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 23, 2013

DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		0-27782		11-3297463
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

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)

 

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 23, 2013, and the following matters were voted on at that meeting:

 

1. The following nominees were elected as directors, each of whom will serve for a term to expire at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2016 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

Director		For				Withhold		Broker Non-Votes
Vincent F. Palagiano		25,708,110				1,319,469		4,483,284
Patrick E. Curtin		21,627,166				5,400,413		4,483,284
Omer S.J. Williams		25,728,033				1,299,546		4,483,284
Kathleen M. Nelson		25,725,399				1,302,180		4,483,284

 

3.  Ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP to act as independent auditors for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2013:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
31,417,413		35,333		58,117		-0-

 

 

4.  Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the following resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in its proxy statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

 

RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company'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.

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
21,453,351		5,455,400		118,828		4,483,284

 

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

             Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: May 23, 2013