 7, 2009.

"As in the past, we continued to see a significant difference between the level of loans requiring classification as non-performing due to non-payment, and the level of loans we needed to charge off. That difference is largely indicative of the nature of our underwriting standards, the people we partner with, and our determination to be paid the maximum collateral value.

"Despite a 19% linked-quarter decline in loans 30 to 89 days past due to $163 million, non-performing loans represented $340 million, or 1.49%, of total loans at the end of June. Importantly, other real estate owned added less than $2 million to non-performing assets, which represented $342 million, or 1.04%, of total assets at quarter-end. An extraordinarily large charge of $5.2 million on an out-of-market multi-family loan brought the quarter's net charge-offs to $9.2 million, which represented a modest 0.04% of average loans. By comparison, in the six years of the last credit cycle turn, from 1987 to 1992, our total net charge-offs represented 0.07% of average assets, while our ratio of non-performing loans to total loans reached as high as 2.48%.

"While we would expect our loan portfolio to continue to reflect the impact of the evolving credit cycle, we also expect that the level of net charge-offs will continue to compare favorably with the level of non-performing assets, and that our measures of asset quality will continue to compare well with those reported by our industry as a whole. In view of the increase in non-performing assets and charge-offs, we recorded a $12.0 million provision for loan losses in the current second quarter, which increased the loan loss allowance to $98.1 million at the end of June.

"These continue to be very challenging times for our customers, and our investors, yet we continue to be confident in our ability to not only withstand the pressures of the credit cycle, but to continue producing strong operating earnings and grow the Company in the quarters ahead," Mr. Ficalora said.

Balance Sheet Summary at June 30, 2009

Assets totaled $32.9 billion at the close of the second quarter, representing a $393.2 million increase over the past six months.

Loans

Loans represented $22.8 billion, or 69.3%, of total assets at the close of the second quarter, a $585.0 million increase from the balance recorded at December 31, 2008. Multi-family loans accounted for the bulk of the increase, having risen $497.5 million to $16.2 billion, which represented 71.2% of loans outstanding and an annualized growth rate of 6.3%. Commercial real estate ("CRE") loans rose $222.1 million during this time, to $4.8 billion, representing 21.0% of total loans at quarter-end.

At June 30, 2009, the average multi-family loan had a principal balance of $3.9 million and the average CRE loan had a principal balance of $2.7 million. The multi-family and CRE loan portfolios had average loan-to-value ratios ("LTVs") of 61.1% and 54.3%, respectively, at the close of the quarter, and expected weighted average lives of 3.7 and 3.4 years, respectively.

The remainder of the loan portfolio at June 30, 2009 consisted of one- to four-family loans, which declined by $25.9 million from the year-end 2008 balance to $240.5 million; acquisition, development, and construction ("ADC") loans, which declined by $50.4 million to $726.1 million; and other loans, primarily consisting of commercial and industrial ("C&I") loans, which declined by $58.4 million to $814.3 million. The respective six-month declines were consistent with the Company's strategy of reducing these segments of the loan portfolio during a period of economic stress.

The growth of the loan portfolio was the net effect of originations totaling $1.7 billion and repayments totaling $1.1 billion over the past six months. Included in the respective amounts were second quarter originations of $1.0 billion and repayments of $527.1 million. Multi-family and CRE loans accounted for $870.9 million and $366.8 million of the Company's year-to-date originations, including $553.1 million and $231.4 million, respectively, of loans produced in the second quarter of the year.

At the present time, the Company has a pipeline of approximately $942 million, including approximately $679 million of multi-family loans.

Asset Quality

Including second quarter net charge-offs of $9.2 million, the Company recorded net charge-offs of $14.3 million in the first six months of 2009. The three- and six-month amounts were respectively equivalent to 0.04% and 0.06% of average loans outstanding, well below the respective averages of 0.73% and 1.46% for the SNL Bank and Thrift Index to date. (5)

While second quarter net charge-offs were up both year-over-year and linked-quarter, the bulk of the increase was attributable to a single loan in the amount of $5.2 million secured by a multi-family building, geographically distant from the Company's primary multi-family niche in Metropolitan New York. C&I and other consumer loans accounted for $2.0 million and $256,000, respectively, of second quarter 2009 net charge-offs. There were no CRE or ADC loans charged off in the quarter, and no CRE loans have been charged off year-to-date.

Non-performing assets rose to $341.6 million at the end of June, representing 1.04% of total assets, as compared to $176.8 million, or 0.55% of total assets, at the end of March. Although the balance of other real estate owned was unchanged at $1.5 million, non-performing loans rose $164.8 million over the course of the quarter to $340.2 million at June 30, 2009. Multi-family loans accounted for $159.3 million of the second quarter-end total, with ADC loans accounting for $79.6 million and CRE loans accounting for $67.7 million of the total amount.

While the balance of non-performing loans rose substantially during the quarter, the balance of loans 30 to 89 days delinquent declined to $163.2 million, representing a linked-quarter reduction of $38.3 million, or 19.0%.

The significant difference between the volume of non-performing loans and the volume of net charge-offs has been a historical attribute of the Company. Among the factors that have contributed to this difference are the Company's underwriting policies, and the active involvement of those Directors who serve on the Board's Mortgage and Real Estate and Credit Committees in the loan review process, together with executive officers.

In view of the severity of the current credit cycle, the Company recorded a $12.0 million provision for loan losses in the current second quarter, exceeding the year-earlier loan loss provision by $10.3 million and bringing the six-month 2009 total to $18.0 million. Reflecting the loan loss provisions and net charge-offs recorded year-to-date, the allowance for loan losses rose from $94.4 million at the end of December to $98.1 million at the end of June.

Securities

Securities represented $5.6 billion, or 17.2%, of total assets at the close of the second quarter, down from $5.9 billion, representing 18.2% of total assets, at December 31, 2008. Government-sponsored enterprise ("GSE") securities represented approximately 90% of the securities portfolio at the end of June.

The six-month decline in securities reflects a $101.2 million reduction in held-to-maturity securities and a $161.4 million decline in available-for-sale securities. Held-to-maturity securities represented $4.8 billion, or 84.9%, of total securities at the close of the second quarter, and available-for-sale securities represented the remaining $849.1 million, or 15.1%.

Although the reduction in securities was primarily due to repayments, it also reflects the Company's second quarter 2009 assessment of certain pooled trust preferred and other debt securities as other-than-temporarily impaired, due to the deferral of interest payments on the underlying collateral. The recognition of the OTTI contributed to an $8.3 million, or 25.6%, decline in the after-tax net unrealized loss on securities recorded at the end of the quarter from the $32.5 million recorded at year-end 2008.

Funding Sources

In addition to the cash flows generated through loan and securities repayments, the Company's funding primarily stems from deposits and borrowed funds. Depending on the availability and attractiveness of wholesale funding sources, the Company typically has refrained from pricing its retail deposits at the higher end of the market in order to contain its funding costs. While the Company has the capacity to increase deposits through its extensive branch network, it opted to utilize wholesale borrowings to enhance its liquidity during the quarter when such funding was more attractively priced.

At June 30, 2009, deposits totaled $14.4 billion, down $21.6 million from the balance recorded at December 31, 2008. Although NOW and money market accounts and savings accounts rose $605.5 million and $124.6 million, respectively, to $4.4 billion and $2.8 billion, these increases were exceeded by a $750.3 million decline in certificates of deposit ("CDs") to $6.0 billion, together with a $1.3 million drop in non-interest-bearing accounts to $1.1 billion over the six-month period.

