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8-K - FORM 8-K - HUDSON CITY BANCORP INCy89090e8vk.htm
Exhibit 99.1
RELEASE 8:00 AM — January 19, 2011
     
CONTACT:
  Susan Munhall, Investor Relations
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
West 80 Century Road, Paramus, New Jersey 07652
TELEPHONE:
  (201) 967-8290
E-MAIL:
  smunhall@hcsbnj.com
HUDSON CITY BANCORP, INC. REPORTS QUARTERLY EARNINGS OF $121.2 MILLION
DECLARED QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.15 PER SHARE
Paramus, New Jersey, January 19, 2011 — Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCBK), the holding company for Hudson City Savings Bank, reported today that net income for the fourth quarter of 2010 amounted to $121.2 million as compared to $136.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Diluted earnings per share was $0.25 for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $0.28 for the fourth quarter of 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, net income amounted to $537.2 million as compared to $527.2 million for 2009. Diluted earnings per share was $1.09 for the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to $1.07 for 2009. The Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share payable on February 25, 2011 to shareholders of record on February 4, 2011.
Ronald E. Hermance, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer commented, “We are very proud of reporting another record year of earnings, our 11th in a row. However, our fourth quarter earnings are more reflective of the trend we expect in 2011. Conditions in the mortgage market continued to produce substantial headwinds. During 2010, market interest rates were at historical lows and pushed mortgage rates below 5%. This caused prepayments and refinancing activity to increase, resulting in lower yields on our mortgage-related assets. As expected, the continued low interest rate environment continued to negatively impact our net interest margin in the fourth quarter. The recent increase in longer term market interest rates have pushed mortgage rates higher, but the continued elevated levels of unemployment, the weak housing market and the unprecedented level of the U.S. government-sponsored enterprises (the “GSEs”) involvement in the mortgage market have impacted our ability to grow our loan portfolio as the GSEs were involved in over 90% of U.S. mortgage production.”
Mr. Hermance continued, “Going forward we expect these conditions will significantly hinder our ability to continue earnings at recent historical levels. During 2011 our net interest margin may decrease from the 2010 fourth quarter level. A positive event in the fourth quarter was the slowing in the rate of loan delinquency growth. This plus a relatively stable level of charge-offs allowed us to decrease our quarterly provision for loan losses from $50.0 million to $45.0 million.”
Mr. Hermance also commented, “As we look forward to market conditions that are more conducive to our business model, we are exploring the best ways to reduce interest rate risk, strengthen our balance sheet to restore traditional earnings trends and to prepare our balance sheet for future growth. We expect that this process would result in a further restructuring of our funding mix — a process we started in 2009 with the modification of putable borrowings to extend or eliminate put dates and to fund asset growth with customer deposits. Any such restructuring will focus on the prospects for long-term overall earnings stability and growth as market and economic conditions become normalized. We believe that it is important to adjust to current market conditions and prepare to capture a greater share of the residential mortgage market when conditions improve. While it is difficult to predict when that may occur, we believe that this is the time to look ahead to the “new normal”.
Mr. Hermance continued, “We are also very aware that the regulatory environment, as indicated by legislative and regulatory reactions to the recent recession and financial crisis, is expected to result in

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greater oversight and additional regulations for Hudson City and the entire industry. We expect capital and liquidity levels to become an even greater focus in 2011. Although our regulatory capital ratios are in excess of the requirements to be considered “well capitalized’ for bank regulatory purposes, we believe the current regulatory environment will necessitate maintaining a reasonable cushion above the applicable regulatory requirements to be considered “well capitalized.” Accordingly, we will consider our level of earnings, capital ratios and asset growth in our future decisions regarding dividends.
Mr. Hermance concluded, “With all of the challenges facing our business, we are committed to shareholder value. Your management team remains focused on our core residential lending model and adapting this model to changes in the marketplace as they occur. We thank you for your continued support of Hudson City.”
Financial highlights for the fourth quarter of 2010 are as follows:
    Both basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.25 for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $0.28 for both basic and diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2009. Both basic and diluted earnings per common share were $1.09 for 2010 as compared to $1.08 and $1.07 for basic and diluted earnings per share, respectively, for 2009.
 
    Net income amounted to $121.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, as compared to $136.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, net income amounted to $537.2 million as compared to $527.2 million for 2009.
 
    Net interest income decreased 24.1% to $251.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2009 and decreased 4.3% to $1.19 billion for the year ended December 31, 2010.
 
    Our net interest rate spread and net interest margin were 1.48% and 1.73%, respectively, for the fourth quarter of 2010 and 1.77% and 2.01%, respectively, for 2010.
 
    The provision for loan losses amounted to $45.0 million for both the fourth quarter of 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the provision for loan losses amounted to $195.0 million as compared to $137.5 million for 2009.
 
    Our annualized return on average assets and annualized return on average shareholders’ equity for the fourth quarter of 2010 were 0.80% and 8.50%, respectively. Our return on average assets and return on average shareholders’ equity for the year ended December 31, 2010 were 0.88% and 9.66%, respectively.
 
    Our annualized ratio of non-interest expense to average assets was 0.46% for the fourth quarter of 2010 and 0.44% for 2010.
 
    Non-interest income amounted to $62.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 and $163.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. Included in non-interest income were net realized securities gains of $60.2 million and $152.6 million, respectively, for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.
 
    Deposits increased $595.1 million, or 2.4%, to $25.17 billion at December 31, 2010 from $24.58 billion at December 31, 2009.

