ICBC Independence Community Bank (MM)

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Independence Community Bank Corp. (NASDAQ:ICBC), announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, Alan H. Fishman, will present at the 2005 Lehman Brothers Financial Services Conference at The Hilton New York in New York City on Thursday, September 15, 2005 from 9:15a.m. - 9:50a.m. Eastern Time. The webcast of the Company presentation can be accessed at the Company's Investor Relations website http://investor.myindependence.com/. Sufficient time should be allowed prior to the presentation to register for the webcast and to download the media software required to listen to the presentation live. A PowerPoint presentation will also be available in Investor Relations under the Presentations heading. The archive of the webcast is expected to be available on September 15, 2005 for replay at the Company's website through September 24, 2005. Independence Community Bank Corp. is the holding company for Independence Community Bank. The Bank, originally chartered in 1850, currently operates 123 branches located in the greater New York City metropolitan area, which includes the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau and Suffolk Counties and New Jersey. At its 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 is actively targeting small and mid-size businesses. The Bank maintains its community orientation by serving its urban communities with 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/. Statements contained in this news release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors. Factors which could result in material variations include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates which could affect net interest margins and net interest income; competitive factors which could affect net interest income and non-interest income, general economic conditions which could affect the volume of loan originations, deposit flows, real estate values, the levels of non-interest income and the amount of loan losses as well as other factors discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date on which such statements were made. DATASOURCE: Independence Community Bank Corp. CONTACT: Kathleen Hanrahan, First Vice President, +1-718-722-5400, or Frank Baier, Chief Financial Officer, +1-718-923-3506, both for Independence Community Bank Corp. Web site: http://www.myindependence.com/

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