form8k7132009.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): July 13, 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
EmployerIdentification
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)
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appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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Item
7.01 Regulation FD
Disclosure.
On July 13, 2009, Dime Community
Bancshares, Inc. issued a news release providing a preliminary estimate of its
earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. A copy of this news
release is attached as Exhibit 99.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
No. Description
99
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Earnings Release issued on July 13,
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:
July 13, 2009