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    Borrowings decreased $300.0 million to $29.68 billion at December 31, 2010 from $29.98 billion at December 31, 2009. We modified $4.03 billion of borrowings during 2010 to extend put dates by between three and five years.
Statement of Financial Condition Summary
Total assets increased $898.3 million, or 1.5%, to $61.17 billion at December 31, 2010 from $60.27 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase in total assets reflected a $2.95 billion increase in total mortgage-backed securities partially offset by a $1.25 billion decrease in investment securities and a $947.2 million decrease in net loans.
Our net loans decreased $947.2 million during year ended December 31, 2010 to $30.77 billion. The decrease in loans primarily reflects the elevated levels of loan repayments during 2010 as a result of continued low market interest rates. Historically our focus has been on loan portfolio growth through the origination of one- to four-family first mortgage loans in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut and, to a lesser extent, the purchases of mortgage loans. During 2010, we originated $5.83 billion and purchased $764.3 million of loans, compared to originations of $6.06 billion and purchases of $3.16 billion for 2009. The origination and purchases of loans were offset by principal repayments of $7.26 billion in 2010 as compared to $6.77 billion for 2009. Loan originations continue to be strong as a result of elevated levels of mortgage refinancing activity caused by low market interest rates. The refinancing activity caused increased levels of repayments in 2010 as some of our customers refinanced with other banks. Our loan purchase activity has significantly declined as the GSEs have been actively purchasing loans as part of their efforts to keep mortgage rates low to support the housing market during the recent economic recession. As a result, the sellers from whom we have historically purchased loans are selling many of their loans to the GSEs. We expect that the amount of loan purchases will continue to be at reduced levels for the near-term.
Total mortgage-backed securities increased $2.95 billion during 2010 to $24.03 billion, reflecting purchases of $15.49 billion of mortgage-backed securities issued by GSEs, substantially all of which were hybrid adjustable-rate securities. The increase was partially offset by repayments received of $8.37 billion and sales of $3.92 billion. The sales resulted in net realized securities gains of $152.6 million (pre-tax). We believe that the continued elevated levels of prepayments and the eventual increase in interest rates will reduce the amount of unrealized gains available in the portfolio. Accordingly, we sold these securities to take advantage of the favorable pricing that currently exists in the market.
Total liabilities increased $727.2 million, or 1.3%, to $55.66 billion at December 31, 2010 from $54.93 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase in total liabilities primarily reflected a $595.1 million increase in deposits and a $438.2 million increase in amounts due to brokers partially offset by a $300.0 million decrease in borrowed funds. The increase in total deposits reflected a $1.25 billion increase in our money market accounts and a $151.5 million increase in our interest-bearing transaction accounts and savings accounts. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $788.9 million in our time deposits as customers shifted deposits to our money market savings account. Borrowings amounted to $29.68 billion at December 31, 2010 as compared to $29.98 billion at December 31, 2009. During 2010, we modified $4.03 billion of borrowings to extend the put dates of the borrowings by between three and five years.
Total shareholders’ equity increased $171.1 million to $5.51 billion at December 31, 2010 from $5.34 billion at December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to net income of $537.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. These increases to shareholders’ equity were partially offset by cash dividends paid to common shareholders of $295.8 million and a $99.1 million decrease in accumulated other

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comprehensive income. At December 31, 2010, our shareholders’ equity to asset ratio was 9.01% and our tangible book value per share was $10.85.
The accumulated other comprehensive income of $85.4 million at December 31, 2010 includes a $117.3 million after-tax net unrealized gain on securities available for sale ($198.3 million pre-tax) partially offset by a $31.9 million after-tax accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the funded status of our employee benefit plans.
Statement of Income Summary
The Federal Open Market Committee of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FOMC”) noted that the economic recovery is continuing, though at a rate that has been insufficient to bring down unemployment. Household spending is increasing gradually, but remains constrained by high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit. The national unemployment rate was 9.4% in December 2010 as compared to 9.6% in September 2010 and 9.9% in December 2009. The FOMC decided to maintain the overnight lending rate at zero to 0.25% during the fourth quarter of 2010. As a result, short-term market interest rates have remained at low levels during the fourth quarter of 2010. The yields on mortgage-related assets have also remained at low levels during that same quarter. Our net interest rate spread decreased to 1.48% for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to 1.73% for the linked third quarter of 2010 and 2.04% for the fourth quarter of 2009. Our net interest margin decreased to 1.73% for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to 1.97% for the linked third quarter of 2010 and 2.30% for the fourth quarter of 2009. The decrease in net interest margin during the fourth quarter of 2010 is primarily due to the low market interest rates that resulted in lower yields on our mortgage-related interest-earning assets as customers refinanced to lower mortgage rates and our new loan production and asset purchases were at the current low market interest rates. Mortgage-related assets represented 88.4% of our average interest-earning assets during the 2010 fourth quarter.
Net interest income decreased $80.0 million, or 24.1%, to $251.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $331.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Net interest income decreased $52.7 million, or 4.3%, to $1.19 billion for 2010 from $1.24 billion for 2009. During 2010, our net interest rate spread decreased 16 basis points to 1.77% and our net interest margin decreased 21 basis points to 2.01% as compared to 2009.
Total interest and dividend income for the fourth quarter of 2010 decreased $103.3 million, or 13.8%, to $643.2 million from $746.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. The decrease in total interest and dividend income was primarily due to a decrease of 78 basis points in the annualized weighted-average yield on total interest-earning assets to 4.35% for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 from 5.13% for the same quarter in 2009. The decrease in the annualized weighted-average yield was partially offset by an increase in the average balance of total interest-earning assets of $871.1 million, or 1.5%, to $59.10 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $58.23 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009.
Total interest and dividend income decreased $157.3 million, or 5.4%, to $2.78 billion for the year ended December 31, 2010 from $2.94 billion for the year ended December 31, 2009. The decrease in interest and dividend income was due to a decrease of 54 basis points in the weighted-average yield on total interest-earning assets to 4.70% for the year ended December 31, 2010 from 5.24% for 2009. The decrease in the weighted-average yield was partially offset by an increase in the average balance of total interest-earning assets of $3.14 billion, or 5.6%, to $59.27 billion for the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to $56.13 billion for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Interest on first mortgage loans decreased $31.2 million to $395.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $426.8 million for the comparable period in 2009. This was primarily due to a 39 basis point

