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): December 21, 2021 (December 16, 2021)

PDL Community Bancorp

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Federal	001-38224	82-2857928
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2244 Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY		10462
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (718) 931-9000

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

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share

PDLB

The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

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).

Emerging growth company ☒

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

Sale of Real Property

On December 21, 2021, PDL Community Bancorp (the “Company”) announced that on December 16, 2021, Ponce Bank (the “Bank”), a subsidiary of the Company, completed the sale of real property that the Bank owned, located at 37-60 82^nd Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York (the “Real Property”). The sale price of the Real Property was $11.8 million. The net book value of the Real Property as of November 30, 2021 was $7.8 million.

Concurrent with the sale of the Real Property, the Bank and the purchaser entered into a seventeen-year lease agreement whereby the Bank will lease back the Real Property at an initial base annual rent of approximately $530,000, subject to annual rent increases of 2.0%.

Item 9.01

Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release dated December 21, 2021
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL)

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 thereunto duly authorized.

	PDL Community Bancorp

Date: December 21, 2021	By:	/s/ Carlos P. Naudon
		Carlos P. Naudon
		President and Chief Executive Officer

PDL Community Bancorp 8-K