1 ================================================================================ /------------------------------/ / OMB APPROVAL / /------------------------------/ / OMB Number: 3235-0104 / / Expires: January 31, 2005 / / Estimated average burden / / hours per response...... 0.5 / /------------------------------/ +--------+ | FORM 3 | +--------+ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ricca Mark Adrian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 615 Merrick Avenue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Westbury New York 11590 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Date of Event Requiring Statment (Month/Day/Year) January 1, 2003 -------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol New York Community Bancorp, Inc. ----------------------------------- (NYB) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ___ Director X Officer ___ 10% Owner ___ Other ----- (give title below) (specify below) Executive VP, General Counsel & Corp. Sec'y ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) January 8, 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person ---- ____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title 2. Trans- 2A. 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6.Owner- 7. Nature of action Deemed action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- Security Date Execution Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/ Date, if (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene- yy) any -------------------------------- End of Issuer's (D)or ficial (mm/dd/yy) Fiscal Year Indirect Owner- Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship (D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 26,929 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 7,620 I By NYCB ESOP Trust(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5,235 I By 401(k) Trust(2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 6,059 I By 401(k) Trust(3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 780 I By Stock Incentive Plan(4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. (Over) SEC 1473(9-02) 2 FORM 3 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature Security (Instr. 3) cisable and Amount of Sec- or Exercise Form of of Indirect Expiration urities Under- Price of Derivative Beneficial Date lying Deriv- Derivative Securities: Ownership (mm/dd/yy) ative Security Security Direct (D) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) or Indirect -------------------- ----------------------- (I) Date Title Amount (Instr. 5) Exer- Expir- or cisable ation Number Date of Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 11-30-00 2-23-08 Common 26,566 $11.06 D Common Stock (5) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 1-18-02 1-18-10 Common 4,744 $15.37 D Common Stock (5) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 1-18-03 1-18-10 Common 11,250 $15.37 D Common Stock (5) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 1-18-04 1-18-10 Common 11,250 $15.37 D Common Stock (5) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 12-21-02 12-21-11 Common 5,000 $22.23 D Common Stock (6) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 12-21-03 12-21-11 Common 5,000 $22.23 D Common Stock (6) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 12-21-04 12-21-11 Common 5,000 $22.23 D Common Stock (6) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 7-24-03 7-24-12 Common 10,000 $24.61 D Common Stock (6) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 7-24-04 7-24-12 Common 10,000 $24.61 D Common Stock (6) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Purchase 7-24-04 7-24-12 Common 10,000 $24.61 D Common Stock (6) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Explanation of Responses: (1) Represents shares allocated to individual's account as of 12-30-02 pursuant to the New York Community Bank (NYCB) Employee Stock Ownership Plan. (2) Represents shares rolled over from the CFS Bank ESOP to, and subsequently purchased in, the NYCB Employee Savings Plan (ESP). For purposes of this report, units in the NYCB ESP have been converted into an approximate number of shares of NYCB Common Stock. The actual number of shares held by the reporting person may vary when such units are actually converted into shares upon distribution of the units to the reporting person. (3) Represents shares purchased through the CFS Bank 401(k) Plan, which NYCB was successor to under the Haven Bancorp, Inc. acquisition. (4) Represents shares granted on February 15, 2002 under the Haven Bancorp, Inc. (Haven) Stock Incentive Plan, which will vest February 15, 2003. The reporting person inadvertently reported that he held 1,560 shares "By Stock Incentive Plan" when he actually held 780 shares in this account. (5) Represents options to purchase shares granted under the Haven 1996 Stock Option Plan. (6) Represents options to purchase shares granted under the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, f/k/a Queens County Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan. /s/ Mark A. Ricca February 14, 2003 -------------------------------- -------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or ommissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. 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