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 24, 2012
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)
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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Item 5.07
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 24, 2012, and the following matters were voted on at that meeting:
1. The following nominees were elected as directors, each of whom will serve for a term to expire at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2015 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:
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Director
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For
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Withhold
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Broker Non-Votes
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Michael P. Devine
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26,873,194
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2,250,090
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3,797,362
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Anthony Bergamo
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27,588,598
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1,534,686
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3,797,362
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Joseph J. Perry
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28,786,193
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337,091
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3,797,362
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2. Ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP to act as independent auditors for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2012:
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Broker Non-Votes
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32,825,396
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56,299
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38,951
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3. Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the following resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in its proxy statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:
RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company's Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion, is hereby APPROVED.
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Broker Non-Votes
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26,024,420
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3,008,560
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90,305
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3,797,361
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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 24, 2012