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): November 9, 2021

PDL Community Bancorp

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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

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Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On November 9, 2021, PDL Community Bancorp, Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”), Ponce Bank Mutual Holding Company and Ponce Bank entered into an Agency Agreement with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC  (“Janney”), who will act as financial advisor during the Company’s stock offering and assist in the marketing of the Company’s common stock.

For its services as financial advisor and marketing agent, Janney will receive (1) a refundable management fee of $50,000 and (ii) a success fee of 1.0% of the aggregate dollar amount of all shares of common stock sold in the subscription offering and any community offering. No fee will be payable to Janney with respect to shares purchased by officers, directors, employees or their immediate families, shares purchased by our tax-qualified employee benefit plans, and shares contributed to the Ponce De Leon Foundation. The success fee will be reduced by the management fee. In the event shares of common stock are sold through a group of broker-dealers in a syndicated offering, Janney will receive fees of 6.0% of the aggregate dollar amount of shares of common stock sold in the syndicated offering.  Janney will also receive reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses associated with its marketing effort in an amount not to exceed $15,000 and for attorney’s fees and expenses not to exceed $125,000. The expenses may be increased by an additional amount not to exceed $25,000 by mutual consent, including in the event of a material delay of the offering that would require an update of the financial information included in the prospectus.

The shares of common stock are being offered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-258394) filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and a related prospectus dated November 9, 2021.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Agency Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agency Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01Other Events

On November 16, 2021, PDL Community Bancorp announced that Ponce Financial Group, Inc. had commenced its stock offering in connection with the mutual-to-stock conversion of Ponce Bank Mutual Holding Company. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01                Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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.