form8k.htm
UNITED
STATES
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) December
30, 2009
FLUSHING
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
000-24272
(Commission
File Number)
DELAWARE
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
11-3209278
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
1979 MARCUS AVENUE, SUITE
E140, LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK 11042
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(718)
961-5400
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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Item
8.01 Other Events
Flushing
Financial Corporation (Nasdaq-GS: FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing
Savings Bank, FSB, announced on December 30, 2009 that it repurchased the
warrant to purchase 375,806 shares of its common stock issued to the U.S.
Treasury under the Capital Purchase Program of the Troubled Asset Relief Program
("TARP").
Item
9.01(d). Exhibits
99.1.
Press release of Flushing Financial Corporation, dated December 30,
2009.
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.
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FLUSHING
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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Date: December 30, 2009
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By:
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/s/
David W. Fry
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David
W. Fry
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President,
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and
Chief Financial Officer
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
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Press
release of Flushing Financial Corporation,
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dated
December 30, 2009
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