Roundup: Astoria Closes Its Purchase of Fidelity N.Y.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - Astoria Financial Corp. said it had completed the acquisition of Fidelity New York for about $157 million in cash.

For each share of Fidelity New York stock outstanding, shareholders will get $29.

Fidelity will add 18 banking offices - 13 in Nassau County and five in Suffolk County - to Astoria's Long Island presence, increasing its total there to 38 offices.

As a result of the acquisition, Astoria will have a total of 46 branches.

George L. Engelke Jr., Astoria's president and chief executive, said the deal would be immediately accretive to earnings and yield annual costs savings of $7 million.

Astoria will have $6.5 billion of assets and $4.4 billion of deposits after the transaction closes.

The deal is expected to generate $115 million in goodwill. About $46 million will come from the mark-to-market adjustment of Fidelity's statement of condition.

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