144 0001085393 XXXXXXXX LIVE 0000846617 Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ 001-34096 898 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 560 Hauppauge NY 11788 631-537-1000 BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Director Common Stock, par value $0.10 (???Common Stock???) KEEFE BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC

787 7TH AVENUE 4TH FLOOR New York NY 100019

10170 359611.2 43862000 02/03/2026 NYSE Common Stock 01/16/2024 (3) Open Market and/or Transfers from Affiliates N 1034158 01/16/2024 Cash (3) N Basswood Capital Management, LLC

c/o Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C. 645 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor New York NY 10022

Common Stock 11/04/2025 20537 539095.25 Basswood Capital Management, LLC

c/o Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C. 645 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor New York NY 10022

Common Stock 01/30/2026 20339 690712.44 (1) The Aggregate Market Value is based on the closing price of $35.36 of the Common Stock on February 2, 2026. (2) The Number of Shares Outstanding is based on the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of January 21, 2026, as reported by the issuer in its 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2025, which was filed with the Commission on January 21, 2026. (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 2025. 02/03/2026 Basswood Capital Management L.L.C, its investment manager By: /s/ Marc Samit, Principal and Chief Operating Officer