UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 6,  2020

LAKE SHORE BANCORP, inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



31 East Fourth Street, Dunkirk, NY 14048

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (716) 366-4070



Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01Other Events.



On January 6,  2020, Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company for Lake Shore Savings Bank, announced that Lake Shore, MHC (the “MHC”), the mutual holding company that owns 61.1% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock as of September 30, 2019, will hold a special meeting of its members to vote on a proposal to authorize the MHC to waive its right to receive dividends aggregating up to $0.50 per share that may be declared by the Company in the 12 months subsequent to the approval of the proposal by the MHC’s members. The special meeting will be held on February 5,  2020.  



There can be no assurance that the MHC’s members will approve the dividend waiver or that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) will not object to the waiver even if it is approved by members at the special meeting.  If the proposed dividend waiver is not approved by members or objected to by the Federal Reserve, the Board of Directors of the Company intends to reduce the proposed annual dividend from $0.50 per outstanding share to $0.24 per outstanding share.





































SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.









Date: January 6,  2020