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decrease in the weighted-average yield to 5.12% from 5.51% for the 2009 fourth quarter. The decrease in interest income on mortgage loans was also due to an $84.1 million decrease in the average balance of first mortgage loans to $30.91 billion. During 2010 our mortgage loan portfolio decreased as refinancing activity resulted in continued elevated levels of loan repayments and the weak real estate markets resulted in decreased home purchase mortgage activity. In addition, loan purchase activity has significantly declined as the GSEs have been actively purchasing loans as part of their efforts to keep mortgage rates low to support the housing market during the recent economic recession. As a result, the sellers from whom we have historically purchased loans are selling a greater percentage of their product to the GSEs.
For the year ended December 31, 2010, interest on first mortgage loans decreased slightly to $1.67 billion as compared to $1.68 billion for the year ended December 31, 2009. This was primarily due to a 26 basis point decrease in the weighted-average yield to 5.31% for the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 5.57% for 2009. The effect of the decrease in the weighted-average yield was partially offset by a $1.27 billion increase in the average balance of first mortgage loans to $31.40 billion, which reflected our historical emphasis on the growth of our mortgage loan portfolio.
Interest on mortgage-backed securities decreased $49.4 million to $191.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $240.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. This decrease was due primarily to a 124 basis point decrease in the weighted-average yield to 3.64% for the fourth quarter of 2010 from 4.88% for the fourth quarter of 2009. The effect of the decrease in the weighted-average yield was partially offset by a $1.30 billion increase in the average balance of mortgage-backed securities to $20.99 billion during the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $19.69 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009.
Interest on mortgage-backed securities decreased $132.1 million to $851.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to $983.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. This decrease was due primarily to an 88 basis point decrease in the weighted-average yield to 4.14% during 2010 from 5.02% for 2009. The effect of the decrease in the weighted-average yield was partially offset by a $953.0 million increase in the average balance of mortgage-backed securities to $20.56 billion during 2010 as compared to $19.60 billion for 2009.
The increases in the average balances of mortgage-backed securities were due to purchases of primarily variable-rate hybrid securities. We purchased these securities to reinvest cash flows resulting from prepayments on our mortgage loans and the calls of investment securities. The elevated levels of prepayments, weak home purchase activity and the GSEs involvement in the mortgage market have made it difficult for us to reinvest cash flows into the mortgage portfolio. The decrease in the weighted average yield on mortgage-backed securities is a result of lower yields on securities that have been purchased since the second half of 2009 when market interest rates were lower than the yield earned on the existing portfolio.
Interest on investment securities decreased $24.8 million to $36.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $61.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. This decrease was due primarily to a decrease in the average yield of investment securities of 117 basis points to 3.36% for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to 4.53% for the fourth quarter of 2009. The decrease in interest income on investment securities was also due to a $1.05 billion decrease in the average balance of investment securities to $4.37 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010 from $5.42 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009.
For the year ended December 31, 2010, interest on investment securities decreased $14.7 million to $198.7 million as compared to $213.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. This decrease was due primarily to a decrease in the average yield of investment securities of 68 basis points to 3.98% for 2010 as compared to 4.66% for 2009. The decrease in the weighted-average yield on investment

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securities was partially offset by a $415.1 million increase in the average balance of investment securities to $4.99 billion during 2010 from $4.58 billion for 2009.
Dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLB”) stock increased $2.0 million, or 16.1%, to $14.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $12.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. This increase was due primarily to a 94 basis point increase in the average dividend yield earned to 6.60% as compared to 5.66% for the fourth quarter of 2009. The increase in the average dividend yield was partially offset by a $944,000 decrease in the average balance to $875.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $876.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2009.
Dividends on FHLB stock increased $3.0 million, or 7.0%, to $46.1 million for 2010 as compared to $43.1 million for 2009. This increase was due primarily to a 33 basis point increase in the average dividend yield earned to 5.25% for 2010 as compared to 4.92% for 2009. The increase in dividend income was also due to a $2.0 million increase in the average balance to $878.7 million for 2010 as compared to $876.7 million for 2009. The increase in the average balance was due to purchases of FHLB stock to meet membership requirements.
Interest on Federal funds sold amounted to $985,000 for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $479,000 for the fourth quarter of 2009. The average balance of Federal funds sold amounted to $1.62 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $880.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. The yield earned on Federal funds sold was 0.24% for the 2010 fourth quarter and 0.22% for the 2009 fourth quarter. The increase in the average balance of Federal funds sold is a result of liquidity provided by increased levels of repayments on mortgage-related assets and calls of investment securities.
Interest on Federal funds sold amounted to $2.6 million for 2010 as compared to $1.2 million for 2009. The average balance of Federal funds sold amounted to $1.10 billion for 2010 as compared to $566.1 million for 2009. The yield earned on Federal funds sold was 0.24% for the year ended December 31, 2010 and 0.21% for the year ended December 31, 2009. The increase in the average balance of Federal funds sold is a result of liquidity provided by increased levels of repayments on mortgage-related assets and calls of investment securities.
Total interest expense for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 decreased $23.3 million, or 5.6%, to $391.4 million from $414.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. This decrease was primarily due to a 22 basis point decrease in the weighted-average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities to 2.87% for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 compared with 3.09% for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The decrease was partially offset by a $743.8 million, or 1.4%, increase in the average balance of total interest-bearing liabilities to $54.08 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 compared with $53.33 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009.
Total interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2010 decreased $104.6 million, or 6.2%, to $1.59 billion from $1.70 billion for the year ended December 31, 2009. This decrease was primarily due to a 38 basis point decrease in the weighted-average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities to 2.93% for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared with 3.31% for the year ended December 31, 2009. The effect of the decrease in the weighted-average cost was partially offset by a $3.13 billion, or 6.1%, increase in the average balance of total interest-bearing liabilities to $54.40 billion for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared with $51.27 billion for 2009.
Interest expense on deposits decreased $22.3 million, or 20.6%, to $86.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 from $108.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. This decrease is due primarily to a decrease in the average cost of interest-bearing deposits of 44 basis points to 1.41% for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to 1.85% for the fourth quarter of 2009. The decrease was partially offset by a $1.00 billion

