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Issuer:     PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (PFS)
CIK:        0001178970
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-131296
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Provident files risk factors and financials for Lakeland merger; exchange ratio 0.8319, $50M termination fee
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- Exchange ratio fixed at 0.8319 Provident shares per Lakeland share; no adjustment for price changes.
- Termination fee of $50 million payable by either party under certain conditions if deal fails.
- DOJ consent order requires Lakeland Bank to invest $12M over 5 years in loan subsidy fund and open two new branches.
- Litigation related to merger filed; could delay or prevent completion.
- Historical Lakeland financials (audited FY2023, unaudited Q1 2024) and pro forma combined statements filed as Exhibits 99.2-99.4.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000119312524131296/0001193125-24-131296-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-131296

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