FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
CONTINUE. SEE Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading 6. Relationship of Reporting
Symbol Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
PUCELLA MICHAEL DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC. ("DCOM") Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give Other (specify
title below)
below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or 4. Statement for SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE
Social Security Month/Year
Number of FEBRUARY, 2001
209 HAVEMEYER STREET Reporting
Person (Voluntary)
(Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
BROOKLYN NY 11211 (Month/Year) X Form filed by One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) Form filed by More than One
Reporting Person
TABLE I NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF,
OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
Instr. 3) action action Acquired (A) Securities Form: Indirect
Date Code or Disposed Beneficially Direct (D) Beneficial
(Inst. 8) of (D) Owned at End or Indirect Ownership
(Instr. 3,4 of Month (I) (Instr. 4)
and 5) (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4)
(Month/
Day/
Year)
Code V Amount (A) or Price
(D)
COMMON STOCK 2/01/2001 J 5,308 A 8,128 D
COMMON STOCK 2/01/2001 J 5,308 D 32,358 I
COMMON STOCK 2/01/2001 J 2,957 D $26.2188
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). (Over)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)
TABLE II DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1.Title 2.Conver- 3.Trans- 4.Trans- 5.Number 6.Date Ex- 7.Title 8.Price of 9.Number of 10.Owner- 11.Nature of
of Deriv- sion or action action of Deriv- ercisable and Amount Derivative derivative ship Indirect
ative Secu- Exercise Date Code ative Secu- and Ex- of Under- Security Securities Form Benefi-
rity of De- (Month/ (Instr. rities Ac- piration lying Secu- (Instr. 5) Beneficially of cial
(Instr. 3) rivative Day/ 8) quired (A) Date rities Owned at End Deri- Owner-
Security Year) or Dis- (Month/ (Instr. 3 of Month vative ship
posed of Day/ and 4) (Instr. 4) Secu- (Instr.4)
(D)(Instr. Year) rity
3, 4 and Direct
5) (D) or
Indirect
(I)
NO TRANSACTIONS IN CURRENT PERIOD. 50,000 I Stock
Option
Plan
Code V (A) (D) Date Expira- Title Amount or
Exer- tion Number of
cisable Date Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Vesting of a portion of the 28,790 shares acquired on February 1, 1997 pursuant to the Recognition and Retention Plan for
Outside Directors, Officers and Employees of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. While 5,758 shares actually vested on
February 1, 2001, Mr. Pucella transferred 450 shares to related persons upon vesting and retained 5,308 shares himself,
prior to any tax-related dispositions.
Sale of a portion of the 5,308 shares acquired on February 1, 2001 pursuant to the Recognition and Retention Plan for
Outside Directors, Officers and Employees of Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. Sale transaction incurred solely to fund income
tax liability related to these acquired shares.
**Intentional misstatements
or omissions of facts
constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001
and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/MICHAEL PUCELLA MARCH 1, 2001
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**Signature of Reporting Date
Note: File three copies of Person
this Form, one of
which must be By: Michael Pucella
manually signed. If
space provided is
insufficient, SEE
Instruction 6 for
procedure.
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