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increase in the average balance of interest-bearing deposits to $24.32 billion during the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $23.32 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009.
For the year ended December 31, 2010, interest expense on deposits decreased $107.2 million, or 22.2%, to $376.3 million from $483.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. This decrease is due primarily to a decrease in the average cost of interest-bearing deposits of 75 basis points to 1.54% for 2010 compared with 2.29% for 2009. The decrease was partially offset by a $3.36 billion increase in the average balance of interest-bearing deposits to $24.49 billion during 2010 as compared to $21.13 billion for 2009.
The increases in the average balances of interest-bearing deposits reflect our expanded branch network and our efforts to grow deposits in 2009 in our existing branches by offering competitive rates. Also, in response to the economic conditions in 2009, we believe that households increased their personal savings and customers sought insured bank deposit products as an alternative to investments such as equity securities and bonds. We believe these factors contributed to our deposit growth in 2009. We lowered our deposit rates during 2010 to slow our deposit growth from 2009 levels since the low yields that are available to us for mortgage loans and investment securities have made a growth strategy less prudent until market conditions improve.
The decrease in the average cost of deposits for 2010 reflected lower market interest rates and our decision to lower deposit rates to slow deposit growth. At December 31, 2010, time deposits scheduled to mature within one year totaled $10.60 billion with an average cost of 1.32%. These time deposits are scheduled to mature as follows: $4.58 billion with an average cost of 1.18% in the first quarter of 2011, $2.96 billion with an average cost of 1.19% in the second quarter of 2011, $1.40 billion with an average cost of 1.44% in the third quarter of 2011 and $1.66 billion with an average cost of 1.82% in the fourth quarter of 2011. The current yields offered for our six month, one year and two year time deposits are 0.75%, 1.00% and 1.50%, respectively. In addition, our money market savings accounts are currently yielding 1.25%. Based on our deposit retention experience and current pricing strategy, we anticipate that a significant portion of these time deposits will remain with us as renewed time deposits or as transfers to other deposit products at the prevailing rate.
We have, in the past, used borrowings to fund a portion of the growth in interest-earning assets. However, we were able to fund substantially all of our growth in 2009 and 2010 with deposits. Substantially all of our borrowings are putable quarterly at the discretion of the lender after an initial non-put period of one to five years with a final maturity of ten years. We believe, given current market conditions, that the likelihood that a significant portion of these borrowings would be put back will not increase substantially unless interest rates were to increase by at least 200 basis points.
Interest expense on borrowed funds decreased $1.1 million to $305.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $306.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. This decrease was primarily due to a $259.8 million decrease in the average balance of borrowed funds to $29.76 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to $30.02 billion for the fourth quarter of 2009. This decrease was substantially offset by a 2 basis point increase in the weighted-average cost of borrowed funds to 4.07% for the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to 4.05% for the fourth quarter of 2009. The slight increase in the average cost of our borrowings is due primarily to our strategy of modifying current borrowings to extend the put dates.
Interest expense on borrowed funds increased $2.5 million to $1.22 billion for the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to $1.21 billion for 2009. This increase was primarily due to a 4 basis point increase in the weighted-average cost of borrowed funds to 4.07% for 2010 as compared to 4.03% for

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2009. This increase was primarily offset by a $226.9 million decrease in the average balance of borrowed funds to $29.91 billion for 2010 as compared to $30.14 billion for 2009.
The provision for loan losses amounted to $45.0 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the linked third quarter of 2010, the provision for loan losses amounted to $50.0 million. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the provision for loan losses amounted to $195.0 million as compared to $137.5 million for 2009. The increase in our provision for loan losses during 2010 as compared to 2009 was a result of the increase in non-performing loans, continuing elevated levels of unemployment and an increase in charge-offs. The decrease in the provision for loan losses during the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared to the linked third quarter was due to a slower growth rate in non-performing loans, a stable level of charge-offs, stabilizing economic conditions and slightly improved unemployment and underemployment rates. In addition, home prices appear to have started to stabilize in many of our lending markets. While there has been a modest improvement in the factors we consider in the determination of the allowance for loan losses, adverse changes in these factors in the future may require increases in the allowance for loan losses and in the provision for loan losses. Non-performing loans, defined as non-accruing loans and accruing loans delinquent 90 days or more, amounted to $871.3 million at December 31, 2010 compared with $837.5 million at September 30, 2010 and $627.7 million at December 31, 2009. The ratio of non-performing loans to total loans was 2.82% at December 31, 2010 compared with 2.64% at September 30, 2010 and 1.98% at December 31, 2009. Loans delinquent 30 to 59 days amounted to $418.9 million at December 31, 2010 as compared to $432.7 million at September 30, 2010 and $430.9 million at December 31, 2009. Loans delinquent 60 to 89 days amounted to $193.2 million at December 31, 2010 as compared to $188.6 million at September 30, 2010 and $182.5 million at December 31, 2009. The allowance for loans losses amounted to $236.6 million and $140.1 million at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The allowance for loan losses as a percent of total loans and as a percent of non-performing loans was 0.77% and 27.15%, respectively at December 31, 2010, as compared to 0.44% and 22.32%, respectively at December 31, 2009. The increases in these ratios were due to our consideration of the weak economic conditions during 2010, particularly prolonged elevated levels of unemployment and underemployment, and continued weak conditions in the housing markets in our primary lending area, in our determination of the allowance for loan losses.
Net charge-offs amounted to $24.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 as compared to net charge-offs of $19.8 million for the same quarter in 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, net charge-offs amounted to $98.5 million as compared to $47.2 million of net charge-offs for 2009. The ratio of net charge-offs to average loans was 0.32% and 0.31% for the three months and year ended December 31, 2010, respectively as compared to 0.25% and 0.15% for the same respective periods in 2009.
Total non-interest income was $62.9 million for the fourth quarter 2010 as compared to $2.2 million for the same quarter in 2009. Included in non-interest income for the three month period ended December 31, 2010 were net gains on securities transactions of $60.2 million which resulted from the sale of $2.02 billion of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale.
Total non-interest income for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $163.0 million compared with $33.6 million for 2009. Included in non-interest income for the year ended December 31, 2010 were net gains on securities transactions of $152.6 million which resulted from the sale of $3.92 billion of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale. Included in non-interest income for the year ended December 31, 2009 were net gains on securities transactions of $24.2 million substantially all of which resulted from the sale of $761.6 million of mortgage-backed securities available-for-sale. We believe that the continued elevated levels of prepayments and the eventual increase in interest rates will reduce the amount of unrealized gains in the available-for-sale portfolio. Accordingly, we sold these securities to take advantage of the favorable pricing that currently exists in the market.