Borrowed funds totaled $14.1 billion at the close of the second quarter and were up $562.3 million from the year-end 2008 amount. The increase was largely attributable to a $562.5 million rise in wholesale borrowings to $12.9 billion, as the Company continued to utilize lower-cost Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLB-NY") advances to pay down a portion of its brokered CDs.

Stockholders' Equity

Stockholders' equity totaled $4.2 billion at the close of the second quarter, down $8.6 million from the balance recorded at December 31, 2008. The June 30, 2009 amount was equivalent to 12.81% of total assets and a book value per share of $12.21, as compared to the respective year-end measures of 13.00% and $12.25.

The Company calculates book value per share by excluding the number of unallocated Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") shares from the number of shares outstanding. At June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company's book value per share was calculated on the basis of 344,742,899 and 344,353,808 shares, respectively.

Tangible stockholders' equity equaled $1.7 billion at the close of the second quarter, a $2.6 million increase from the balance at year-end 2008. The June 30, 2009 amount was equivalent to 5.59% of tangible assets, down seven basis points from the measure recorded at December 31st. Excluding AOCL from the calculation, the Company's adjusted tangible stockholders' equity represented 5.83% of tangible assets at the close of the second quarter, as compared to 5.94% at December 31, 2008. The modest decline in these tangible capital measures was attributable to the OTTI charge and the FDIC special assessment recorded in the second quarter of 2009.(6)

The Company's subsidiary banks also reported solid levels of capital at the close of the second quarter, and continued to exceed the requirements for classification as "well capitalized" institutions under the FDIC Improvement Act. At June 30, 2009, New York Community Bank had a leverage capital ratio of 7.00%, exceeding the minimum required for "well capitalized" classification by 200 basis points. At the same time, New York Commercial Bank had a leverage capital ratio of 12.19%, exceeding the minimum required for such classification by 719 basis points.

Earnings Summary for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

The Company generated GAAP earnings of $56.4 million in the current second quarter, as compared to $88.7 million in the trailing quarter and a loss of $154.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2008. The Company's second quarter 2009 earnings were reduced by an after-tax FDIC special assessment of $8.4 million and by a non-cash after-tax OTTI charge of $24.2 million.

In the second quarter of 2008, the Company's GAAP earnings were reduced by an after-tax debt repositioning charge of $199.2 million, a non-cash after-tax OTTI charge of $29.8 million, and an after-tax litigation settlement charge of $2.3 million. On a pre-tax basis, the debt repositioning charge equaled $325.0 million, including $285.4 million that was recorded in non-interest expense in connection with the prepayment of wholesale borrowings totaling $3.3 billion and $39.6 million that was recorded in interest expense in connection with the prepayment of $700.0 million in wholesale borrowings.

Excluding these items, the Company reported operating earnings of $89.1 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, in the current second quarter, up from operating earnings of $75.1 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2008.(1) While the growth of the Company's second quarter 2009 operating earnings was driven by the expansion of its net interest margin and higher net interest income, it was tempered by a $12.0 million loan loss provision and by the reversal of interest income on loans that transitioned to non-accrual status during the three-month period. In the first quarter of 2009, the Company's operating earnings were identical to its GAAP earnings.

Net Interest Income

The Company recorded net interest income of $217.6 million in the current second quarter, as compared to $130.6 million in the year-earlier three months. The Company's second quarter 2008 net interest income was reduced by the impact of the $39.6 million debt repositioning charge recorded in interest expense in connection with the strategic prepayment of $700.0 million of wholesale borrowings. Excluding the $39.6 million charge, the Company's second quarter 2008 net interest income would have equaled $170.2 million. (3)

Absent the second quarter 2008 debt repositioning charge, the year-over-year increase in second quarter 2009 net interest income was driven by an increase in average loans outstanding and a continuing decline in the cost of funds. During the quarter, the Company continued to take advantage of the steeper yield curve and a decline in competition to increase its loan production, while also capitalizing on the historically low level of short-term interest rates to reduce its funding costs.

Interest income rose $8.4 million year-over-year, to $401.7 million, as a $1.7 billion, or 6.5%, increase in the average balance of interest-earning assets to $28.4 billion exceeded the impact of a 25-basis point decline in the average yield to 5.65%. While the average yield on loans fell 32 basis points year-over-year to 5.75%, the average balance of such assets rose $1.9 billion to $22.4 billion; as a result, the interest income from loans rose $11.2 million to $321.6 million in the second quarter of 2009. The increase in the interest income produced by loans occurred despite a $6.1 million decline in prepayment penalty income, as the economic environment continued to inhibit refinancing activity. Prepayment penalty income added four basis points to the average yield on loans in the current second quarter, down from 16 basis points in the second quarter of 2008. The average yield on loans was also reduced by the reversal of interest on loans that moved to non-accrual status during the current three-month period.

The higher interest income produced by loans was modestly tempered by a $2.8 million decline in the interest income produced by securities and money market investments, as the average balance of such assets fell $178.9 million to $6.0 billion and the average yield declined three basis points to 5.31%.

Excluding the debt repositioning charge in the year-earlier second quarter, interest expense declined by $39.0 million to $184.1 million, as the impact of a $1.9 billion increase in average interest-bearing liabilities to $26.7 billion was exceeded by the benefit of an 85-basis point decline in the average cost of funds to 2.76%.(3) The reduction in the cost of funds reflects the decline in the federal funds rate over the past four quarters, as well as the Company's strategic replacement of higher-cost retail and wholesale deposits with lower-cost retail deposits and wholesale borrowings. Including the debt repositioning charge, interest expense totaled $262.8 million in the year-ago quarter, and the average cost of funds equaled 4.26%.

The interest expense produced by interest-bearing deposits declined $29.3 million year-over-year to $55.5 million, as the impact of a $1.0 billion increase in the average balance to $13.0 billion was outweighed by the benefit of a 113-basis point decline in the average cost of such funds to 1.71%. CDs accounted for $44.6 million of the interest expense generated by deposits in the current second quarter, representing a year-over-year reduction of $21.2 million. The latter decline was the result of a $105.4 million reduction in the average balance of CDs to $6.3 billion and a 129-basis point reduction in the average cost to 2.84%. With $5.5 billion of CDs having an average interest rate of 2.40% scheduled to mature in the next four quarters, the Company currently expects to see a further decline in the cost of such funds, absent an increase in the federal funds rate, during this time.

In addition, the interest expense produced by NOW and money market accounts declined by $5.8 million to $7.3 million, as the impact of a $1.0 billion increase in the average balance to $4.0 billion was exceeded by the benefit of a 103-basis point reduction in the average cost to 0.73%.

Excluding the impact of the debt repositioning charge in the year-earlier second quarter, the interest expense produced by borrowed funds fell $9.7 million to $128.6 million in the current second quarter, the net effect of an $889.2 million rise in the average balance to $13.7 billion and a 57-basis point decline in the average cost to 3.77%.(3) Including the debt repositioning charge of $39.6 million, the interest expense produced by borrowed funds in the second quarter of 2008 was $177.9 million and the average cost of such funds was 5.59%.

The same factors that contributed to the year-over-year increase in second quarter 2009 net interest income contributed to the expansion of the Company's interest rate spread and net interest margin during this time. At 2.89%, the Company's spread was 60 basis points wider than the adjusted year-earlier measure, and at 3.06%, its margin was up 52 basis points year-over-year.(3) Prepayment penalty income contributed three basis points to the current second quarter margin, as compared to 12 basis points in the year-earlier three months. Including the debt repositioning charge, the Company's second quarter 2008 spread and margin equaled 1.64% and 1.94%, respectively.

