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Section 16. Form
4 or Form 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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continue. See Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Instruction 1(b) Exchange Act of 1934,
/ / Form 3 Holdings Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Reported Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of
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Transactions of 1940
Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
MESSANA GASPER DIME COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.("DIME") to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- ---
Number of Reporting Month/Year x Officer (give Other (Specify
209 HAVEMEYER STREET Person (Voluntary) June, 1998 ---- title --- below)
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(Street) 5. If Amendment,
Date of Original First Vice President
BROOKLYN NEW YORK 11211 (Month/Year)
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: direct
(Instr. 8) End of Issuer's Direct Benefi-
(Month/ Fiscal Year (D) or cial
Day/ ---------------------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) Indirect Owner-
Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr.4)
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COMM0N STOCK 4,718 I ESOP Trust
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COMMON STOCK 21,426 I 401(k)Trust
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COMMON STOCK 2/02/98 J 5,758 A D
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COMMON STOCK 2/02/98 J 5,758 D 23,032 I RRP Trust
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COMMON STOCK 49,176 I
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COMMON STOCK 10,758 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
FORM 5 (continued) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price
Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv-
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative
Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur-
ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity
Security and 5) (Instr. 5)
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(A) (D) Date Expira- Title Amount or
Exer- tion Number of
cisable Date Shares
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STOCK OPTIONS $14.50
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1. Title of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Security Derivative of Derivative Indirect
(Instr. 3) Securities Security: Beneficial
Beneficially Direct (D) Ownership
Owned at End or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
of Year (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4)
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STOCK OPTIONS 50,000 I STOCK OPTION PLAN
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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.
/s/ GASPER MESSANA August 10, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Gasper Messana
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