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Related to Section 5.1.(a)

• INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT The Board of Directors of each of AFC and LISB (i) has determined that this Agreement and the business combination and related transactions contemplated hereby are in the best interests of AFC and LISB, respectively, and in the best long-term interests of their respective stockholders, (ii) has determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are consistent with, and in furtherance of, its respective business strategies and (iii) has approved, at meetings of each of such Boards of Directors, this Agreement. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to AFC's willingness to enter into this Agreement, AFC and LISB have entered into a stock option agreement (the "LISB Option Agreement"), pursuant to which LISB has granted to AFC an option to purchase shares of LISB's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "LISB Common Stock"), upon the terms and conditions therein contained and, as a condition and inducement to LISB's willingness to enter into this Agreement, LISB and AFC have entered into a stock option agreement (the "AFC Option Agreement") pursuant to which AFC has granted LISB an option to purchase shares of AFC common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "AFC Common Stock") upon the terms and conditions therein contained. The parties hereto intend that the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), for federal income tax purposes, and that the Merger shall be treated as a "pooling-of-interests" for accounting purposes. Promptly following the consummation of the Merger, the parties hereto intend that The Long Island Savings Bank, FSB, a wholly owned subsidiary of LISB ("LISB Bank"), and Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, a wholly owned subsidiary of Astoria (the "Association") shall be merged (the "Bank Merger"). AFC and LISB desire to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the business combination transactions provided for herein and to prescribe various conditions to the transactions. In consideration of their mutual promises and obligations hereunder, the parties hereto adopt and make this Agreement and prescribe the terms and conditions hereof and the manner and basis of carrying it into effect, which shall be as follows:

• Financial Statements; Fiscal Year The Current Financials were prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Companies as of, and for the portion of the fiscal year ending on the date or dates thereof (subject only to normal audit adjustments). All material liabilities of the Companies as of the date or dates of the Current Financials are reflected therein or in the notes thereto. Except for transactions directly related to, or specifically contemplated by, the Loan Documents or disclosed in the Current Financials, no subsequent material adverse changes have occurred in the consolidated financial condition of the Companies from that shown in the Current Financials. The fiscal year of each Company ends on December 31.

• Quarterly Financial Statements and Information Within fifty (50) days (or five (5) days following such shorter period as required by Applicable Law) after the last day of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (a) the balance sheets and the related statements of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as at the end of such quarter and for the elapsed portion of the year ended with the last day of such quarter and (b) the related statements of cash flows of the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries for such quarter and for the elapsed portion of the year ended with the last day of such quarter, each of which shall set forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding quarter in the preceding fiscal year and the elapsed portion of the preceding fiscal year ended with the last day of such corresponding quarter in the preceding fiscal year and shall be certified by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or controller of the Borrower to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and to present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such period and the results of operations for such period, and for the elapsed portion of the year ended with the last day of such period, subject only to normal year-end and audit adjustments.

• Year-End Statements As soon as available and in any event within 5 days after the same is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (but in no event later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower), the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related audited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures as at the end of and for the previous fiscal year, all of which shall be (a) certified by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Borrower, in his or her opinion, to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP and in all material respects, the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and the result of operations for such period and (b) accompanied by the report thereon of Ernst &Young LLP or any other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing, whose certificate shall be unqualified and who shall have authorized the Borrower to deliver such financial statements and certification thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement. Together with such financial statements, the Borrower shall deliver a report, certified by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of Borrower, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the Net Operating Income for each Property for such fiscal year.

• Quarterly Financials To Agent, within forty-five (45) days after the end of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, consolidated financial information regarding Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, certified by a Financial Officer of Parent Borrower, including (i) unaudited balance sheets as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and (ii) unaudited statements of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the prior year and the related statements of income and cash flow for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to absence of footnotes and normal year-end adjustments). Such financial information shall be accompanied by (A) a statement in reasonable detail (each, a “Compliance Certificate”) showing the calculations used in determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.10, if applicable, and (B) including the certification of a Financial Officer of Parent Borrower that (i) such financial information fairly presents, in all material respects in accordance with GAAP (except as approved by accountants or officers, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein, including the economic impact of such exception, and subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure), the financial position, results of operations and statements of cash flows of Parent Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and for that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, and (ii) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of such time or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default. In addition, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent and Lenders, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, a management discussion and analysis that includes a comparison of performance for that Fiscal Quarter to the corresponding period in the prior year.

• Quarterly Financial Statements As soon as available and in any event within 5 days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each such quarterly accounting period), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and, if different, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated statements of operations for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the prior fiscal year (or, in lieu of such unaudited financial statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed reconciliation reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on the other hand), all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year end audit adjustments.

• End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters The Borrower will cause (i) each of its fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year and (ii) its fiscal quarters to end on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, respectively, of each year.

• Quarterly Statements As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period (except the last) of each fiscal year, copies of:

• Annual Audited Financial Statements As soon as available, but no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the last day of Borrower’s fiscal year, audited consolidated financial statements prepared under GAAP, consistently applied, together with an unqualified opinion on the financial statements from an independent certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Bank;

• Annual Audited Financials To Agent and Lenders, within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, audited consolidated Financial Statements for Rand and the unaudited management prepared Financial Statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidating basis, consisting of balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows, setting forth in comparative form in each case the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, which Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP; provided, that if Rand acquires any operating entity that is not a Subsidiary of Parent, then the audited Financial Statements shall be delivered with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries. The consolidated Financial Statements shall be certified annually without qualification, by an independent accounting firm of national standing or otherwise acceptable to Agent. Such Financial Statements shall be accompanied by (i) a statement prepared in reasonable detail showing the calculations used in determining compliance with each of the Financial Covenants, (ii) a report from such accounting firm to the effect that, in connection with their audit examination, nothing has come to their attention to cause them to believe that an Event of Default has occurred with respect to the Financial Covenants (or specifying those Events of Default that they became aware of), it being understood that such audit examination extended only to accounting matters and that no special investigation was made with respect to the existence of Events of Default, (iii) the annual letters to such accountants in connection with their audit examination detailing contingent liabilities and material litigation matters, and (iv) the certification of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Parent that all such Financial Statements present fairly in accordance with GAAP the financial position, results of operations and statements of cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such Fiscal Year and for the period then ended, and that there was no Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure such Event of Default.