On a linked-quarter basis, the Company realized a $10.7 million increase in net interest income, as a $1.6 million rise in interest income combined with a $9.1 million decline in interest expense. During the quarter, the average balance of interest-earning assets rose $109.4 million, driven by the aforementioned increase in loan production, while the average yield on interest-earning assets declined a single basis point. Although the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities rose $32.4 million during the current second quarter, reflecting an increase in interest-bearing deposits, the average cost of funds declined during this time by 17 basis points.

In addition, the Company's interest rate spread rose 16 basis points on a linked-quarter basis, while its net interest margin rose 17 basis points.

Provision for Loan Losses

The provision for loan losses is based on management's assessment of the adequacy of the loan loss allowance. This assessment is made periodically and considers several factors, including the current and historical performance of the loan portfolio and its inherent risk characteristics; the level of non-performing loans and charge-offs; local economic conditions; the direction of real estate values; and current trends in regulatory supervision.

Reflecting the increase in non-performing loans and net charge-offs, and the severity of the current credit cycle, the Company recorded a $12.0 million provision for loan losses in the current second quarter, doubling the loan loss provision recorded in the trailing quarter, and exceeding the year-earlier provision by $10.3 million. Reflecting the current second quarter provision and net charge-offs of $9.2 million, the allowance for loan losses rose $2.8 million from the March 31, 2009 balance to $98.1 million at June 30, 2009. For additional information about the provision for loan losses and the loan loss allowance, please see the discussion of asset quality earlier in this release.

Non-interest Income

The Company has three primary components of non-interest income: fee income, income from bank-owned life insurance ("BOLI"), and other income, primarily consisting of revenues from the sale of third-party investment products and revenues from the Company's investment subsidiary, Peter B. Cannell & Co., Inc. ("PBC"). The non-interest income from these three ongoing revenue sources totaled $22.0 million in the current second quarter, as compared to $26.4 million in the year-earlier three months.

The year-over-year reduction was primarily due to a $3.0 million decline in other income to $6.0 million, including a $1.4 million reduction in PBC revenues and a $783,000 decline in revenues from investment product sales. In addition, fee income declined by $928,000 year-over-year to $9.3 million and BOLI income fell $406,000 to $6.7 million during this time. Furthermore, the Company recorded a net gain of $568,000 on the sale of securities in the second quarter of 2008; no such gains were recorded in the second quarter of this year.

In the second quarters of 2009 and 2008, the combined revenues from the three ongoing components of non-interest income were offset by OTTI charges of $39.7 million and $49.6 million, respectively. As a result of these charges, the Company recorded non-interest losses in the current and year-earlier second quarters of $17.7 million and $22.7 million, respectively.

Non-interest Expense

Reflecting a pre-tax FDIC special assessment of $14.0 million, recorded in general and administrative ("G&A") expense, the Company recorded operating expenses of $101.9 million and non-interest expense of $107.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2009. Excluding the FDIC special assessment, operating expenses would have equaled $88.0 million during the quarter, representing a linked-quarter increase of $4.1 million and a year-over-year increase of $5.5 million. Similarly, non-interest expense would have equaled $93.5 million, representing a linked-quarter increase of $3.9 million and a $280.2 million reduction from the year-earlier amount. In the second quarter of 2008, the Company's non-interest expense was increased to $373.7 million by the $285.4 million pre-tax debt repositioning charge.

Compensation and benefits represented $45.0 million of operating expenses in the current second quarter, up $2.6 million on a linked-quarter basis and $1.7 million year-over-year. Occupancy and equipment expense rose $695,000 year-over-year to $17.9 million, but declined $829,000 from the trailing-quarter amount. G&A expense totaled $39.0 million in the current second quarter, up $16.2 million and $17.0 million, respectively, from the levels recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2008. The increases in G&A expense were due to the $14.0 million FDIC special assessment, together with an increase in ongoing FDIC insurance premiums.

Income Tax Expense

The Company recorded income tax expense of $24.0 million in the current second quarter, in contrast to an income tax benefit of $112.7 million in the second quarter of 2008. In the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded pre-tax income of $80.5 million; in the year-earlier quarter, the Company recorded a pre-tax loss of $267.5 million which was largely attributable to the $325.0 million debt repositioning charge. In addition, the Company's income tax expense in the current second quarter reflects an effective tax rate of 29.9%.

About New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

With assets of $32.9 billion at June 30, 2009, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the 24th largest bank holding company in the nation and a leading producer of multi-family loans in New York City, with an emphasis on apartment buildings that feature below-market rents. The Company has two bank subsidiaries: New York Community Bank, with 178 branches serving customers throughout Metro New York and New Jersey; and New York Commercial Bank, with 36 branches serving customers in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York.

Reflecting its growth through a series of acquisitions, the Community Bank operates through five local divisions: Queens County Savings Bank in Queens, Roslyn Savings Bank on Long Island, Richmond County Savings Bank on Staten Island, Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn, and Garden State Community Bank in New Jersey. Similarly, the Commercial Bank operates 17 of its branches under the name Atlantic Bank. Information about the Company and its bank subsidiaries is available at www.myNYCB.com and www.NewYorkCommercialBank.com.

Post-Earnings Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call on July 29, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. (ET) to discuss its second quarter 2009 performance and strategies. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 800-862-9098 (for domestic calls) or 785-424-1051 (for international calls) and providing the following access code: 72QNYCB. A replay will be available approximately two hours following completion of the call through midnight on August 3rd, and may be accessed by calling 800-839-5203 (domestic) or 402-220-2695 (international) and providing the same access code. The conference call will also be webcast, and may be accessed by visiting the Company's web site, www.myNYCB.com, clicking on "Investor Relations," and following the prompts. The webcast will be archived through 5:00 p.m. on August 26, 2009.

Forward-looking Statements and Associated Risk Factors

This release, like many written and oral communications presented by New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and our authorized officers, may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding our prospective performance and strategies within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are including this statement for purposes of said safe harbor provisions.

Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies, and expectations of the Company, are generally identified by use of the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "seek," "strive," "try," or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," "may," or similar expressions. Our ability to predict results or the actual effects of our plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from anticipated results.

There are a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, that could cause actual conditions, events, or results to differ significantly from those described in our forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: general economic conditions and trends, either nationally or in some or all of the areas in which we and our customers conduct our respective businesses; conditions in the securities and real estate markets or the banking industry; changes in interest rates, which may affect our net income, prepayment penalty income, and other future cash flows, or the market value of our assets, including our investment securities; changes in real estate values, which could impact the quality of the assets securing the loans in our portfolio; changes in the quality or composition of our loan or securities portfolios; changes in competitive pressures among financial institutions or from non-financial institutions; changes in our customer base or in the financial or operating performances of our customers' businesses; changes in the demand for our deposit, loan, and investment products and other financial services in the markets we serve; changes in deposit flows and wholesale borrowing facilities; changes in our credit ratings or in our ability to access the capital markets; changes in our estimates of future reserves based upon the periodic review thereof under relevant regulatory and accounting requirements; changes in our capital management policies, including those regarding business combinations, dividends, and share repurchases, among others; our ability to retain key members of management; changes in legislation, regulation, and policies, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to banking, securities, taxation, environmental protection, and insurance, and the ability to comply with such changes in a timely manner; changes in accounting principles, policies, practices, or guidelines; changes in the monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; our timely development of new lines of business and competitive products or services in a changing environment, and the acceptance of such products or services by our customers; operational issues stemming from, and/or capital spending necessitated by, the potential need to adapt to industry changes in information technology systems, on which we are highly dependent; any interruption or breach of security resulting in failures or disruptions in customer account management, general ledger, deposit, loan, or other systems; any interruption in customer service due to circumstances beyond our control; potential exposure to unknown or contingent liabilities of companies we have acquired or target for acquisition; the outcome of pending or threatened litigation, or of other matters before regulatory agencies, or of matters resulting from regulatory exams, whether currently existing or commencing in the future; environmental conditions that exist or may exist on properties owned by, leased by, or mortgaged to the Company; war or terrorist activities; and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory, and geopolitical factors affecting our operations, pricing, and services.

