form8k3192009.htm
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): March 19, 2009
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
5.03 Amendment of Bylaws
On March 19, 2009, the Board of
Directors of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. amended Article IV, Section 1 of
its Bylaws to reduce the maximum size of its Board of Directors to eleven
directors.
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:
March 23, 2009