Tranche Update on New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Equity Buyback Plan announced on October 24, 2018.

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the bank holding company for Flagstar Bank, N.A (the Bank). The Company has several national businesses, including multi-family lending, mortgage originations and servicing, and warehouse lending. It is a multi-family portfolio lender in the New York City market area, where it specializes in rent-regulated, non-luxury apartment buildings. Its specialty finance loans and leases are generally made to large corporate obligors that participate in stable industries nationwide, and its warehouse loans are made to mortgage lenders across the country. It offers a suite of cash management products to address the needs of small and mid-size businesses and professional associations. The Bank operates 420 branches across twelve states, including footholds in the Northeast and Midwest and exposure to markets in the Southeast and West Coast. It operates nationally through a wholesale network of approximately 3,000 third-party mortgage originators.