In addition, it should be noted that we routinely evaluate opportunities to expand through acquisition and frequently conduct due diligence activities in connection with such opportunities. As a result, acquisition discussions and, in some cases, negotiations, may take place at any time, and acquisitions involving cash, debt, or equity securities may occur.

Furthermore, the timing and occurrence or non-occurrence of events may be subject to circumstances beyond our control.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date of this release. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, we undertake 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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NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION

(in thousands, except share data)

                                                  June 30,        December 31,

                                                  2009            2008

                                                  (unaudited)

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents                         $ 162,764       $ 203,216

Securities available for sale:

Mortgage-related                                    749,709         833,684

Other                                               99,404          176,818

Total available-for-sale securities                 849,113         1,010,502

Securities held to maturity:

Mortgage-related                                    2,813,348       3,164,856

Other                                               1,976,425       1,726,135

Total held-to-maturity securities                   4,789,773       4,890,991

Total securities                                    5,638,886       5,901,493

Mortgage loans:

Multi-family                                        16,223,193      15,725,654

Commercial real estate                              4,773,133       4,551,025

Acquisition, development, and construction          726,125         776,559

1-4 family                                          240,451         266,307

Total mortgage loans                                21,962,902      21,319,545

Other loans                                         814,261         872,667

Total loans                                         22,777,163      22,192,212

Less: Allowance for loan losses                     (98,082    )    (94,368    )

Loans, net                                          22,679,081      22,097,844

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock, at        439,063         400,979
cost

Premises and equipment, net                         211,137         217,762

Goodwill                                            2,436,401       2,436,401

Core deposit intangibles, net                       76,617          87,780

Other assets                                        1,216,174       1,121,431

Total assets                                      $ 32,860,123    $ 32,466,906

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Deposits:

NOW and money market accounts                     $ 4,424,433     $ 3,818,952

Savings accounts                                    2,756,674       2,632,078

Certificates of deposit                             6,046,646       6,796,971

Non-interest-bearing accounts                       1,126,328       1,127,647

Total deposits                                      14,354,081      14,375,648

Borrowed funds:

Wholesale borrowings                                12,905,528      12,343,064

Junior subordinated debentures                      483,987         484,216

Other borrowings                                    669,488         669,430

Total borrowed funds                                14,059,003      13,496,710

Other liabilities                                   236,373         375,302

Total liabilities                                   28,649,457      28,247,660

Stockholders' equity:

Preferred stock at par $0.01 (5,000,000 shares      --              --
authorized; none issued)

Common stock at par $0.01 (600,000,000 shares
authorized; 345,208,226
and 344,985,111 shares issued; 345,208,174 and      3,452           3,450
344,985,111 shares
outstanding at the respective dates)

Paid-in capital in excess of par                    4,187,864       4,181,599

Retained earnings                                   97,125          123,511

Treasury stock (52 and 0 shares at the              (1         )    --
respective dates)

Unallocated common stock held by ESOP               (1,473     )    (1,995     )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of
tax:

Net unrealized loss on securities, net of tax       (24,185    )    (32,506    )

Net unrealized loss on securities transferred
from available for sale to held to maturity, net    (4,323     )    (4,706     )
of tax

Net unrealized loss on pension and                  (47,793    )    (50,107    )
post-retirement obligations, net of tax

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net     (76,301    )    (87,319    )
of tax

Total stockholders' equity                          4,210,666       4,219,246

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity        $ 32,860,123    $ 32,466,906



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

                      For the Three Months Ended         For the Six Months
                                                         Ended

                      June 30,    March 31,  June 30,    June 30,    June 30,

                      2009        2009       2008        2009        2008

Interest Income:

Mortgage and other    $321,640    $321,717   $310,396    $643,357    $623,384
loans

Securities and money  80,056      78,389     82,904      158,445     172,240
market investments

Total interest        401,696     400,106    393,300     801,802     795,624
income

Interest Expense:

NOW and money market  7,314       7,563      13,144      14,877      27,312
accounts

Savings accounts      3,565       4,216      5,869       7,781       11,874

Certificates of       44,617      52,723     65,799      97,340      142,373
deposit

Borrowed funds        128,615     128,689    177,938     257,304     322,056

Total interest        184,111     193,191    262,750     377,302     503,615
expense

Net interest income   217,585     206,915    130,550     424,500     292,009

Provision for loan    12,000      6,000      1,700       18,000      1,700
losses

Net interest income
after provision for   205,585     200,915    128,850     406,500     290,309
loan losses

Non-interest (Loss)
Income:

Fee income            9,282       9,291      10,210      18,573      20,794

Bank-owned life       6,728       6,840      7,134       13,568      13,879
insurance

Net gain on sale of   --          --         568         --          568
securities

Loss on
other-than-temporary  (39,728  )  --         (49,595  )  (39,728  )  (49,595  )
impairment of
securities

Gain on debt          --          --         --          --          926
repurchases

Other                 6,007       6,045      9,024       12,052      19,266

Total non-interest    (17,711  )  22,176     (22,659  )  4,465       5,838
(loss) income

Non-interest
Expense:

Operating expenses:

Compensation and      45,045      42,422     43,340      87,467      86,406
benefits

Occupancy and         17,907      18,736     17,212      36,643      34,922
equipment

General and           38,975      22,753     21,948      61,728      39,990
administrative

Total operating       101,927     83,911     82,500      185,838     161,318
expenses

Debt repositioning    --          --         285,369     --          285,369
charge

Amortization of core  5,476       5,687      5,821       11,163      11,853
deposit intangibles

Total non-interest    107,403     89,598     373,690     197,001     458,540
expense

Income (loss) before  80,471      133,493    (267,499 )  213,964     (162,393 )
income taxes

Income tax expense    24,023      44,804     (112,716 )  68,827      (79,981  )
(benefit)

Net Income (Loss)     $56,448     $88,689    $        )  $145,137    $(82,412 )
                                             (154,783

Basic earnings        $0.16       $0.26      $(0.47   )  $0.42       $(0.25   )
(loss) per share

Diluted earnings      $0.16       $0.26      $(0.47   )  $0.42       $(0.25   )
(loss) per share



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP AND OPERATING EARNINGS

(unaudited)

Although operating earnings are not a measure of performance calculated in
accordance with U.S.

generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), we believe that operating
earnings are an

important indication of our ability to generate earnings through our fundamental
banking business.

Since operating earnings exclude the effects of certain items that are unusual
and/or difficult to

predict, we believe that our operating earnings provide useful supplemental
information to both

management and investors in evaluating the Company's financial results.

Operating earnings should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for
net income, cash

flows from operating activities, or other income or cash flow statement data
calculated in

accordance with GAAP. Moreover, the manner in which we calculate our operating
earnings may differ

from that of other companies reporting measures with similar names.