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Total non-interest expense increased $6.7 million, or 10.7%, to $69.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 from $62.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. The increase is primarily due to increases of $3.2 million in Federal deposit insurance expense due primarily to an increase in total deposits, $2.4 million in other expense and $893,000 in compensation and employee benefits expense. The increase in compensation and employee benefits included a $2.2 million increase in compensation costs due primarily to normal increases in salary as well as additional full time employees. This increase was partially offset by a $1.4 million decrease in expense related to our stock benefit plans. At December 31, 2010, we had 1,562 full-time equivalent employees as compared to 1,482 at December 31, 2009. Included in other expense for the fourth quarter of 2010 were write-downs on foreclosed real estate and net losses on the sale of foreclosed real estate of $1.6 million as compared to $325,000 for the fourth quarter of 2009. In addition, the increase in other expense is also due to an $887,000 increase in regulatory and professional services.
Total non-interest expense increased $791,000 to $266.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 from $265.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. The increase is primarily due to a $20.9 million increase in Federal deposit insurance expense and a $3.9 million increase in other expense partially offset by the absence of the FDIC special assessment of $21.1 million and a decrease of $3.3 million in compensation and employee benefits expense. The decrease in compensation and employee benefits expense included a $6.0 million decrease in expense related to our stock benefit plans and a $3.6 million decrease in pension expense. These decreases were partially offset by a $5.8 million increase in compensation costs due primarily to normal increases in salary as well as additional full time employees. The increase in Federal deposit insurance expense is due primarily to an increase in total deposits and the increases in our deposit insurance assessment rate as a result of a restoration plan implemented by the FDIC to recapitalize the Deposit Insurance Fund. The increase in other expense is due primarily to a $2.9 million increase in regulatory and professional services. Included in other non-interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2010 were write-downs on foreclosed real estate and net losses on the sale of foreclosed real estate, of $2.7 million as compared to $2.4 million for 2009.
Our efficiency ratio was 22.10% for the 2010 fourth quarter as compared to 18.84% for the 2009 fourth quarter. For the year ended December 31, 2010, our efficiency ratio was 19.68% compared with 20.80% for 2009. The efficiency ratio is calculated by dividing non-interest expense by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income. Our annualized ratio of non-interest expense to average total assets for the fourth quarter of 2010 was 0.46% as compared to 0.42% for the fourth quarter of 2009. Our ratio of non-interest expense to average total assets for the year ended December 31, 2010 was 0.44% compared with 0.46% for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Income tax expense amounted to $79.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with $89.5 million for the same quarter in 2009. Our effective tax rate for the fourth quarter of 2010 was 39.48% compared with 39.58% for the fourth quarter of 2009. Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $355.2 million compared with $346.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. Our effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2010 was 39.80% compared with 39.67% for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Hudson City Bancorp maintains its corporate offices in Paramus, New Jersey. Hudson City Savings Bank, a well-established community financial institution serving its customers since 1868, is ranked in the top twenty-five U.S. financial institutions by asset size and is the largest thrift institution headquartered in New Jersey. Hudson City Savings Bank currently operates a total of 135 branch offices in the New York metropolitan area.

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Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain certain “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and may be identified by the use of such words as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “plan,” “estimate,” “predict,” “continue,” and “potential” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, estimates with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Hudson City Bancorp. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this release and in any other public statements made by Hudson City Bancorp may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions Hudson City Bancorp might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Hudson City Bancorp does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this release or to conform these statements to actual events.
TABLES FOLLOW

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
                 
    December 31,     December 31,  
    2010     2009  
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)   (unaudited)          
Assets:
               
Cash and due from banks
  $ 175,769     $ 198,752  
Federal funds sold and other overnight deposits
    493,628       362,449  
 
           
Total cash and cash equivalents
    669,397       561,201  
Securities available for sale:
               
Mortgage-backed securities
    18,120,537       11,116,531  
Investment securities
    89,795       1,095,240  
Securities held to maturity:
               
Mortgage-backed securities
    5,914,372       9,963,554  
Investment securities
    3,939,006       4,187,704  
 
           
Total securities
    28,063,710       26,363,029  
Loans
    30,923,897       31,779,921  
Net deferred loan costs
    86,633       81,307  
Allowance for loan losses
    (236,574 )     (140,074 )
 
           
Net loans
    30,773,956       31,721,154  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock
    871,940       874,768  
Foreclosed real estate, net
    45,693       16,736  
Accrued interest receivable
    245,546       304,091  
Banking premises and equipment, net
    69,444       70,116  
Goodwill
    152,109       152,109  
Other assets
    274,238       204,556  
 
           
Total Assets
  $ 61,166,033     $ 60,267,760  
 
           
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
               
Deposits:
               
Interest-bearing
  $ 24,605,896     $ 23,992,007  
Noninterest-bearing
    567,230       586,041  
 
           
Total deposits
    25,173,126       24,578,048  
Repurchase agreements
    14,800,000       15,100,000  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York advances
    14,875,000       14,875,000  
 
           
Total borrowed funds
    29,675,000       29,975,000  
Due to brokers
    538,200       100,000  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    269,469       275,560  
 
           
Total liabilities
    55,655,795       54,928,608  
 
           
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 3,200,000,000 shares authorized; 741,466,555 shares issued; 526,718,310 shares outstanding and 526,493,676 shares outstanding at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively
    7,415       7,415  
Additional paid-in capital
    4,705,255       4,683,414  
Retained earnings
    2,642,338       2,401,606  
Treasury stock, at cost; 214,748,245 and 214,972,879 shares at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively
    (1,725,946 )     (1,727,579 )
Unallocated common stock held by the employee stock ownership plan
    (204,230 )     (210,237 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax
    85,406       184,533  
 
           
Total shareholders’ equity
    5,510,238       5,339,152  
 
           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
  $ 61,166,033     $ 60,267,760  
 
           

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Years  
    Ended December 31,     Ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
    (In thousands, except per share data)  
Interest and Dividend Income:
                               
First mortgage loans
  $ 395,551     $ 426,778     $ 1,667,027     $ 1,678,789  
Consumer and other loans
    4,471       5,047       18,409       21,676  
Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity
    70,795       125,337       356,023       493,549  
Mortgage-backed securities available for sale
    120,349       115,114       495,572       490,109  
Investment securities held to maturity
    35,526       41,661       179,632       86,581  
Investment securities available for sale
    1,120       19,719       19,112       126,793  
Dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock
    14,439       12,405       46,107       43,103  
Federal funds sold and other overnight deposits
    985       479       2,614       1,186  
 
                       
Total interest and dividend income
    643,236       746,540       2,784,496       2,941,786  
 
                       
Interest Expense:
                               
