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S-1 - FORM S-1 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957sv1.htm |
EX-4 - EX-4 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv4.htm |
EX-5 - EX-5 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv5.htm |
EX-2 - EX-2 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv2.htm |
EX-3.1 - EX-3.1 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv3w1.htm |
EX-8.2 - EX-8.2 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv8w2.htm |
EX-1.1 - EX-1.1 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv1w1.htm |
EX-3.2 - EX-3.2 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv3w2.htm |
EX-8.1 - EX-8.1 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv8w1.htm |
EX-99.3 - EX-99.3 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv99w3.htm |
EX-99.4 - EX-99.4 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv99w4.htm |
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv99w1.htm |
EX-23.2 - EX-23.2 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv23w2.htm |
EX-23.3 - EX-23.3 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv23w3.htm |
EX-99.5 - EX-99.5 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv99w5.htm |
EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - Northfield Bancorp, Inc. | y84957exv99w2.htm |
Exhibit 99.6
RP® FINANCIAL, LC.
Serving the Financial Services Industry Since 1988
June 9, 2010
Boards of Trustees and Directors
Northfield Bancorp, MHC
Northfield Bancorp, Inc.
Northfield Bank
581 Main Street, Suite 810
Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095
Northfield Bancorp, MHC
Northfield Bancorp, Inc.
Northfield Bank
581 Main Street, Suite 810
Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095
Re: | Plan of Conversion and Reorganization Northfield Bancorp, MHC Northfield Bancorp, Inc. |
Members of the Boards:
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter have the meanings given such terms
in the Plan of Conversion and Reorganization (the Plan) adopted by the Board of Trustees of
Northfield Bancorp, MHC (the MHC) and the Board of Directors of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (the
Mid-Tier). The Plan provides for the conversion of the MHC into the full stock form of
organization. Pursuant to the Plan, the MHC will be merged into the Mid-Tier and the Mid-Tier will
merge with Northfield Bancorp, Inc., a newly-formed Delaware corporation (the Company) with the
Company as the resulting entity, and the MHC will no longer exist. As part of the Plan, the
Company will sell shares of common stock in an offering that will represent the ownership interest
in the Mid-Tier now owned by the MHC.
We understand that in accordance with the Plan, depositors will receive rights in a
liquidation account maintained by the Company representing the amount of (i) the MHCs ownership
interest in the Mid-Tiers total stockholders equity as of the date of the latest statement of
financial condition used in the prospectus plus (ii) the value of the net assets of the MHC as of
the date of the latest statement of financial condition of the MHC prior to the consummation of the
conversion (excluding its ownership of the Mid-Tier). The Company shall continue to hold the
liquidation account for the benefit of Eligible Account Holders and Supplemental Eligible Account
Holders who continue to maintain deposits in Northfield Bank. We further understand that
Northfield Bank will also establish a liquidation account in an amount equal to the Companys
liquidation account, pursuant to the Plan. The liquidation accounts are designed to provide
payments to depositors of their liquidation interests in the event of liquidation of Northfield
Bank (or the Company and Northfield Bank).
In the unlikely event that either Northfield Bank (or the Company and Northfield Bank) were to
liquidate after the conversion, all claims of creditors, including those of depositors, would be
paid first, followed by distribution to depositors as of March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2010 of the
liquidation account maintained by the Company. Also, in a complete liquidation of both entities,
or of Northfield Bank, when the Company has insufficient assets (other than the stock of Northfield
Bank), to fund the liquidation account distribution due to Eligible Account Holders and
Supplemental Eligible Account Holders and Northfield Bank has positive net worth, Northfield Bank
shall immediately make a distribution to fund the Companys remaining obligations under the
liquidation account. The Plan further provides that if the Company is
completely liquidated or sold apart from a sale or liquidation of Northfield Bank, then the
rights of Eligible Account Holders and Supplemental Eligible Account Holders in the liquidation
account maintained by the Company shall be surrendered and treated as a liquidation account in
Northfield Bank, the bank liquidation account and depositors shall have an equivalent interest in
such bank liquidation account, subject to the same rights and terms as the liquidation account.
Washington Headquarters |
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Telephone: (703) 528-1700 | |
1100 North Glebe Road, Suite 1100
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Fax No.: (703) 528-1788 | |
Arlington, VA 22201
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Toll-Free No.: (866) 723-0594 | |
www.rpfinancial.com
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E-Mail: mail@rpfinancial.com |
RP Financial, LC.
Boards of Trustees and Directors
June 9, 2010
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Boards of Trustees and Directors
June 9, 2010
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Based upon our review of the Plan and our observations that the liquidation rights become
payable only upon the unlikely event of the liquidation of Northfield Bank (or the Company and
Northfield Bank), that liquidation rights in the Company automatically transfer to Northfield Bank
in the event the Company is completely liquidated or sold apart from a sale or liquidation of
Northfield Bank, and that after two years from the date of conversion and upon written request of
the OTS, the Company will transfer the liquidation account and depositors interest in such account
to Northfield Bank and the liquidation account shall thereupon become the liquidation account of
Northfield Bank no longer subject to the Companys creditors, we are of the belief that: the
benefit provided by the Northfield Bank liquidation account supporting the payment of the
liquidation account in the event the Company lacks sufficient net assets does not have any economic
value at the time of the transactions contemplated in the first and second paragraphs above. We
note that we have not undertaken any independent investigation of state or federal law or the
position of the Internal Revenue Service with respect to this issue.
Sincerely,

RP Financial, LC.