Reconciliations of the Company's GAAP and operating earnings for the three
months ended June 30, 2009

and 2008 and for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 follow. The
Company's GAAP and

operating earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2009 were the same.

                      For the Three Months Ended        For the Six Months Ended

                      June 30,   March 31,  June 30,    June 30,    June 30,

(in thousands,
except per share      2009       2009       2008        2009        2008
data)

GAAP Earnings (Loss)  $56,448    $88,689    $        )  $145,137    $(82,412 )
                                            (154,783

Adjustments to GAAP
earnings (loss):

FDIC special          13,952     --         --          13,952      --
assessment

Loss on
other-than-temporary  39,728     --         49,595      39,728      49,595
impairment of
securities

Debt repositioning    --         --         325,016     --          325,016
charge

Litigation            --         --         3,365       --          3,365
settlement charge

Visa-related gain     --         --         --          --          (1,647   )

Gain on debt          --         --         --          --          (926     )
repurchases

Income tax effect     (21,075 )  --         (148,077 )  (21,075  )  (147,706 )

Operating earnings    $89,053    $88,689    $75,116     $177,742    $145,285

Diluted GAAP
Earnings (Loss) per   $0.16      $0.26      $(0.47   )  $0.42       $(0.25   )
Share

Adjustments to
diluted GAAP
earnings (loss) per
share:

FDIC special          0.03       --         --          0.03        --
assessment

Loss on
other-than-temporary  0.07       --         0.09        0.07        0.09
impairment of
securities

Debt repositioning    --         --         0.60        --          0.60
charge

Litigation            --         --         0.01        --          --
settlement charge

Visa-related gain     --         --         --          --          --

Net gain on sale of   --         --         --          --          --
securities

Gain on debt          --         --         --          --          --
repurchases

Diluted operating     $0.26      $0.26      $0.23       $0.51       $0.44
earnings per share

Note: Footing differences in the table are due to rounding.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP AND CASH EARNINGS

(unaudited)

While cash earnings are not a measure of performance calculated in accordance
with GAAP, the Company

believes that this measure is important because of its contribution to tangible
stockholders'equity.

(Please see the discussion and reconciliation of stockholders' equity and
tangible stockholders'

equity elsewhere in this release.) The Company calculates cash earnings by
adding back to GAAP

earnings certain items that have been charged against net income but added back
to tangible

stockholders' equity. Unlike other expenses incurred by the Company, such
capital items represent

contributions to, not reductions of, tangible stockholders' equity. For this
reason, the Company

believes that cash earnings are useful to investors seeking to evaluate its
financial performanceand

to compare its performance with other companies in the banking industry that
also report cash

earnings.

Cash earnings should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net
income, cash flows from

operating activities, or other income or cash flow statement data calculated in
accordance with GAAP.

Moreover, the manner in which the Company calculates cash earnings may differ
from that of other

companies reporting measures with similar names.

Reconciliations of the Company's GAAP and cash earnings for the three and six
months ended June 30,

2009 follow:

                                                   For the Three  For the Six
(in thousands, except per share data)              Months Ended   Months Ended
                                                   June 30, 2009  June 30, 2009

GAAP Earnings                                       $56,448        $145,137

Additional contributions to tangible stockholders'
equity:

Amortization and appreciation of shares held in     3,194          6,678
stock-related benefit plans

Associated tax effects                              (566    )      1,321

Dividends on unallocated ESOP shares                158            316

Amortization of core deposit intangibles            5,476          11,163

Loss on other-than-temporary impairment of          24,222         24,222
securities

Total additional contributions to tangible          32,484         43,700
stockholders' equity

Cash earnings                                       $88,932        $188,837

Diluted GAAP Earnings per Share                     $0.16          $0.42

Additional contributions to diluted GAAP earnings
per share:

Amortization and appreciation of shares held in     0.01           0.02
stock-related benefit plans

Associated tax effects                              --             --

Dividends on unallocated ESOP shares                --             --

Amortization of core deposit intangibles            0.02           0.04

Loss on other-than-temporary impairment of          0.07           0.07
securities

Total additional contributions to diluted GAAP      0.10           0.13
earnings per share

Diluted cash earnings per share                     $0.26          $0.55

Cash Earnings Data:

Cash return on average assets                       1.10    %      1.17     %

Cash return on average tangible assets (1)          1.19           1.27

Cash return on average stockholders' equity         8.49           9.04

Cash return on average tangible stockholders'       21.25          22.79
equity (1)

Cash efficiency ratio (2)                           41.21          38.23



    Please see the reconciliations of stockholders' equity and tangible
(1) stockholders' equity, total assets and tangible assets, and the related
    capital measures elsewhere in this release.

    The Company calculates its cash efficiency ratio by dividing its operating
(2) expenses by the sum of its net interest income and non-interest income after
    excluding the pertinent non-cash items from its operating expenses and
    non-interest income.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

RECONCILIATIONS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND TANGIBLE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY,

TOTAL ASSETS AND TANGIBLE ASSETS, AND THE RELATED MEASURES

(unaudited)

Although tangible stockholders' equity, adjusted tangible stockholders' equity,
tangible assets, and

adjusted tangible assets are not measures that are calculated in accordance with GAAP,
management uses

these non-GAAP measures in its analysis of the Company's performance. The Company
believes that these non-

GAAP measures are an important indication of its ability to grow both organically and
through business

combinations, and, with respect to tangible stockholders' equity and adjusted tangible
stockholders'

equity, its ability to pay dividends and to engage in various capital management
strategies.

The Company calculates tangible stockholders' equity by subtracting from stockholders'
equity the sum of its

goodwill and core deposit intangibles ("CDI") and calculates tangible assets by
subtracting the same sum

from its total assets. To calculate its ratio of tangible stockholders' equity to
tangible assets, the

Company divides its tangible stockholders' equity by its tangible assets, both of which
include accumulated

other comprehensive loss, net of tax ("AOCL"). AOCL consists of after-tax net
unrealized losses on

securities and pension and post-retirement obligations, and is recorded in the
Company's Consolidated

Statements of Condition. The Company also calculates its ratio of tangible
stockholders' equity to tangible

assets excluding AOCL, as its components are impacted by changes in market conditions,
including interest

rates, which fluctuate. This ratio is referred to as the ratio of "adjusted tangible
stockholders' equity

to adjusted tangible assets." The Company calculates tangible book value per share by
dividing its tangible

stockholders' equity by the number of shares outstanding less any unallocated ESOP
shares. To calculate its

returns on average tangible assets and average tangible stockholders' equity, the
Company adds the

amortization of CDI, net of tax, back to net income and divides the adjusted net income
by its average

tangible assets and average tangible stockholders' equity, respectively. Average
tangible stockholders'

equity is calculated by subtracting average goodwill and average CDI from average
stockholders' equity.

