form8k01212009.htm
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): January 21, 2009

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

Federal                                                                                0-25165                       14-1809721                         
(State or Other Jurisdiction                                                                           (Commission File No.)                             (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                                                                                                                                                           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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Item 8.01                      Other Events

On January 21, 2009, the Board of Directors of Greene County Bancorp, Inc. approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 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 4,103,120 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 1,798,488 shares owned by minority stockholders of Greene County Bancorp, Inc.

Exhibit No.
Description
 
99                                                                             Press release dated January 21, 2009

 




 
 
 

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:  January 27, 2009                                                                        By: /s/ Donald E. Gibson          
Donald E. Gibson
President and Chief Executive Officer

 
 
 

Exhibit 99.1

January 21, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Donald E. Gibson, President & CEO
518.943.2600

GREENE COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
ANNOUNCES CASH DIVIDEND

Catskill, NY – January 21, 2009.  Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ-GCBC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the continuation of the Company’s quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share of the Company’s common stock.  The dividend reflects an annual cash dividend rate of $0.68 per share.

The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of February 13, 2009, payable on March 2, 2009.

The Company is the majority-owned subsidiary of Greene County Bancorp, MHC, a federal mutual holding company, which owns 56.2 percent of the Company’s outstanding shares.  Greene County Bancorp, MHC waived its right to receive dividends on its shares of the Company.

Greene County Bancorp, Inc. is the direct and indirect holding company, respectively, for The Bank of Greene County, a federally-chartered thrift, and Greene County Commercial Bank, a New York-chartered commercial bank, both headquartered in Catskill, New York.  The Bank serves Greene and Columbia Counties, and Albany County, New York from eleven full-service branch locations in Catskill, Catskill Commons, Cairo, Chatham, Coxsackie, Greenville, Greenport, Hudson, Tannersville and Westerlo.  The Bank just opened the eleventh branch in Ravena, New York on January 12, 2009.

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