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accession: "0000943374-24-000436"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCOM"
cik: "0000846617"
company_name: "Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/"
filed_at: "2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:14:46.550146+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Dime Community Bancshares adopts majority voting for uncontested director elections

## Summary
- Board approved amended bylaws effective Oct 24, 2024, adopting majority voting standard for uncontested elections.
- In uncontested races, a nominee must receive more 'for' than 'against' votes to be elected; contested elections use plurality.
- Expired Article VIII (effective until July 1, 2023) removed from the bylaws.
- Amendment aligns director elections with common governance best practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-24-000436
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCOM
- cik: 0000846617
- company_name: Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/
- filed_at: 2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000094337424000436/0000943374-24-000436-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000094337424000436/form8k_102424.htm

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