Deposits
    86,232       108,465       376,347       483,468  
Borrowed funds
    305,170       306,282       1,217,322       1,214,840  
 
                       
Total interest expense
    391,402       414,747       1,593,669       1,698,308  
 
                       
Net interest income
    251,834       331,793       1,190,827       1,243,478  
Provision for Loan Losses
    45,000       45,000       195,000       137,500  
 
                       
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    206,834       286,793       995,827       1,105,978  
 
                       
Non-Interest Income:
                               
Service charges and other income
    2,713       2,192       10,369       9,399  
Gain on securities transactions, net
    60,214             152,625       24,185  
 
                       
Total non-interest income
    62,927       2,192       162,994       33,584  
 
                       
Non-Interest Expense:
                               
Compensation and employee benefits
    34,798       33,905       133,803       137,071  
Net occupancy expense
    8,143       8,010       32,689       32,270  
Federal deposit insurance assessment
    15,030       11,800       55,957       35,094  
FDIC special assessment
                      21,098  
Other expense
    11,584       9,220       43,939       40,063  
 
                       
Total non-interest expense
    69,555       62,935       266,388       265,596  
 
                       
Income before income tax expense
    200,206       226,050       892,433       873,966  
Income tax expense
    79,045       89,474       355,227       346,722  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 121,161     $ 136,576     $ 537,206     $ 527,244  
 
                       
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.25     $ 0.28     $ 1.09     $ 1.08  
 
                       
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.25     $ 0.28     $ 1.09     $ 1.07  
 
                       
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding:
                               
Basic
    493,505,586       491,439,292       493,032,873       488,908,260  
Diluted
    494,146,907       492,231,761       494,314,390       491,295,511  

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Average Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
                                                 
    For the Three Months Ended December 31,  
    2010     2009  
                    Average                     Average  
    Average             Yield/     Average             Yield/  
    Balance     Interest     Cost     Balance     Interest     Cost  
     
                    (Dollars in thousands)                  
Assets:
                                               
Interest-earnings assets:
                                               
First mortgage loans, net (1)
  $ 30,913,700     $ 395,551       5.12 %   $ 30,997,843     $ 426,778       5.51 %
Consumer and other loans
    334,216       4,471       5.35       366,953       5,047       5.50  
Federal funds sold and other overnight deposits
    1,620,716       985       0.24       880,067       479       0.22  
Mortgage-backed securities at amortized cost (4)
    20,988,617       191,144       3.64       19,693,013       240,451       4.88  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    875,682       14,439       6.60       876,626       12,405       5.66  
Investment securities, at amortized cost
    4,368,329       36,646       3.36       5,415,707       61,380       4.53  
 
                                         
Total interest-earning assets
    59,101,260       643,236       4.35       58,230,209       746,540       5.13  
 
                                         
Noninterest-earnings assets
    1,541,372                       1,346,298                  
 
                                           
Total Assets
  $ 60,642,632                     $ 59,576,507                  
 
                                           
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Savings accounts
  $ 862,473       1,407       0.65     $ 774,812       1,460       0.75  
Interest-bearing transaction accounts
    2,283,511       4,547       0.79       1,958,061       7,444       1.51  
Money market accounts
    5,498,997       13,573       0.98       4,905,054       18,445       1.49  
Time deposits
    15,677,530       66,705       1.69       15,680,966       81,116       2.05  
 
                                         
Total interest-bearing deposits
    24,322,511       86,232       1.41       23,318,893       108,465       1.85  
 
                                       
Repurchase agreements
    14,880,978       153,458       4.09       15,100,000       154,524       4.06  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York advances
    14,875,000       151,712       4.05       14,915,761       151,758       4.04  
 
                                       
Total borrowed funds
    29,755,978       305,170       4.07       30,015,761       306,282       4.05  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    54,078,489       391,402       2.87       53,334,654       414,747       3.09  
 
                                       
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    593,393                       573,011                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
    268,040                       319,989                  
 
                                           
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities
    861,433                       893,000                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities
    54,939,922                       54,227,654                  
Shareholders’ equity
    5,702,710                       5,348,853                  
 
                                           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
  $ 60,642,632                     $ 59,576,507                  
 
                                           
Net interest income/net interest rate spread (2)
          $ 251,834       1.48             $ 331,793       2.04  
 
                                         
Net interest-earning assets/net interest margin (3)
  $ 5,022,771               1.73 %   $ 4,895,555               2.30 %
 
                                           
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
                    1.09 x                     1.09 x
 
(1)   Amount includes deferred loan costs and non-performing loans and is net of the allowance for loan losses.
 
(2)   Determined by subtracting the annualized weighted average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities from the annualized weighted average yield on total interest-earning assets.
 
(3)   Determined by dividing annualized net interest income by total average interest-earning assets.
 
(4)   Includes the average balance of principal receivable related to FHLMC mortgage-backed securities of $218.0 million and $167.1 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Average Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
                                                 
    For the Years Ended December 31,  
    2010     2009  
                    Average                     Average  
    Average             Yield/     Average             Yield/  
    Balance     Interest     Cost     Balance     Interest     Cost  
       
                    (Dollars in thousands)                  
Assets:
                                               
Interest-earnings assets:
                                               
First mortgage loans, net (1)
  $ 31,395,378     $ 1,667,027       5.31 %   $ 30,126,469     $ 1,678,789       5.57 %
Consumer and other loans
    346,166       18,409       5.32       381,029       21,676       5.69  
Federal funds sold and other overnight deposits
    1,102,575       2,614       0.24       566,079       1,186       0.21  
Mortgage-backed securities at amortized cost (4)
    20,557,582       851,595       4.14       19,604,600       983,658       5.02  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    878,672       46,107       5.25       876,736       43,103       4.92  
Investment securities, at amortized cost
    4,992,249       198,744       3.98       4,577,148       213,374       4.66  
 
                                       
Total interest-earning assets
    59,272,622       2,784,496       4.70       56,132,061       2,941,786       5.24  
 
                                           
Noninterest-earnings assets
    1,560,439                       1,209,257                  
 
                                           
Total Assets
  $ 60,833,061                     $ 57,341,318                  
 
                                           
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Savings accounts
  $ 839,029       5,952       0.71     $ 749,439       5,640       0.75  
Interest-bearing transaction accounts
    2,323,618       23,996       1.03       1,789,361       31,903       1.78  
Money market accounts
    5,217,815       54,949       1.05       3,823,116       69,008       1.81  
Time deposits
    16,111,567       291,450       1.81       14,771,051       376,917       2.55  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing deposits
    24,492,029       376,347       1.54       21,132,967       483,468       2.29  
 
