144 0001085394 XXXXXXXX LIVE 0000846617 Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ 001-34096 898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560 Hauppauge NY 11788 631-537-1000 BASSWOOD OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS, L.P. Director Common Stock, par value $0.10 ("Common Stock") Jones Trading Institutional Services LLC

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3708 99930.6 43818562 06/09/2025 NASDAQ Common Stock 08/06/2014 (3) Open Market and/or Transfers from Affiliates N 494874 08/06/2014 Cash (3) Y (1) Based on the closing price of $26.95 of the Common Stock on June 6, 2025. (2) Based on the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 30, 2025, as reported by the issuer in its 10Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2025, which was filed with the Commission on May 6, 2025. (3) Basswood Capital Management, LLC manages these shares for various separately managed accounts and obtained the shares of Common Stock listed in Table I through open market purchases and/or Transfers from Affiliates, from January 2014 through November 2024. 06/09/2025 Basswood Capital Management L.L.C, its investment manager; By /s/ Marc Samit, Principal and Chief Operating Officer