GlobeNewswire Inc | Aug 17, 2020 03:30PM EDT

August 17, 2020

UNIONDALE, N.Y., Aug. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flushing Financial Corporation (the Company) (Nasdaq: FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Bank (the Bank), today announced that John R. Buran, the Companys President and Chief Executive Officer and Susan K. Cullen, the Companys Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be meeting virtually with institutional investors on August 24 and August 26, 2020.

Flushing Financial Corporation, with $7.2 billion in consolidated assets, is the holding company for Flushing Bank, a New York State - chartered commercial bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Bank serves consumers, businesses, professionals, corporate clients, and public entities by offering a full complement of deposit, loan, equipment finance, and cash management services through its banking offices located in Queens,WHO Brooklyn, Manhattan, and on Long Island. As a leader in real estate lending, the Bank?s experienced lending team creates mortgage solutions for real estate owners and property managers both within and outside the New York City metropolitan area. Flushing Bank is an Equal Housing Lender. The Bank also operates an online banking division consisting of iGObanking.com, which offers competitively priced deposit products to consumers nationwide, and BankPurely, an eco-friendly, healthier lifestyle community brand.WHAT Meetings with institutional investors held virtually on August 24 and August 26, 2020. The presentation will focus on the Company?s performance and itsPRESENTATION strategic operating objectives. The presentation will be available on the Company?s website, www.flushingbank.com, on August 17, 2020. * August 17, 2020 - Flushing Financial Corporation and Empire Bancorp Inc. Agree to Complete Their Merger Under Extended Time Frame.RECENT NEWS * August 3, 2020 - Flushing Financial Corporation and Empire Bancorp, Inc. Announce Continued Merger Discussions. * July 21, 2020 - Flushing Financial Corporation Reports Record Net Interest Income Net Interest Margin Expansion Driven by Ability to Significantly Reduce Funding Costs.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this Press Release relating to plans, strategies, economic performance and trends, projections of results of specific activities or investments and other statements that are not descriptions of historical facts may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking information is inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, risk factors discussed in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and in other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as may, will, should, could, expects, plans, intends, anticipates, believes, estimates, predicts, forecasts, goals, potential or continue or similar terms or the negative of these terms. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The Company has no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Additional information on Flushing Financial Corporation may be obtained by visiting the Companys website at http://www.flushingbank.com.

CONTACT:Susan K. CullenSenior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerFlushing Financial Corporation(718) 961-5400