---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-26-000219"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCOM"
cik: "0000846617"
company_name: "Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/"
filed_at: "2026-06-01T20:02:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T20:05:20.015911+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dime Commercial Bancshares name change effective; three executives amend employment agreements

## Summary
- Name changed from Dime Community Bancshares to Dime Commercial Bancshares, effective May 28, 2026.
- Amended employment agreements remove perquisite allowances: $100k for Lubow, $50k each for Reddy and Geisel, added to base salary.
- Lubow's severance now includes SERP contributions upon qualifying termination.
- All director nominees elected; Crowe LLP ratified as auditor; say-on-pay approved; name change approved at annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-26-000219
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCOM
- cik: 0000846617
- company_name: Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T20:02:33+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000094337426000219/0000943374-26-000219-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000094337426000219/form8k_052826.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-26-000219.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 5fdaa26d8d5946542e4be5ae32b1afcea4f4403d
  claim: Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/: Changed corporate name from Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. to Dime Commercial Bancshares, Inc (effective 2026-05-28).
  evidence_excerpt: 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000094337426000219/0000943374-26-000219-index.htm

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