ISBC 2017 Form 10-K & 2018 Proxy Statement

6 Proposal I–Election of Directors General Investors Bancorp’s Board of Directors currently consists of 12 members and is divided into three classes, with one class of directors elected each year. Each of the 12 members of the Board of Directors also serves as a director of Investors Bank. The current Bylaws of Investors Bancorp provide that a director shall retire from the Board at the annual meeting of the Board immediately following the year in which the director attains age 75. Three directors will be elected at the Annual Meeting. On the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board of Directors has nominated Kevin Cummings, Michele Siekerka and Paul Stathoulopoulos for election as directors, each of whom has agreed to serve if so elected. All will serve until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. Effective as of Annual Meeting, two current directors, Messrs. Cashill and Dittenhafer, will retire and in anticipation of the election of Mr. Stathoulopoulos to the Board, the number of directors comprising the Board will be 11 members. Except as disclosed in this Proxy Statement, there are no arrangements or understandings between any nominee and any other person pursuant to which any such nominee was selected. Unless authority to vote for the nominees is withheld, it is intended that the shares represented by your Proxy Card, if executed and returned, will be voted “FOR” the election of all nominees. In the event that any nominee is unable or declines to serve, the persons named in the Proxy Card as proxies will vote with respect to a substitute nominee designated by Investors Bancorp’s current Board of Directors. At this time, the Board of Directors knows of no reason why any of the nominees would be unable or would decline to serve, if elected. Investors Bancorp’s Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of the nominees for Director named in this proxy statement. Directors and Executive Officers of Investors Bancorp The following table states our directors’ names, their ages as of March 26, 2018, and the years when they began serving as directors of Investors Bancorp and when their current term expires. Name Position(s) Held With Investors Bancorp Age Director Since Current Term Expires DIRECTORS Kevin Cummings Director, President and Chief Executive Officer 63 2008 2018 Michele N. Siekerka Director 53 2013 2018 Robert C. Albanese Director 70 2013 2019 Domenick A. Cama Director, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 61 2011 2019 James J. Garibaldi Director 66 2012 2019 James H. Ward III Director 69 2009 2019 Dennis M. Bone Director 66 2013 2020 Doreen R. Byrnes Director 68 2002 2020 Peter H. Carlin Director 45 2017 2020 William V. Cosgrove Director 70 2011 2020 RETIRING DIRECTORS Robert M. Cashill Chairman 75 1998 2018 Brian D. Dittenhafer Lead Independent Director 75 1997 2018 PROXY STATEMENT