                                       
Repurchase agreements
    15,034,110       616,488       4.10       15,100,221       611,776       4.05  
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York advances
    14,875,000       600,834       4.04       15,035,798       603,064       4.01  
 
                                       
Total borrowed funds
    29,909,110       1,217,322       4.07       30,136,019       1,214,840       4.03  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    54,401,139       1,593,669       2.93       51,268,986       1,698,308       3.31  
 
                                       
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    588,150                       576,575                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
    284,335                       317,972                  
 
                                           
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities
    872,485                       894,547                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities
    55,273,624                       52,163,533                  
Shareholders’ equity
    5,559,437                       5,177,785                  
 
                                           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
  $ 60,833,061                     $ 57,341,318                  
 
                                           
Net interest income/net interest rate spread (2)
          $ 1,190,827       1.77             $ 1,243,478       1.93  
 
                                           
Net interest-earning assets/net interest margin (3)
  $ 4,871,483               2.01 %   $ 4,863,075               2.22 %
 
                                           
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
                    1.09 x                     1.09 x
 
(1)   Amount includes deferred loan costs and non-performing loans and is net of the allowance for loan losses.
 
(2)   Determined by subtracting the annualized weighted average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities from the annualized weighted average yield on total interest-earning assets.
 
(3)   Determined by dividing annualized net interest income by total average interest-earning assets.
 
(4)   Includes the average balance of principal receivable related to FHLMC mortgage-backed securities of $297.1 million and $164.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Book Value Calculations
         
    December 31,  
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)   2010  
 
     
Shareholders’ equity
  $ 5,510,238  
Goodwill and other intangible assets
    (156,714 )
 
     
Tangible Shareholders’ equity
  $ 5,353,524  
 
     
Book Value Share Computation:
       
Issued
    741,466,555  
Treasury shares
    (214,748,245 )
 
     
Shares outstanding
    526,718,310  
Unallocated ESOP shares
    (32,714,280 )
Unvested RRP shares
    (282,583 )
Shares in trust
    (164,845 )
 
     
Book value shares
    493,556,602  
 
     
Book value per share
  $ 11.16  
 
     
Tangible book value per share
  $ 10.85  
 
     

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
Other Financial Data
Securities Portfolio at December 31, 2010:
                         
    Amortized     Estimated     Unrealized  
    Cost     Fair Value     Gain/(Loss)  
    (dollars in thousands)  
Held to Maturity:
                       
 
                       
Mortgage-backed securities:
                       
FHLMC
  $ 2,943,565     $ 3,091,813     $ 148,248  
FNMA
    1,622,994       1,710,265       87,271  
FHLMC and FNMA CMO’s
    1,248,926       1,295,740       46,814  
GNMA
    98,887       101,689       2,802  
 
                 
Total mortgage-backed securities
    5,914,372       6,199,507       285,135  
Investment securities:
                       
United States GSE debt
    3,939,006       3,867,488       (71,518 )
 
                 
Total investment securities
    3,939,006       3,867,488       (71,518 )
 
                 
Total held to maturity
  $ 9,853,378     $ 10,066,995     $ 213,617  
 
                 
 
                       
Available for sale:
                       
Mortgage-backed securities:
                       
FHLMC
  $ 5,521,741     $ 5,619,172     $ 97,431  
FNMA
    10,333,033       10,397,788       64,755  
FHLMC and FNMA CMO’s
    509,755       523,095       13,340  
GNMA
    1,560,755       1,580,482       19,727  
 
                 
Total mortgage-backed securities
    17,925,284       18,120,537       195,253  
Investment securities:
                       
United States GSE debt
    80,000       82,647       2,647  
Equity securities
    6,767       7,148       381  
 
                 
Total investment securities
    86,767       89,795       3,028  
 
                 
Total available for sale
  $ 18,012,051     $ 18,210,332     $ 198,281  
 
                 

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
Other Financial Data
Loan Data at December 31, 2010:
                                                 
    Non-Performing Loans     Total Loans  
    Loan             Percent of     Loan             Percent of  
    Balance     Number     Total Loans     Balance     Number     Total Loans  
                    (dollars in thousands)                  
First Mortgage Loans:
                                               
One- to four- family
  $ 787,572       2,121       2.55 %   $ 29,832,040       70,815       96.47 %
FHA/VA
    63,947       234       0.21 %     499,724       2,273       1.62 %
PMI
    6,743       23       0.02 %     217,358       681       0.70 %
Construction
    7,560       6       0.02 %     9,081       7       0.03 %
Commercial
    1,117       4       0.00 %     48,067       95       0.16 %
 
                                   
Total mortgage loans
    866,939       2,388       2.80 %     30,606,270       73,871       98.97 %
Home equity loans
    3,289       34       0.01 %     298,363       7,805       0.96 %
Other loans
    1,031       8       0.01 %     19,264       2,253       0.06 %
 
                                   
Total
  $ 871,259       2,430       2.82 %   $ 30,923,897       83,929       100.00 %
 
                                   
    Charge-offs amounted to $24.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 and $98.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2010.
 
    Updated valuations are received on or before the time a loan becomes 180 days past due. If necessary, we charge-off an amount to reduce the loan’s carrying value to the updated valuation less estimated selling costs.
 
    Based on the valuation indices, house prices have declined in the New York metropolitan area, where 71.2% of our non-performing loans were located at December 31, 2010, by approximately 21% from the peak of the market in 2006 through October 2010 and by 31% nationwide during that period. For the first ten months of 2010, the house price indices decreased by 0.8% in the New York metropolitan area and 1.5% nationwide.
 
    Our quantitative analysis of the allowance for loan losses considers the results of the reappraisal process as well as the results of our foreclosed property transactions.
 
