John M Tsimbinos Form 5 NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP / JOHN M TSIMBINOS ownership change

SEC Form 5

FORM 5

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Form 3 Holdings Reported.

Form 4 Transactions Reported.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

TSIMBINOS JOHN M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

615 MERRICK AVENUE

(Street)

WESTBURY NY 11590

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC [ NYCB ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/01/2018		J(1)	600	A	$0.0000	1,002,127	D
Common Stock	05/01/2018		J(1)	1,200	A	$0.0000	1,003,327	D
Common Stock	12/18/2018		G	25,000	D	$0.0000	978,327	D
Common Stock	12/18/2018		G	25,000	A	$0.0000	79,000	I	BY JMT 2012 Trust
Common Stock	05/01/2018		J(1)	600	D	$0.0000	1,200	I	By Stock Award III(2)
Common Stock	05/01/2018		J(1)	600	D	$0.0000	1,800	I	By Stock Award IV(3)
Common Stock	04/01/2018		J(1)	600	D	$0.0000	2,400	I	By Stock Award V(4)
Common Stock							53,460	I	By IRA
Common Stock							80,649	I	By Spouse
Common Stock							600	I	By Stock Award II(5)
Common Stock							3,000	I	By Stock Award VI(6)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The number of shares held directly includes certain shares that were previously held by Stock Awards and that have subsequently vested.

2. The remaining 1,200 shares, granted under Stock Award III on May 1, 2015 pursuant to the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, will vest in two equal annual installments commencing on May 1, 2019.

3. The remaining 1,800 shares, granted under Stock Award IV on May 1, 2016 pursuant to the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, will vest in three equal annual installments commencing on May 1, 2019.

4. The remaining 2,400 shares, granted under Stock Award V on April 1, 2017 pursuant to the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, will vest in four equal annual installments commencing on April 1, 2019.

5. The remaining 600 shares, granted under Stock Award II on January 10, 2014 pursuant to the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, will vest on January 10, 2019.

6. 3,000 shares, granted under Stock Award VI on February 15, 2018 pursuant to the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, will vest in five equal annual installments commencing on February 15, 2019.

	/s/ Salvatore J. DiMartino, Power of Attorney	02/08/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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