---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001004702-22-000121"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCFC"
cik: "0001004702"
company_name: "OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T00:30:59.038357+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OceanFirst and Partners Bancorp mutually terminate merger agreement

## Summary
- Mutual termination effective immediately; no termination fee; each party bears own costs.
- Merger announced Nov 4, 2021; boards approved termination after careful consideration.
- Termination releases parties from claims related to Merger Agreement.
- OceanFirst common stock trades NASDAQ:OCFC; Partners trades NASDAQ:PTRS.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001004702-22-000121
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCFC
- cik: 0001004702
- company_name: OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470222000121/0001004702-22-000121-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470222000121/ocfc-20221109.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001004702-22-000121.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001004702-22-000121.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP terminated Agreement and Plan of Merger with Partners Bancorp valued at Mutual termination, no termination fee, each party bears own costs (effective 2022-11-09).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Partners Bancorp
  - Value: Mutual termination, no termination fee, each party bears own costs
  - Effective: 2022-11-09
  source text: On November 9, 2022, OceanFirst and Partners entered into a Mutual Termination Agreement (the “ Termination Agreement ”) pursuant to which, among other things, OceanFirst and Partners mutually agreed to terminate the Merger Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470222000121/0001004702-22-000121-index.htm

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