Neither tangible stockholders' equity, adjusted tangible stockholders' equity, tangible
assets, adjusted

tangible assets, nor the related capital measures should be considered in isolation or
as a substitute for

stockholders' equity, total assets, or any other measure calculated in accordance with
GAAP. Moreover, the

manner in which the Company calculates its tangible stockholders' equity, adjusted
tangible stockholders'

equity, tangible assets, adjusted tangible assets, and the related measures may differ
from that of other

companies reporting measures with similar names. Reconciliations of the Company's
stockholders' equity,

tangible stockholders' equity, and adjusted tangible stockholders' equity; total
assets, tangible assets,

and adjusted tangible assets; and the related measures at or for the three months ended
June 30, 2009,

March 31, 2009, and December 31, 2008 and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008
follow:

              At or for the                                At or for the

              Three Months Ended                           Six Months Ended

              June 30,       March 31,      Dec. 31,       June 30,       June 30,

              2009           2009           2008           2009           2008

(in
thousands)

Total
Stockholders' $4,210,666     $4,235,886     $4,219,246     $4,210,666     $4,289,261
Equity

Less:         (2,436,401  )  (2,436,401  )  (2,436,401  )  (2,436,401  )  (2,436,881  )
Goodwill

Core deposit  (76,617     )  (82,093     )  (87,780     )  (76,617     )  (99,270     )
intangibles

Tangible
stockholders' $1,697,648     $1,717,392     $1,695,065     $1,697,648     $1,753,110
equity

Total Assets  $32,860,123    $32,402,552    $32,466,906    $32,860,123    $31,083,499

Less:         (2,436,401  )  (2,436,401  )  (2,436,401  )  (2,436,401  )  (2,436,881  )
Goodwill

Core deposit  (76,617     )  (82,093     )  (87,780     )  (76,617     )  (99,270     )
intangibles

Tangible      $30,347,105    $29,884,058    $29,942,725    $30,347,105    $28,547,348
assets

Tangible
Stockholders' $1,697,648     $1,717,392     $1,695,065     $1,697,648     $1,753,110
Equity

Add back:
Accumulated
other         76,301         78,086         87,319         76,301         17,197
comprehensive
loss, net of
tax

Adjusted
tangible      $1,773,949     $1,795,478     $1,782,384     $1,773,949     $1,770,307
stockholders'
equity

Tangible      $30,347,105    $29,884,058    $29,942,725    $30,347,105    $28,547,348
Assets

Add back:
Accumulated
other         76,301         78,086         87,319         76,301         17,197
comprehensive
loss, net of
tax

Adjusted
tangible      $30,423,406    $29,962,144    $30,030,044    $30,423,406    $28,564,545
assets

Average
Stockholders' $4,190,524     $4,162,211     $4,185,087     $4,176,446     $4,152,364
Equity

Less: Average
goodwill and  (2,516,568  )  (2,522,191  )  (2,527,650  )  (2,519,363  )  (2,543,104  )
core deposit
intangibles

Average
tangible      $1,673,956     $1,640,020     $1,657,437     $1,657,083     $1,609,260
stockholders'
equity

Average       $32,377,212    $32,196,921    $32,116,431    $32,287,564    $30,612,488
Assets

Less: Average
goodwill and  (2,516,568  )  (2,522,191  )  (2,527,650  )  (2,519,363  )  (2,543,104  )
core deposit
intangibles

Average
tangible      $29,860,644    $29,674,730    $29,588,781    $29,768,201    $28,069,384
assets

Net Income    $56,448        $88,689        $102,232       $145,137       $(82,412    )
(Loss)

Add back:
Amortization
of core       3,340          3,469          3,497          6,809          7,192
deposit
intangibles,
net of tax

Adjusted net  $59,788        $92,158        $105,729       $151,946       $(75,220    )
income (loss)



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS

(dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

                     For the Three Months Ended June 30,

                     2009                              2008

                                              Average                           Average

                     Average                  Yield/   Average                  Yield/

                     Balance       Interest   Cost     Balance       Interest   Cost

Assets:

Interest-earning
assets:

Mortgage and other   $ 22,382,786  $ 321,640  5.75 %   $ 20,478,132  $ 310,396  6.07 %
loans, net

Securities and money   6,035,990     80,056   5.31       6,214,920     82,904   5.34
market investments

Total
interest-earning       28,418,776    401,696  5.65       26,693,052    393,300  5.90
assets

Non-interest-earning   3,958,436                         3,871,259
assets

Total assets         $ 32,377,212                      $ 30,564,311

Liabilities and
Stockholders'
Equity:

Interest-bearing
deposits:

NOW and money market $ 4,038,172   $ 7,314    0.73 %   $ 3,010,497   $ 13,144   1.76 %
accounts

Savings accounts       2,699,431     3,565    0.53       2,601,991     5,869    0.91

Certificates of        6,295,936     44,617   2.84       6,401,287     65,799   4.13
deposit

Total
interest-bearing       13,033,539    55,496   1.71       12,013,775    84,812   2.84
deposits

Borrowed funds         13,696,028    128,615  3.77       12,806,797    177,938  5.59

Total
interest-bearing       26,729,567    184,111  2.76       24,820,572    262,750  4.26
liabilities

Non-interest-bearing   1,217,281                         1,410,106
deposits

Other liabilities      239,840                           136,340

Total liabilities      28,186,688                        26,367,018

Stockholders' equity   4,190,524                         4,197,293

Total liabilities
and stockholders'    $ 32,377,212                      $ 30,564,311
equity

Net interest
income/interest rate               $ 217,585  2.89 %                 $ 130,550  1.64 %
spread

Net interest-earning
assets/net interest  $ 1,689,209              3.06 %   $ 1,872,480              1.94 %
margin

Ratio of
interest-earning
assets to                                     1.06 x                            1.08 x
interest-bearing
liabilities

Core deposits (1)    $ 7,954,884   $ 10,879   0.55 %   $ 7,022,594   $ 19,013   1.09 %

(1) Refers to all deposits other than certificates of deposit.

Please see the following page for an analysis of the Company's net interest income for
the three

months ended June 30, 2008 excluding the impact of the $39.6 million debt repositioning
charge

recorded in the second quarter of 2008, as compared to its net interest income for the
three months

ended June 30, 2009.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

ADJUSTED NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS

(dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

The following table presents an analysis of the Company's second quarter 2008 net
interest income as

if the $39.6 million debt repositioning charge described earlier in this release had
not been

recorded. Although such adjusted net interest income is not a measure of performance
calculated in

accordance with GAAP, we believe that it is an important indication of our ability to
generate net

interest income through our fundamental banking business and therefore provides useful
supplemental

information to both management and investors in evaluating the Company's financial
results.

The following line items are presented in the adjusted net interest income analysis for
the three

months ended June 30, 2008 excluding the impact of the debt repositioning charge:
interest expense on

borrowed funds; cost of borrowed funds; interest expense on average interest-bearing
liabilities;

cost of funds; net interest income, interest rate spread, and net interest margin. No
adjustments

have been made to these items for the three months ended June 30, 2009.

None of these adjusted items should be considered in isolation or as a substitute for
net interest

income or its component measures. Moreover, the manner in which we have calculated our
adjusted net

interest income may differ from that of other companies that may report a measure with
a similar

name.

