UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 16, 2013
GREENE COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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0-25165
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14-1809721
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File No.)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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302 Main Street, Catskill NY
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12414
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
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(518) 943-2600
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Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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On October 15, 2013, the Board of Directors of Greene County Bancorp, Inc. announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.175 per share. A press release announcing the details of the declaration is filed as exhibit 99.1.
Greene County Bancorp, MHC, majority stockholder of the Greene County Bancorp, Inc. and owner of 2,304,632 shares of the 4,203,256 total shares outstanding, has waived the right to receive its portion of the dividend, based on action of its Board of Directors. Accordingly, the dividend is expected to be paid only on the 1,898,624 shares owned by minority stockholders of Greene County Bancorp, Inc.
As the Company has previously disclosed, the MHC received the approval of the its members (depositors of The Bank of Greene County) and the non-objection of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, to waive the MHC's receipt of quarterly cash dividends of $0.175 per share declared by the Company through February 19, 2014.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Press release dated October 16, 2013
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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GREENE COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
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DATE: October 17, 2013
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By:
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/s/ Donald E. Gibson
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Donald E. Gibson
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President & Chief Executive Officer
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