secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORP (FFIC)
CIK:        0000923139
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-335650
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Flushing Financial to be acquired by OceanFirst in $579M all-stock merger; Warburg invests $225M
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- Flushing stockholders to receive 0.85x OceanFirst shares per FFIC share; deal valued at $579M based on OCFC $19.76 close.
- Combined company will have ~$23B assets, $17B loans, $18B deposits across 71 branches in NJ, Long Island, and NY.
- Deal projected to be 16% EPS accretive by 2027; 6% tangible book dilution earned back in ~3 years; 24% IRR.
- OceanFirst CEO Christopher Maher to lead combined company; Flushing CEO John Buran to become non-executive Chairman.
- Warburg Pincus commits $225M at $19.76/share plus warrants (7-yr term, mandatory exercise if OCFC hits $30).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923139/000119312525335650/0001193125-25-335650-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923139/000119312525335650/d37539d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-335650

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