---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001004702-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCFC"
cik: "0001004702"
company_name: "OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:58:04.756865+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OceanFirst shareholders approve merger share issuance; exemption amendment fails

## Summary
- Share issuance proposal passed with 42.0M for, 2.5M against; exemption amendment failed 18.4M for, 26.1M against.
- NY DFS and OCC granted regulatory approvals on March 23 and April 6, 2026, respectively.
- Closing remains subject to Federal Reserve approval and other customary conditions.
- Both OceanFirst and Flushing have now received requisite shareholder approvals for the merger.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001004702-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCFC
- cik: 0001004702
- company_name: OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470226000024/0001004702-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004702/000100470226000024/ocfc-20260402.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001004702-26-000024.txt

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