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 23, 2014

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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Item 8.01 Other Events

On January 21, 2014, 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 4,208,571 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 1,903,939 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.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
Press release dated January 23, 2014


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 24, 2014
By:
/s/ Donald E. Gibson
 
Donald E. Gibson
 
President & Chief Executive Officer