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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:  0001193125-24-131310
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Provident Financial gets regulatory approvals for Lakeland merger; must raise $200M sub-debt
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- FDIC, Fed, and NJ DOI approved merger with Lakeland Bancorp; conditions include $200M Tier 2 subordinated debt raise.
- Merger agreement extended to June 30, 2024; completion expected in Q2 2024.
- Provident Bank must maintain Tier 1 leverage ≥8.5% and total capital ratio ≥11.25% for three years post-merger.
- Pro forma consolidated Tier 1 leverage ratio 7.82% and total RBC 12.16% after $200M sub-debt issuance.
- Loan portfolio diversification: pro forma CRE (incl. multi-family) / total RBC = 491%, C&D / total RBC = 45.5%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000119312524131310/0001193125-24-131310-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000119312524131310/d831179d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-131310

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