form8k5142009a.htm
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): May 5, 2009
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
provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading
Under Registrant's Employee Benefit Plan
On or about May 5, 2009, the plan
trustee for the The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh 401(K) Plan (the "Plan")
mailed a notice to directors, executive officers, officers and employees of Dime
Community Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") and its wholly owned subsidiary, the
Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh (the "Bank"), informing them that a blackout
period with respect to the Plan will be in effect beginning at 4:00 PM Eastern
Time on June 12, 2009, and ending on June 30, 2009. The notice was
provided to the directors and executive officers in accordance with Section 306
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and Rule 104 of Regulation
BTR. Outside directors of both the Company and Bank are not eligible
to participate in the Plan. Three employee directors of both the
Company and Bank, as well as all executive officers of both the Company and
Bank, do participate in the Plan.
A copy of
the notice dated May 5, 2009 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
No. Description
99.1
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Notice
sent to executive officers, officers and employee participants of The Dime
Savings Bank of Williamsburgh 401(k) Plan on or about May 5,
2009.
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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
First
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated:
May 14, 2009