DCOM Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /Ny/ - 8-K

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers

On May 28, 2026, Dime Commercial Bancshares, Inc., formerly known as Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) and Dime Commercial
Bank, formerly known as Dime Community Bank (the “Bank”) entered into amended and restated employment agreements (the “Employment Agreements”) with Stuart H. Lubow, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Bank, Avinash Reddy,
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and Bank, and Thomas X. Geisel, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of the Company and Bank (together, the “Executives”).
The Employment Agreements are effective as of May 28, 2026, and replace the prior employment agreements with the Company and the Bank, as amended (the “Prior Agreements”).

The Employment Agreements were amended to remove a perquisite allowance benefit from the Prior Agreements for each of Mr. Lubow, Mr. Reddy, and Mr. Geisel
in the amounts of $100,000, $50,000 and $50,000, respectively, and these amounts were added to the current base salary for each Executive.  The Employment Agreement for Mr. Lubow was also revised to provide that a severance payment upon a
termination of employment for “good reason” or without “cause” (as such terms are defined in the Employment Agreement) would also include the Company’s contributions to the defined benefit portion of the Dime Community Bank Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan.

The foregoing description of the Employment Agreements is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Employment
Agreements attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in
Fiscal Year.

On May 28, 2026, the Company filed with the Department of State of the
State of New York a Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to change our corporate name from Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. to Dime Commercial Bancshares, Inc., effective immediate. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment of
Certificate of Incorporation is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated by reference.

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 28, 2026
(the “ Meeting ”).  At the close of business on the record date of the Meeting, there were a total of 43,886,835 shares of Company common stock outstanding and
entitled to vote at the Meeting.  At the Meeting, 37,793,964 shares of Company common stock were represented, therefore, a quorum was present.  Three proposals were presented and voted on.  The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s
definitive proxy statement filed on April 13, 2026 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Set forth below are the final results for all proposals.

1. The following nominees received the requisite majority of votes cast at the Meeting, as indicated below, and were therefore elected as directors to
serve for a term to expire at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2027 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

Director

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Kenneth J.Mahon

31,801,887

1,736,055

4,256,022

Paul M. Aguggia

27,231,719

6,306,223

4,256,022

Rosemarie Chen

32,235,619

1,302,323

4,256,022

Judith H. Germano

32,833,932

704,010

4,256,022

Matthew A. Lindenbaum

32,636,683

901,259

4,256,022

Stuart H. Lubow

32,619,703

918,239

4,256,022

Albert E. McCoy, Jr.

32,352,576

1,185,366

4,256,022

Raymond A. Nielsen

32,568,158

969,784

4,256,022

Joseph J. Perry

31,930,948

1,606,994

4,256,022

Kevin Stein

32,749,205

788,373

4,256,022

Dennis A. Suskind

31,668,195

1,869,747

4,256,022

2.  The ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP to act as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending
December 31, 2026 was approved by the requisite majority of the votes cast by shareholders, as indicated below:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

37,477,760

245,485

70,719

-0-

3.  The compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders,
was approved on a non-binding, advisory basis by the requisite majority of the votes cast by shareholders, as indicated below:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

25,150,561

8,347,356

40,025

4,256,022

4.  The vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to change the Company name to “Dime Commercial Bancshares, Inc.”, was
approved by the requisite majority of the votes cast by shareholders, as indicated below:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

37,061,459

651,450

81,055

-0-

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits .

(a)

Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.  Not applicable.

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information. Not applicable.

(c)

Shell Company Transactions.  Not applicable.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

Description

3.1

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation

10.1

Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement by and among Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., Dime Community Bank and Stuart H. Lubow, dated May 28, 2026

10.2

Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement by and among Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., Dime Community Bank and Thomas X. Geisel, dated May 28, 2026

10.3

Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement by and among Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., Dime Community Bank and Avinash Reddy, dated May 28, 2026

104

The cover page from the Company’s Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.