On January 26, 2023, Avinash Reddy, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the Company), was appointed to the additional position of principal accounting officer of the company. Mr. Reddy replaces Leslie Veluswamy, who previously resigned as principal accounting officer of the company. Mr. Reddy's biographical information is set forth in the company's Schedule 14A filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2022, and such information is incorporated herein by reference.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Reddy and any other persons pursuant to which he became the Company's principal accounting officer. There is no family relationship between Mr. Reddy and any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the company to become a director or executive officer of the company.