UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January ~~December 21~~8, ~~2020~~2021

DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-27782	11-3297463
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

300 Cadman Plaza West, 8th Floor
Brooklyn, New York		11201
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(718) 782-6200

(Registrant’s telephone number)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value	DCOM	The NASDAQ Stock Market
Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 Par Value	DCOMP	The NASDAQ Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value	DCOM	The NASDAQ Stock Market
Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 Par Value	DCOMP	The NASDAQ Stock Market

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure

On ~~December~~January 228, ~~2020~~2021, ~~Dime~~the ~~Community~~Registrant, ~~Bancshares~~along with Bridge Bancorp, Inc . (“~~Dime~~the Company”), announced the ~~parent~~ ~~company~~declaration by the Company of ~~Dime~~a ~~Community~~quarterly ~~Bank,~~cash ~~and~~dividend ~~Bridge~~of ~~Bancorp~~$0.24 per share, ~~Inc.~~payable ~~(“Bridge”)~~on February 12, 2021 to the ~~parent~~Company’s ~~company~~shareholders of ~~BNB~~record ~~Bank,~~on ~~issued~~February a5, ~~joint~~2021. ~~press~~The Company’s ~~release~~shareholders ~~announcing~~as ~~that~~of ~~that~~the ~~they~~record ~~have~~date ~~received~~will include the ~~final~~former ~~required~~shareholders ~~regulatory~~of ~~approval~~the toRegistrant ~~merge~~following ~~Dime~~the ~~Community~~expected ~~Bank with~~February ~~and~~1, ~~into~~2021 ~~BNB~~consummation ~~Bank.~~of ~~The~~the merger isof ~~expected~~equals between the Company and the Registrant. Pursuant to ~~close~~the onmerger agreement ~~February~~dated July 1, ~~2021~~2020, onthe ~~which~~Registrant ~~day~~will ~~the~~not ~~combined~~declare ~~company~~its typical quarterly dividend. As previously disclosed, each Registrant share of common stock will ~~open~~be exchanged for 0.648 shares of the Company common stock at the closing of the transaction. The text of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Exhibit 99.1 to this report is being “furnished” to the ~~new~~SEC ~~Dime~~and shall ~~Community~~not ~~Bank~~be deemed “filed” for any purpose.

~~The~~Item ~~joint~~9.01 ~~press~~Financial ~~release~~Statements ~~is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1~~ and ~~is incorporated herein by reference.~~Exhibits

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (~~the “Exchange Act”~~d), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing, unless the Registrant expressly sets forth in such future filing that such information is to be considered “filed” or incorporated by reference therein.Exhibits:

~~Item~~Number ~~9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits~~Exhibit

(a)	Financial statements of businesses acquired. None.
(b)	Pro forma financial information. None.
(c)	Shell company transactions: None.
(d)	Exhibits.
	99.1	Joint Press Release dated December 22, 2020
	104.1	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL)

99.1	Joint press release of the Registrant and the Company dated January 8, 2021 containing a discussion of the Company’s declaration of the cash dividends

104.1

The cover page from the Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.’s Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.	~~Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.~~
	(Registrant)	~~(Registrant)~~
DATE: December 22, 2020	By:	/s/ Patricia M. Schaubeck
	/s/ PATRICIA M. SCHAUBECK
	Patricia M. Schaubeck	~~Patricia M. Schaubeck~~
		Executive Vice President and General Counsel
	Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Dated: January 8, 2021

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