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):  October 26, 2017



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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition.



Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release on October 26, 2017 disclosing its results of operations and financial condition for the third quarter of 2017.



A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.



Item 8.01Other Events.



On October 25, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share on its outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on November 20, 2017 to shareholders of record as of November 6, 2017.  



Lake Shore, MHC (the “MHC”), which holds 3,636,875, or 59.6%, of the Company’s total outstanding stock, has elected to waive receipt of the dividend on its shares.



As the Company has previously disclosed, the MHC received the approval of its members (depositors of Lake Shore Savings Bank) and the non-objection of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to waive the MHC’s receipt of cash dividends on its common stock up to $0.32 per share during the 12 month period ending February 8, 2018.



A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.



Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)   Exhibits



99.1  Press release of Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. dated October 26, 2017.































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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: October 26, 2017

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