                     For the Three Months Ended June 30,

                     2009                              2008

                                              Average                           Average

                     Average                  Yield/   Average                  Yield/

                     Balance       Interest   Cost     Balance       Interest   Cost

Assets:

Interest-earning
assets:

Mortgage and other   $ 22,382,786  $ 321,640  5.75 %   $ 20,478,132  $ 310,396  6.07 %
loans, net

Securities and money   6,035,990     80,056   5.31       6,214,920     82,904   5.34
market investments

Total
interest-earning       28,418,776    401,696  5.65       26,693,052    393,300  5.90
assets

Non-interest-earning   3,958,436                         3,871,259
assets

Total assets         $ 32,377,212                      $ 30,564,311

Liabilities and
Stockholders'
Equity:

Interest-bearing
deposits:

NOW and money market $ 4,038,172   $ 7,314    0.73 %   $ 3,010,497   $ 13,144   1.76 %
accounts

Savings accounts       2,699,431     3,565    0.53       2,601,991     5,869    0.91

Certificates of        6,295,936     44,617   2.84       6,401,287     65,799   4.13
deposit

Total
interest-bearing       13,033,539    55,496   1.71       12,013,775    84,812   2.84
deposits

Borrowed funds         13,696,028    128,615  3.77       12,806,797    138,291  4.34

Total
interest-bearing       26,729,567    184,111  2.76       24,820,572    223,103  3.61
liabilities

Non-interest-bearing   1,217,281                         1,410,106
deposits

Other liabilities      239,840                           136,340

Total liabilities      28,186,688                        26,367,018

Stockholders' equity   4,190,524                         4,197,293

Total liabilities
and stockholders'    $ 32,377,212                      $ 30,564,311
equity

Net interest
income/interest rate               $ 217,585  2.89 %                 $ 170,197  2.29 %
spread

Net interest-earning
assets/net interest  $ 1,689,209              3.06 %   $ 1,872,480              2.54 %
margin

Ratio of
interest-earning
assets to                                     1.06 x                            1.07 x
interest-bearing
liabilities

Core deposits (1)    $ 7,954,884   $ 10,879   0.55 %   $ 7,022,594   $ 19,013   1.09 %

(1) Refers to all deposits other than certificates of deposit.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS

(dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

                     For the Three Months Ended

                     June 30, 2009                     March 31, 2009

                                              Average                           Average

                     Average                  Yield/   Average                  Yield/

                     Balance       Interest   Cost     Balance       Interest   Cost

Assets:

Interest-earning
assets:

Mortgage and other   $ 22,382,786  $ 321,640  5.75 %   $ 22,108,647  $ 321,717  5.83 %
loans, net

Securities and money   6,035,990     80,056   5.31       6,200,776     78,389   5.06
market investments

Total
interest-earning       28,418,776    401,696  5.65       28,309,423    400,106  5.66
assets

Non-interest-earning   3,958,436                         3,887,498
assets

Total assets         $ 32,377,212                      $ 32,196,921

Liabilities and
Stockholders'
Equity:

Interest-bearing
deposits:

NOW and money market $ 4,038,172   $ 7,314    0.73 %   $ 3,662,920   $ 7,563    0.84 %
accounts

Savings accounts       2,699,431     3,565    0.53       2,602,051     4,216    0.66

Certificates of        6,295,936     44,617   2.84       6,390,655     52,723   3.35
deposit

Total
interest-bearing       13,033,539    55,496   1.71       12,655,626    64,502   2.07
deposits

Borrowed funds         13,696,028    128,615  3.77       14,041,521    128,689  3.71

Total
interest-bearing       26,729,567    184,111  2.76       26,697,147    193,191  2.93
liabilities

Non-interest-bearing   1,217,281                         1,143,996
deposits

Other liabilities      239,840                           193,567

Total liabilities      28,186,688                        28,034,710

Stockholders' equity   4,190,524                         4,162,211

Total liabilities
and stockholders'    $ 32,377,212                      $ 32,196,921
equity

Net interest
income/interest rate               $ 217,585  2.89 %                 $ 206,915  2.73 %
spread

Net interest-earning
assets/net interest  $ 1,689,209              3.06 %   $ 1,612,276              2.89 %
margin

Ratio of
interest-earning
assets to                                     1.06 x                            1.06 x
interest-bearing
liabilities

Core deposits (1)    $ 7,954,884   $ 10,879   0.55 %   $ 7,408,967   $ 11,779   0.64 %

(1) Refers to all deposits other than certificates of deposit.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS

(dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

                     For the Six Months Ended June 30,

                     2009                                2008

                                              Average                           Average

                     Average                  Yield/   Average                  Yield/

                     Balance       Interest   Cost     Balance       Interest   Cost

Assets:

Interest-earning
assets:

Mortgage and other   $ 22,246,474  $ 643,357  5.79 %   $ 20,361,198  $ 623,384  6.13 %
loans, net

Securities and money   6,117,928     158,445  5.18       6,320,784     172,240  5.45
market investments

Total
interest-earning       28,364,402    801,802  5.66       26,681,982    795,624  5.97
assets

Non-interest-earning   3,923,162                         3,930,506
assets

Total assets         $ 32,287,564                      $ 30,612,488

Liabilities and
Stockholders'
Equity:

Interest-bearing
deposits:

NOW and money market $ 3,851,583   $ 14,877   0.78 %   $ 2,813,586   $ 27,312   1.95 %
accounts

Savings accounts       2,651,010     7,781    0.59       2,545,468     11,874   0.94

Certificates of        6,343,033     97,340   3.09       6,686,013     142,373  4.28
deposit

Total
interest-bearing       12,845,626    119,998  1.88       12,045,067    181,559  3.03
deposits

Borrowed funds         13,867,820    257,304  3.74       12,837,961    322,056  5.04

Total
interest-bearing       26,713,446    377,302  2.85       24,883,028    503,615  4.07
liabilities

Non-interest-bearing   1,180,841                         1,378,110
deposits

Other liabilities      216,831                           198,986

Total liabilities      28,111,118                        26,460,124

Stockholders' equity   4,176,446                         4,152,364

Total liabilities
and stockholders'    $ 32,287,564                      $ 30,612,488
equity

Net interest
income/interest rate               $ 424,500  2.81 %                 $ 292,009  1.90 %
spread

Net interest-earning
assets/net interest  $ 1,650,956              2.98 %   $ 1,798,954              2.17 %
margin

Ratio of
interest-earning
assets to                                     1.06 x                            1.07 x
interest-bearing
liabilities

Core deposits (1)    $ 7,683,434   $ 22,658   0.59 %   $ 6,737,164   $ 39,186   1.17 %

(1) Refers to all deposits other than certificates of deposit.

Please see the following page for an analysis of the Company's net interest income for
the six months

ended June 30, 2008 excluding the impact of the $39.6 million debt repositioning charge
recorded in

the second quarter of 2008, as compared to its net interest income for the six months
ended June 30,

2009.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

ADJUSTED NET INTEREST INCOME ANALYSIS

(dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

The following table presents an analysis of the Company's net interest income for the
six months ended

June 30, 2008 as if the second quarter $39.6 million debt repositioning charge
described earlier in

this release had not been recorded. Although such adjusted net interest income is not a
measure of

performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, we believe that it is an important
indication of our

ability to generate net interest income through our fundamental banking business and
therefore

provides useful supplemental information to both management and investors in evaluating
the Company's

financial results.

The following line items are presented in the adjusted net interest income analysis for
the six months

ended June 30, 2008 excluding the impact of the debt repositioning charge: interest
expense on

borrowed funds; cost of borrowed funds; interest expense on average interest-bearing
liabilities; cost

of funds; net interest income, interest rate spread, and net interest margin. No
adjustments have been

made to these items for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

None of these adjusted items should be considered in isolation or as a substitute for
net interest

income or its component measures. Moreover, the manner in which we have calculated our
adjusted net

interest income may differ from that of other companies that may report a measure with
a similar name.

