Form 8-K For Event on September 15, 2005
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): September 15, 2005
DIME
COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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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)
Item
5.02. Appointment
of New Director
(d) (1) On
September 15, 2005, Joseph J. Perry was elected to serve on the Board of
Directors
of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company").
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There
are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Perry and any other
persons
pursuant to which such director was selected as
director.
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Mr.
Perry has been designated as a member of the Audit
Committee.
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Transactions
With Management and Others.
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None.
Item
8.01 Other
Events
Mr.
Perry
has additionally been elected to serve as a Director of the Company's
wholly-owned subsidiary, the Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh (the
"Bank").
Mr.
Perry
currently serves as an outside Director of the Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary,
Havemeyer Equities Corporation.
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: September
15, 2005