    Our qualitative analysis of the allowance for loan losses includes a further evaluation of economic factors, such as trends in the unemployment rate, as well as ratio analysis to evaluate the overall measurement of the allowance for loan losses. This analysis includes a review of delinquency ratios, house price indices, net charge-off ratios and the ratio of the allowance for loan losses to both non-performing loans and total loans.
Foreclosed real estate at December 31, 2010:
                         
            Carrying     Number Under  
    Number     Value     Contract of Sale  
            (dollars in thousands)          
Foreclosed real estate
    127     $ 45,693       44  
During 2010, we sold 71 foreclosed properties. Write-downs on foreclosed real estate and net losses on the sale of foreclosed real estate amounted to $2.7 million for 2010.

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Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
Other Financial Data
(Unaudited)
                                         
    At or for the Quarter Ended  
    Dec. 31, 2010     Sept. 30, 2010     June 30, 2010     March 31, 2010     Dec. 31, 2009  
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)  
Net interest income
  $ 251,834     $ 290,334     $ 317,514     $ 331,145     $ 331,793  
Provision for loan losses
    45,000       50,000       50,000       50,000       45,000  
Non-interest income
    62,927       33,859       33,210       32,998       2,192  
Non-interest expense:
                                       
Compensation and employee benefits
    34,798       32,054       32,789       34,162       33,905  
Other non-interest expense
    34,757       33,652       31,807       32,369       29,030  
 
                             
Total non-interest expense
    69,555       65,706       64,596       66,531       62,935  
 
                             
Income before income tax expense
    200,206       208,487       236,128       247,612       226,050  
Income tax expense
    79,045       83,918       93,537       98,727       89,474  
 
                             
Net income
  $ 121,161     $ 124,569     $ 142,591     $ 148,885     $ 136,576  
 
                             
Total assets
  $ 61,166,033     $ 60,616,632     $ 60,933,134     $ 61,231,651     $ 60,267,760  
Loans, net
    30,773,956       31,626,561       32,062,829       32,012,852       31,721,154  
Mortgage-backed securities
                                       
Available for sale
    18,120,537       14,961,441       13,825,644       12,662,490       11,116,531  
Held to maturity
    5,914,372       6,777,579       7,619,996       9,110,956       9,963,554  
Other securities
                                       
Available for sale
    89,795       90,797       366,937       457,538       1,095,240  
Held to maturity
    3,939,006       4,939,922       5,139,794       4,887,949       4,187,704  
Deposits
    25,173,126       24,914,621       25,168,465       25,388,800       24,578,048  
Borrowings
    29,675,000       29,825,000       29,975,000       29,975,000       29,975,000  
Shareholders’ equity
    5,510,238       5,622,770       5,543,256       5,396,077       5,339,152  
 
Performance Data:
                                       
Return on average assets (1)
    0.80 %     0.82 %     0.93 %     0.98 %     0.92 %
Return on average equity (1)
    8.50 %     8.86 %     10.42 %     10.96 %     10.21 %
Net interest rate spread (1)
    1.48 %     1.73 %     1.89 %     1.97 %     2.04 %
Net interest margin (1)
    1.73 %     1.97 %     2.13 %     2.20 %     2.30 %
Non-interest expense to average assets (1) (4)
    0.46 %     0.43 %     0.43 %     0.44 %     0.42 %
Compensation and benefits to total revenue (5)
    11.06 %     9.89 %     9.35 %     9.38 %     10.15 %
Efficiency ratio (2)
    22.10 %     20.27 %     18.42 %     18.27 %     18.84 %
Dividend payout ratio
    60.00 %     60.00 %     51.72 %     50.00 %     53.57 %
Per Common Share Data:
                                       
Basic earnings per common share
  $ 0.25     $ 0.25     $ 0.29     $ 0.30     $ 0.28  
Diluted earnings per common share
  $ 0.25     $ 0.25     $ 0.29     $ 0.30     $ 0.28  
Book value per share (3)
  $ 11.16     $ 11.40     $ 11.25     $ 10.96     $ 10.85  
Tangible book value per share (3)
  $ 10.85     $ 11.08     $ 10.93     $ 10.63     $ 10.53  
Dividends per share
  $ 0.15     $ 0.15     $ 0.15     $ 0.15     $ 0.15  
 
Capital Ratios:
                                       
Equity to total assets (consolidated)
    9.01 %     9.28 %     9.10 %     8.81 %     8.86 %
Tier 1 leverage capital (Bank)
    7.95 %     7.91 %     7.75 %     7.60 %     7.59 %
Total risk-based capital (Bank)
    23.04 %     22.42 %     21.90 %     21.24 %     21.02 %
 
Other Data:
                                       
Full-time equivalent employees
    1,562       1,573       1,557       1,500       1,482  
Number of branch offices
    135       135       134       131       131  
 
Asset Quality Data:
                                       
Total non-performing loans
  $ 871,259     $ 837,469     $ 790,137     $ 744,872     $ 627,695  
Number of non-performing loans
    2,430       2,291       2,110       1,934       1,636  
Total number of loans
    83,929       85,953       87,041       86,863       86,433  
Total non-performing assets
  $ 916,952     $ 877,745     $ 811,827     $ 764,435     $ 644,431  
Non-performing loans to total loans
    2.82 %     2.64 %     2.46 %     2.32 %     1.98 %
Non-performing assets to total assets
    1.50 %     1.45 %     1.33 %     1.25 %     1.07 %
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 236,574     $ 216,283     $ 192,983     $ 165,830     $ 140,074  
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans
    27.15 %     25.83 %     24.42 %     22.26 %     22.32 %
Allowance for loan losses to total loans
    0.77 %     0.68 %     0.60 %     0.52 %     0.44 %
Provision for loan losses
  $ 45,000     $ 50,000     $ 50,000     $ 50,000     $ 45,000  
Net charge-offs
  $ 24,709     $ 26,701     $ 22,846     $ 24,245     $ 19,758  
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans (1)
    0.32 %     0.33 %     0.29 %     0.30 %     0.25 %
Write-downs and net losses (gains) on foreclosed real estate
  $ 1,585     $ (391 )   $ 173     $ 1,372     $ 325  
 
 
(1)   Ratios are annualized.
 
(2)   Computed by dividing non-interest expense by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.
 
(3)   Computed based on total common shares issued, less treasury shares, unallocated ESOP shares, unvested stock awards and shares held in trust. Tangible book value excludes goodwill and other intangible assets.
 
(4)   Computed by dividing non-interest expense by average assets.
 
(5)   Computed by dividing compensation and benefits by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.

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