North Fork Bancorporation Declares Its Regular Quarterly Dividend

North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. (NYSE:NFB) announced
that its Board of Directors declared its regular quarterly dividend of
$.25 cents per common stock. The dividend will be payable May 15,
2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 28,
2006.
   North Fork is a regional bank holding company headquartered in New
York with approximately $60 billion in assets conducting commercial
and retail banking from 362 branch locations in the Tri-State area
with a complementary national mortgage banking business. On March 12,
2006, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) and North Fork
announced that a definitive agreement had been signed under which
Capital One will acquire North Fork. The transaction is subject to
shareholder approval from both companies and customary regulatory
approvals. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter
of 2006.