Form 8-K For Event on January 27, 2006
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 27, 2006
DIME
COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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0-27782
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11-3297463
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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209
Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (718)
782-6200
None
(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
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Items
2.02 and 7.01. Results
of Operations and Financial Condition/Regulation FD Disclosure
(Furnished Pursuant to Items 2.02 and
7.01 of Form 8-K).
On
January 27, 2006, Registrant issued a press release containing a discussion
of
Registrant’s results of operations and financial condition for the fourth
quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
The
press
release contains financial results presented in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).
The
press
release provides certain information that may be considered non-GAAP financial
information. This includes core earnings, core cash earnings, tangible
stockholders' equity and all related calculations.
Item
9.01.
Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Press
release of the Registrant, dated January 27, 2006, containing a discussion
of
Registrant’s results of operations and financial condition for the fourth
quarter and fiscal year ending December 31, 2005.
SIGNATURES
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.
/s/
KENNETH J. MAHON
By:
___________________________________________
Kenneth
J. Mahon
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated:
January 27, 2006
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this Form 8-K Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
(99)
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Press
release of the Registrant, dated January 27, 2006, containing a discussion
of Registrant’s results of operations and financial condition for
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fourth quarter and fiscal year ending December 31,
2005.
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