Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On October 30, 2020, Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the "Registrant") and Bridge Bancorp, Inc. ("Bridge") issued a joint press release announcing receipt of the required regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to merge Dime Community Bank, the Registrant's wholly-owned subsidiary, with and into BNB Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Bridge. The text of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing, unless the Registrant expressly sets forth in such future filing that such information is to be considered "filed" or incorporated by reference therein.




Item 8.01 Other Events

The information set forth under Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 8.01.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits





  (d) Exhibits.



    99.1   Press release of the Registrant, dated October 30, 2020, announcing
           receipt of required Bank level regulatory merger approval



  104.1 Cover Page for this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

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