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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 19, 2011


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)

 
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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 19, 2011, 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 2014 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:
                 
Director
  
For
  
Withhold
  
Broker Non-Votes
George L. Clark, Jr.
  
28,470,286
  
   815,653 
  
3,912,300
Steven D. Cohn
  
28,466,034
  
   819,905 
  
3,912,300
John J. Flynn
  
27,191,649
  
2,094,290 
  
3,912,300
Kenneth J. Mahon
  
26,164,327
  
3,121,612 
  
3,912,300
Kathleen M. Nelson
   29,053,752     232,187   3,912,300
Robert C. Golden
  
29,049,709
  
  236,230
  
3,912,300

 
2.  Ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP to act as independent auditors for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2011:
 
For
  
 Against 
  
Abstain
  
 Broker Non-Votes
32,829,447 
  
310,633
  
58,159 
  
  -0- 
 
 
3.  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 2011 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
25,380,190 
  
3,624,888
  
280,861 
  
  3,912,300

 
4.  Recommendation, by a non-binding advisory vote, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
 
EVERY YEAR
  
EVERY TWO YEARS
  
EVERY THREE YEARS
  
ABSTAIN   
 
 Broker Non-Votes
23,249,972 
  
138,407
  
5,751,606 
  
  145,954 
     3,912,300

 
 

 
 
 

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: May 19, 2011