Form 8-K For Event on July 21, 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): July 21, 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
7. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
Exhibits.
The
following exhibits are furnished herewith:
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release reporting results of operations for the quarter ended June
30,
2005.
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99.2
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Text
of management conference call discussing earnings for the quarter
ended
June 30, 2005.
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Item
9.
Regulation
FD Disclosure.
This
information, furnished under "Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure," is also
intended to be furnished under "Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial
Condition," in accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8216.
On
July
21, 2005, Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release
reporting its results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. This
news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
On
July
21, 2005, management conducted a conference call discussing its financial
results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. A copy of the text of this
conference call is attached as Exhibit 99.2.
The
text
of both the press release and conference call provides certain information
that
may be considered non-GAAP financial information. These items include core
earnings, core cash earnings, tangible stockholders' equity and all related
calculations.
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: July
22,
2005