SUBSEQUENT EVENT	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
SUBSEQUENT EVENT.
SUBSEQUENT EVENT	23. SUBSEQUENT EVENT Merger Agreement with Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. On July 1, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Legacy Dime. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on February 1, 2021, Legacy Dime merged with and into Bridge, with Bridge as the surviving corporation under the name “Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.” At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Legacy Dime common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was converted into the right to receive 0.6480 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The Company issued 21,232,920 shares of its common stock to Legacy Dime shareholders in connection with the Merger. At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Legacy Dime’s Series A preferred stock, par value $0.01 (the “Dime Preferred Stock”) was converted into the right to receive one share of a newly created series of Company preferred stock having the same powers, preferences and rights as the Dime Preferred Stock. The Company issued 5,299,200 shares of its 5.50% Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A to Dime Preferred Stock holders in connection with the Merger. Immediately following the Merger, Dime Community Bank, a New York-chartered commercial bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legacy Dime, merged with and into BNB Bank, a New York-chartered commercial bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, with BNB Bank as the surviving bank, under the name “Dime Community Bank.” In connection with the Merger, the Company assumed $115.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Debentures due 2027 of Legacy Dime.

SUBSEQUENT EVENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

23. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

Merger Agreement with Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

On July 1, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Legacy Dime. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on February 1, 2021, Legacy Dime merged with and into Bridge, with Bridge as the surviving corporation under the name “Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.”

At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Legacy Dime common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was converted into the right to receive 0.6480 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The Company issued 21,232,920 shares of its common stock to Legacy Dime shareholders in connection with the Merger.

At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Legacy Dime’s Series A preferred stock, par value $0.01 (the “Dime Preferred Stock”) was converted into the right to receive one share of a newly created series of Company preferred stock having the same powers, preferences and rights as the Dime Preferred Stock. The Company issued 5,299,200 shares of its 5.50% Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A to Dime Preferred Stock holders in connection with the Merger.

Immediately following the Merger, Dime Community Bank, a New York-chartered commercial bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legacy Dime, merged with and into BNB Bank, a New York-chartered commercial bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, with BNB Bank as the surviving bank, under the name “Dime Community Bank.”

In connection with the Merger, the Company assumed $115.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Debentures due 2027 of Legacy Dime.