                     For the Six Months Ended June 30,

                     2009                              2008

                                              Average                           Average

                     Average                  Yield/   Average                  Yield/

                     Balance       Interest   Cost     Balance       Interest   Cost

Assets:

Interest-earning
assets:

Mortgage and other   $ 22,246,474  $ 643,357  5.79 %   $ 20,361,198  $ 623,384  6.13 %
loans, net

Securities and money   6,117,928     158,445  5.18       6,320,784     172,240  5.45
market investments

Total
interest-earning       28,364,402    801,802  5.66       26,681,982    795,624  5.97
assets

Non-interest-earning   3,923,162                         3,930,506
assets

Total assets         $ 32,287,564                      $ 30,612,488

Liabilities and
Stockholders'
Equity:

Interest-bearing
deposits:

NOW and money market $ 3,851,583   $ 14,877   0.78 %   $ 2,813,586   $ 27,312   1.95 %
accounts

Savings accounts       2,651,010     7,781    0.59       2,545,468     11,874   0.94

Certificates of        6,343,033     97,340   3.09       6,686,013     142,373  4.28
deposit

Total
interest-bearing       12,845,626    119,998  1.88       12,045,067    181,559  3.03
deposits

Borrowed funds         13,867,820    257,304  3.74       12,837,961    282,409  4.42

Total
interest-bearing       26,713,446    377,302  2.85       24,883,028    463,968  3.75
liabilities

Non-interest-bearing   1,180,841                         1,378,110
deposits

Other liabilities      216,831                           198,986

Total liabilities      28,111,118                        26,460,124

Stockholders' equity   4,176,446                         4,152,364

Total liabilities
and stockholders'    $ 32,287,564                      $ 30,612,488
equity

Net interest
income/interest rate               $ 424,500  2.81 %                 $ 331,656  2.22 %
spread

Net interest-earning
assets/net interest  $ 1,650,956              2.98 %   $ 1,798,954              2.47 %
margin

Ratio of
interest-earning
assets to                                     1.06 x                            1.07 x
interest-bearing
liabilities

Core deposits (1)    $ 7,683,434   $ 22,658   0.59 %   $ 6,737,164   $ 39,186   1.17 %

(1) Refers to all deposits other than certificates of deposit.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

              For the Three Months Ended                    For the Six Months Ended

              June 30,       March 31,      June 30,        June 30,       June 30,

              2009           2009           2008            2009           2008

GAAP EARNINGS
DATA:

Net income    $56,448        $88,689        $(154,783   )   $145,137       $(82,412    )
(loss)

Basic
earnings      0.16           0.26           (0.47       )   0.42           (0.25       )
(loss) per
share

Diluted
earnings      0.16           0.26           (0.47       )   0.42           (0.25       )
(loss) per
share

Return on
average       0.70        %  1.10        %  (2.03       )%  0.90        %  (0.54       )%
assets

Return on
average       0.80           1.24           (2.16       )   1.02           (0.54       )
tangible
assets (1)

Return on
average       5.39           8.52           (14.75      )   6.95           (3.97       )
stockholders'
equity

Return on
average
tangible      14.29          22.48          (36.50      )   18.34          (9.35       )
stockholders'
equity (1)

Efficiency    51.00          36.63          76.47           43.32          54.16
ratio (2)

Operating
expenses to   1.26           1.04           1.08            1.15           1.05
average
assets

Interest rate 2.89           2.73           1.64            2.81           1.90
spread

Net interest  3.06           2.89           1.94            2.98           2.17
margin

Shares used
for basic EPS 343,549,598    343,323,162    331,271,217     343,435,986    326,995,127
computation

Shares used
for diluted   343,625,343    343,401,009    331,271,217     343,512,784    326,995,127
EPS
computation

OPERATING
EARNINGS
DATA:(3)

Operating     $89,053        $88,689        $75,116         $177,742       $145,285
earnings

Basic
operating     0.26           0.26           0.23            0.51           0.44
earnings per
share

Diluted
operating     0.26           0.26           0.23            0.51           0.44
earnings per
share

Return on
average       1.10        %  1.10        %  0.98        %   1.10        %  0.95        %
assets

Return on
average       1.24           1.24           1.12            1.24           1.09
tangible
assets (1)

Return on
average       8.50           8.52           7.16            8.51           7.00
stockholders'
equity

Return on
average
tangible      22.08          22.48          18.98           22.27          18.95
stockholders'
equity (1)

Operating
efficiency    36.72          36.63          40.14           36.67          41.08
ratio (2)

Interest rate 2.89           2.73           2.29            2.81           2.22
spread (4)

Net interest  3.06           2.89           2.54            2.98           2.47
margin (4)

Shares used
for basic     343,549,598    343,323,162    331,271,217     343,435,986    326,995,127
operating EPS
computation

Shares used
for diluted   343,625,343    343,401,009    333,103,018     343,512,784    328,502,463
operating EPS
computation



    Please see the reconciliations of stockholders' equity and tangible
(1) stockholders' equity, total assets and tangible assets, and the related
    capital measures elsewhere in this release.

    The Company calculates its GAAP and operating efficiency ratios by dividing
(2) the respective operating expenses by the respective sums of net interest
    income and non-interest income. Please see the reconciliations of GAAP and
    operating earnings elsewhere in this release.

(3) Please see the reconciliations of GAAP and operating earnings elsewhere in
    this release.

    Please see the reconciliations of the Company's interest rate spread and net
(4) interest margin to its adjusted interest rate spread and adjusted net
    interest margin for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 elsewhere
    in this release.



NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(unaudited)

                                     At or for the Three Months Ended

                                     June 30,       March 31,      December 31,

                                     2009           2009           2008

BALANCE SHEET DATA:

Book value per share                 $12.21         $12.30         $12.25

Tangible book value per share (1)    4.92           4.99           4.92

Stockholders' equity to total        12.81       %  13.07       %  13.00       %
assets

Tangible stockholders' equity to     5.59           5.75           5.66
tangible assets (1)

Tangible stockholders' equity to
tangible assets excluding            5.83           5.99           5.94
accumulated other comprehensive
loss, net of tax (1)

Shares used for book value and
tangible book value per share        344,742,899    344,398,362    344,353,808
computations (1)

Total shares issued and outstanding  345,208,174    344,946,651    344,985,111

ASSET QUALITY RATIOS:

Non-performing loans to total loans  1.49        %  0.79        %  0.51        %

Non-performing assets to total       1.04           0.55           0.35
assets

Allowance for loan losses to         28.83          54.35          83.00
non-performing loans

Allowance for loan losses to total   0.43           0.43           0.43
loans

Net charge-offs during the period
to average loans outstanding during  0.04           0.02           0.02
the period

Net charge-offs during the period
to the average allowance for loan    9.69           5.37           3.65
losses during the period



    Please see the reconciliations of stockholders' equity and tangible
(1) stockholders' equity, total assets and tangible assets, and the related
    capital measures elsewhere in this release.



Footnotes to the Text

    Please see the reconciliations of the Company's GAAP and operating earnings
(1) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 elsewhere in this
    release.

(2) Please see the reconciliations of the Company's GAAP and cash earnings for
    the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 elsewhere in this release.

    Please see the reconciliations of the Company's net interest income and
(3) adjusted net interest income, its interest rate spread and adjusted interest
    rate spread, and its net interest margin and adjusted net interest margin
    for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 elsewhere in this release.

    The Company calculates its GAAP and operating efficiency ratios by dividing
(4) the respective operating expenses by the respective sums of net interest
    income and non-interest income. Please see the reconciliations of GAAP and
    operating earnings elsewhere in this release.

    The SNL Bank & Thrift Index data referenced in this release is calculated by
(5) consolidating the June 30, 2009 data for 281 U.S. banks and thrifts into a
    single entity at July 27, 2009.

    Please see the reconciliations of the Company's stockholders' equity and
(6) tangible stockholders' equity, its total assets and tangible assets, and the
    related capital measures elsewhere in this release.



 

    Source: New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
Contact: New York Community Bancorp, Inc. Ilene A. Angarola, 516-683-4420 Executive Vice President & Director, Investor Relations