BROOKLYN, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 01/08/13 -- Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCOM) (the "Company"), the parent company of The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh ("Dime"), today announced that the Company expects to release its earnings for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 after the close of the U.S. equity markets on Thursday, January 24, 2013.

ABOUT DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES
The Company (NASDAQ: DCOM) had $3.95 billion in consolidated assets as of September 30, 2012, and is the parent company of Dime. Dime was founded in 1864, is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and currently has twenty-six branches located throughout Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Nassau County, New York.www.dime.com. 


Contact:
Kenneth Ceonzo
Director of Investor Relations
718-782-6200 extension 8279

Source: Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

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