form8k8112009.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): August 6, 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)
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Item
4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying
Accountant.
On August
6, 2009, Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") informed Deloitte &
Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) that Deloitte will be dismissed as the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm effective August 11,
2009. The decision to dismiss Deloitte was approved by the Company’s
Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
The audit
reports of Deloitte on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and
Deloitte’s opinions on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting as of and for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 did
not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not
qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles.
During
the two years ended December 31, 2008, and the subsequent interim periods, there
were no (a) disagreements with Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles
or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure,
which disagreements, if not resolved to Deloitte’s satisfaction, would have
caused Deloitte to make reference to the subject matter thereof in their reports
for such years, or (b) reportable events, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K.
The
Company provided Deloitte with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and requested
that Deloitte furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission indicating whether or not it agrees with such disclosures. A copy of
Deloitte’s letter in response dated August 11, 2009 is attached hereto as
exhibit 16.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
No. Description
16.1 Deloitte
letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated August 11, 2009
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
First
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated:
August 11, 2009