SEC Form 4 · accession 0001562180-15-000839

ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORP · AF

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Table I — non-derivative securities

Table II — derivative securities

Explanation of responses

• F1Represents award of restricted stock dated October 15, 2014 pursuant to the 2014 Stock Incentive Plan for Officers and Employees of Astoria Financial Corporation (the 2014 Plan). The shares of restricted stock will vest as follows: 28,387 shares on October 1, 2016, and 28,387 shares on October 1, 2017 or, if earlier, upon the death, Disability or Change in Control (as such terms are defined in the 2014 Plan) or, pursuant to the terms of his employment agreements with the Company and Astoria Bank (the Bank), upon his termination of employment by the Company or the Bank prior to the end of the term of such employment agreements without Cause, as defined therein.
• F2Represents one-third vesting of a previous award of restricted stock pursuant to the 2014 Stock Incentive Plan for Officers and Employees of Astoria Financial Corporation, or the 2014 Plan. The restricted stock vested and was distributed on October 1, 2015. The transaction represents a change in the form of beneficial ownership from indirect to direct.
• F3This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $15.55 to $15.70. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.
• F4In accordance with a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan, shares were sold for taxes at vest.
• F5Represents value of restricted stock at time of vesting and is the value of services rendered by the Reporting Person to the Issuer.
• F6Represents award of restricted stock dated April 27, 2015 pursuant to the 2014 Stock Incentive Plan for Officers and Employees of Astoria Financial Corporation (the 2014 Plan). The shares of restricted stock will vest as follows: 5,460 shares on December 14, 2015, 5,460 shares on December 14, 2016, and 5,460 shares on December 14, 2017 or if earlier, upon the death, Disability or Change in Control (as such terms are defined in the 2014 Plan) or pursuant to the terms of his employment agreements with the Company and Astoria Bank (the Bank) upon his termination of employment by the Company or the Bank prior to the end of the term of such employment agreements without Cause, as defined therein.

Remarks

POWER OF ATTORNEY I hereby authorize and designate Monte N. Redman, Alan P. Eggleston, David J. DeBaun, Michele M. Weber, Theodore S. Ayvas, Frank E. Fusco, and Yvonne Schade, or any one of them acting as agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to: (1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and file the same with the Securities Exchange Commission, NYSE, and each stock exchange on which Astoria Financial Corporation's common stock or other securities are listed, as required by law; (2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and file the same with the Securities Exchange Commission, NYSE, and each stock exchange on which Astoria Financial Corporation's common stock or other securities are listed, as required by law; and (3) do anything else necessary or proper in connection with the foregoing. This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect as long as I am an affiliate of Astoria Financial Corporation, and shall not be affected by my subsequent disability or incompetence. Date: August 26, 2015 Hugh J. Donlon