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8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington
, D.C.  20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
July 8, 2025
LAKE SHORE BANCORP, inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
333-285836
39-3058424
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
31 East Fourth Street
,
Dunkirk
,
NY
14048
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(
716
)
366-4070
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4 (c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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Item 8.01.
Other Events.
On July 8, 2025, Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc., a federal corporation and the holding company for Lake Shore Savings Bank, issued a press release announcing that the conversion of Lake Shore, MHC from mutual to stock form and the related stock offering by Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation and the proposed successor holding company for Lake Shore Bank, is expected to close on July 18, 2025.  For additional information, refer to the press release dated July 8, 2025, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
99.1
Press Release dated July 8, 2025
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc.
/s/ Taylor M. Gilden
By: Taylor M. Gilden
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Date: July 8, 2025