ICBC Independence Community Bank (MM)

Independence Community Bank Corp. Announces Date for 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Independence Community Bank Corp. (NASDAQ:ICBC), announced today that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, May 26, 2005. The meeting will be held at the Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, New York and will commence at 9:30 A.M. (EDT). The date of record for voting at the annual meeting will be April 1, 2005. Independence Community Bank Corp. is the holding company for Independence Community Bank. The Bank, originally chartered in 1850, currently operates 122 branches located in the greater New York City metropolitan area, which includes the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties and New Jersey. At its twenty-one banking offices located on Staten Island, the Bank conducts business as SI Bank & Trust, a division of Independence Community Bank. The Bank has three key business divisions: Commercial Real Estate Lending, Consumer Banking and Business Banking and actively targets small and mid-size businesses. The Bank maintains its community orientation by offering its diverse communities a wide range of financial products and by emphasizing customer service, superior value and convenience. The Bank's web address is http://www.myindependence.com/. DATASOURCE: Independence Community Bank Corp. CONTACT: Kathleen Hanrahan, First Vice President, Investor Relations, +1-718-722-5400, or Frank Baier, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, +1-718-923-3506, both for Independence Community Bank Corp. Web site: http://www.myindependence.com/

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