8-K

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 26, 2022

DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

(631) 537-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

N/A

(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.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 26, 2022 (the “Meeting”).  At the close of business on the record date of the Meeting, there were a total of 39,459,909 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting.  At the Meeting, 33,688,272 shares of common stock were represented, therefore, a quorum was present.  Three proposals were presented and voted on.  The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on April 15, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Set forth below are the final results for all proposals.

1. The following nominees received the requisite plurality of votes cast at the Meeting, as indicated below, and were therefore elected as directors to serve for a term to expire at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2023 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

2.  The ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP to act as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2022 was approved by the requisite majority of the votes cast by shareholders, as indicated below:

3.  The approval of a non-binding advisory vote of the following resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, did not receive the requisite majority of the votes cast by shareholders, as indicated below:

RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to Dime’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.

SIGNATURE

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.