BankUnited to Present at the Sidoti & Company Ninth Annual Emerging Gr

    Business Editors/Financial Editors

    CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2005--BankUnited Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:BKUNA) is scheduled to present at the Sidoti & Company Ninth Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum at 3:15 PM EST on Wednesday, April 6, at the Grand Hyatt New York Hotel in New York City. The presentation will be made available on BankUnited's website at http://www.bankunited.com.
    BankUnited Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:BKUNA) is the holding company for BankUnited FSB, the largest banking institution headquartered in Florida as measured by assets. BankUnited had assets of $8.9 billion at Dec. 31, 2004. Serving customers in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin and Collier counties through 53 branches, BankUnited offers a full spectrum of consumer and commercial banking products and services, including online products that can be accessed through http://www.bankunited.com. For additional information, call 877-779-2265.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release, and the presentation to which it refers, may contain certain forward-looking statements, which are based on management's expectations regarding factors that may impact the Company's earnings and performance in future periods. Words and phrases such as: "will likely result," "expect," "will continue," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "believe," "intend," "should," "may," "can," "could," "plan," "target" and similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements." Actual results or performance could differ from those implied or contemplated by such statements. Factors that could cause future results and performance to vary materially from current management expectations include, but are not limited to, general business and economic conditions; fiscal and monetary policies; war and terrorism; changes in interest rates; deposit flows; loan demand and real estate values; competition with other providers of financial products and services; the issuance or redemption of additional company equity or debt; volatility in the market price of our common stock; changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines; changes in laws or regulation; reliance on other companies for products and services; and other economic, competitive, servicing capacity, governmental, regulatory and technological factors affecting the company's operations, pricing, products and delivery of services.

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CONTACT: BankUnited Financial Corporation, Coral Gables Investor Relations: Lauren Camner, 305-231-6535 or Corporate Communications: Melissa Gracey, 305-817-8117

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