UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-A/A

(Amendment No. 1)

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.  ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.  ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable):  333-220175

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-A (this “Amendment”) amends, in its entirety, the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Registrant”) on February 5, 2020 (File No. 001-39211). The purpose of this Amendment is to reflect the issuance of additional shares of the Registrant’s Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined) and update the description thereof.

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The securities to be registered hereby are shares of Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, of the Registrant.  The terms of the Preferred Stock are described under the heading “Description of the Preferred Stock” in the final prospectus supplement dated June 3, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 4, 2020 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the prospectus (together, the “Prospectus”) included in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-220175) (the “Registration Statement”), as originally filed with the Commission on September 6, 2017.  Such information, as it may hereafter be amended or supplemented and filed as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement of which the Prospectus forms a part or otherwise pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.  Exhibits.

3.2

Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of 5.50% Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on February 5, 2020 (File No. 001-39211))

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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