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): April 23, 2020

GREENE COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Federal
 
0-25165
 
14-1809721
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

302 Main Street, Catskill NY
 
12414
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(518) 943-2600

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of class
Trading symbol
Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.10 par value
GCBC
The Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐



Item 8.01
Other Events

On April 23, 2020, Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ-GCBC) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share on the Company’s common stock. The dividend reflects an annual cash dividend rate of $0.44 per share, which is the same rate as the dividend declared during the previous quarter.

A press release announcing the details of the dividend declaration is filed as exhibit 99.1.

Greene County Bancorp, MHC (the “MHC”), the mutual holding company and majority stockholder of the Company, and owner of 4,609,264 shares of the Company’s 8,513,414 total shares of common stock outstanding, has historically waived its right to receive cash dividends from the Company.  The MHC intends to waive its receipt of these dividends to be paid by the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

 
Exhibit No.
Description
     
 
Press release dated April 23, 2020


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.

 
GREENE COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
   
DATE:  April 23, 2020
By:
/s/ Donald E. Gibson  
 
Donald E. Gibson
 
President & Chief Executive Officer




Exhibit 99.1


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 23, 2020

For Further Information Contact:
Donald E. Gibson
President and Chief Executive Officer
(518) 943-2600
donaldg@tbogc.com

GREENE COUNTY BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES CASH DIVIDEND

Catskill, NY – April 23, 2020.  Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ-GCBC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share on the Company’s common stock. The dividend reflects an annual cash dividend rate of $0.44 per share, which is the same rate as the dividend declared during the previous quarter.

The cash dividend for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 will be paid to shareholders of record as of May 15, 2020, and is expected to be paid on May 29, 2020.

The Company is the majority-owned subsidiary of Greene County Bancorp, MHC (the “MHC”), a federal mutual holding company which owns 54.0% of the Company’s outstanding common shares.  The MHC is waiving its receipt of this dividend.  The MHC received the approval of 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 aggregating up to $0.50 per share, paid by the Company for the four quarters ending with the quarters that end on December 31, 2019, March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020.

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Greene County Bancorp, Inc. is the direct and indirect holding company, respectively, for The Bank of Greene County, a federally chartered savings bank, and Greene County Commercial Bank, a New York-chartered commercial bank, both headquartered in Catskill, New York.  The Banks serve the market area currently concentrated around the areas within the Hudson Valley Region of New York.

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