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  0001085393
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000846617
  Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/
  001-34096
  898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560
  Hauppauge
  NY
  11788
  631-537-1000
  Basswood Financial Long Only Fund, LP
  Director
  Common Stock, par value $0.10 (???Common Stock???)
  KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.
  787 7th Avenue, 4th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10019
  46962
  1541762.46
  43622000
  02/12/2025
  NASDAQ
  Common Stock
  02/04/2014
  (3)
  Open Market and/or Transfers from Affiliates
  N
  46962
  02/04/2014
  Cash(3)
  Y
  (1) Aggregate market value in 3(d) is based on the closing price of $32.83 of the Common Stock on February 11th, 2025.
  (2) Number of shares outstanding in 3(e) is based on the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 31st, 2024, as reported by the issuer in its Earnings Release on December 31st, 2024, which was filed with the Commission on January 23rd, 2025.
  (3) Basswood Financial Long Only Fund, LP obtained the shares of Common Stock listed in Table I through open market purchases and/or Transfers from Affiliates, from February 2014 through August 2023.
  02/12/2025
  Basswood Capital Management L.L.C, its investment manager By: /s/ Marc Samit, Principal and Chief Operating Officer