# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000846617
**File Stem:** 0000846617-25-000050
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 8965
**Document Hash:** 1c234d8c58dfd5e56b073a3e7cd054aa
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000846617-25-000050.hdr.sgml**: 20251027

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000846617-25-000050

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251027

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251027

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251027

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000846617
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 112934195
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34096
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251417363

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 898 VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 560
- **CITY:** HAUPPAUGE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11788
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6315371000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 898 VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 560
- **CITY:** HAUPPAUGE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11788

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BRIDGE BANCORP, INC.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20190819

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BRIDGE BANCORP INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940715

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC._October 27, 2025

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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): October 27, 2025**

**DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.**

**(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **New York** | **001-34096** | **11-2934195** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**(State or other jurisdiction of**<br>**incorporation or organization)** | **(Commission File Number)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**(IRS Employer**<br>**Identification No.)** |

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| **898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560** |  |
| **Hauppauge, New York** | **11788** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**(631) 537-1000**

**(Registrant's telephone number)**

**N/A**

**(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 (See General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4c)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br>**Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value | DCOM | The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC |
| Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 Par Value | DCOMP | The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC |
| 9.000% Junior Subordinated Notes, $25.00 Par Value  | DCOMG | The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC |

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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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻

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#### Item 5.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) On October 27, 2025, Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dime Community Bank (the "Bank") announced that Conrad Gunther will be retiring at the end of the year with Thomas X. Geisel assuming Mr. Gunther's responsibilities as Chief Commercial Officer. Further, Avi Reddy, currently Chief Financial Officer, will take on the additional title of Chief Operating Officer.

#### Item 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Financial Statements and Exhibits
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) (d) Exhibits

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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL) |

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(e) #### SIGNATURE
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.

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|  | Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.<br>(Registrant) |
| DATE: October 27, 2025 | /s/ Avinash Reddy |
|  | Avinash Reddy |
|  | Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer  |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**EXHIBIT 99.1**

![Graphic](dcom-20251027xex99d1001.jpg)

**Dime Announces Senior Executive Succession Planning**

*Positions Dime for Continued Growth*

Hauppauge, NY – October 24, 2025 – As part of its senior executive succession planning, Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCOM) (the "Company" or "Dime"), the parent company of Dime Community Bank (the "Bank"), announced the following:

• Conrad Gunther to retire at the end of 2025

• Thomas X. Geisel to assume Mr. Gunther's responsibilities and appointed Chief Commercial Officer

• Avi Reddy, current Chief Financial Officer, to take on additional title of Chief Operating Officer

"Conrad has had a long and successful career, spanning over 50 years, as a commercial banker in the Greater Long Island marketplace, including successful stints at European American Bank and North Fork," said Stuart H. Lubow, President and CEO of Dime. "Since joining Dime in 2017, Conrad's acumen, experience, dedication, and hard work have been critical in transforming the Company into a diversified commercial bank with strong growth prospects. Earlier this year, Conrad and I began to plan for the future with the goal of providing Conrad more time to focus on his family, while allowing Dime to continue our growth trajectory. As part of a carefully executed succession plan, in February, we brought in Tom to deepen our management bench and further diversify our commercial banking platform. Given the seamless manner in which Tom has fit into the organization and his contributions to our growth trajectory, we plan to execute on the next stage of our plan. Over the next couple of months, Conrad will transition his day-to-day responsibilities to Tom, who has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer."

Mr. Lubow continued, "In 2024, Avi's role was expanded beyond the CFO function to include responsibility over all client-facing deposit businesses, including the branch network, municipal banking, the private client groups, and treasury management. In recognition of his expanded role and efforts across the Bank to advance our growth trajectory, Avi will take on the additional title of Chief Operating Officer. As Chief Operating Officer, he will continue to work with me across all of our business lines, corporate and support staff functions, and on all major strategic initiatives."

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**EXHIBIT 99.1**

**ABOUT DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.**

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company for Dime Community Bank, a New York State-chartered trust company with over $14 billion in assets and the number one deposit market share among community banks on Greater Long Island <sup>(1)</sup>.

**Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.**<br>Investor Relations Contact:<br>Avinash Reddy<br>Senior Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer<br>Phone: 718-782-6200; Ext. 5909<br>Email: avinash.reddy@dime.com

¹ Aggregate deposit market share for Kings, Queens, Nassau & Suffolk counties for community banks with less than $20 billion in assets.

**FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS**

*Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated.*

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