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8-K filed May 16, 2024, 7:59 PM ET ticker PFS CIK 0001178970
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Provident completes merger with Lakeland Bancorp; combined assets $24.5B

PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC

item 2.01item 2.03item 5.02item 5.03item 8.01item 9.01

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Appointed

Thomas J. Shara

Executive Vice Chairman
PFS · PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Filed
May 16, 2024, 7:59 PM ET
effective as of the Effective Time, Mr. Shara, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland prior to the Effective Time, was appointed Executive Vice Chairman of Provident.
Departed

Terence Gallagher

Director
PFS · PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Filed
May 16, 2024, 7:59 PM ET
at the Effective Time, Terence Gallagher and Robert McNerney (the “Resigning Directors”) resigned as members of the Board.
Departed

Robert McNerney

Director
PFS · PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Filed
May 16, 2024, 7:59 PM ET
at the Effective Time, Terence Gallagher and Robert McNerney (the “Resigning Directors”) resigned as members of the Board.

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PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC incurred senior notes of $150.0 million at 2.875% fixed-to-floating rate maturing September 15, 2031.

$150.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due September 15, 2031

SEC 8-K Item 2.03/2.04 confidence 0.9 SEC evidence

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Thomas J. Shara was appointed as Executive Vice Chairman at PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

effective as of the Effective Time, Mr. Shara, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland prior to the Effective Time, was appointed Executive Vice Chairman of Provident.

SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95 SEC evidence

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Terence Gallagher resigned as Director at PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

at the Effective Time, Terence Gallagher and Robert McNerney (the “Resigning Directors”) resigned as members of the Board.

SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95 SEC evidence

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Robert McNerney resigned as Director at PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

at the Effective Time, Terence Gallagher and Robert McNerney (the “Resigning Directors”) resigned as members of the Board.

SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95 SEC evidence

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PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC: Amended and restated bylaws to provide for board composition and director succession arrangements in connection with merger.

In connection with the Transaction and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time, the bylaws of Provident were amended and restated to provide for certain arrangements related to the Board and the board of directors of Provident Bank (such amendment, the “Bylaw Amendment,” and Provident’s bylaws, as amended and restated in accordance with the Bylaw Amendment, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”).

SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06 confidence 0.9 SEC evidence

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PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC completed an acquisition involving Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. for 0.8319 of a share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Provident (closed 2024-05-15).

Effective on May 15, 2024, after the close of business, Provident Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Provident”), completed its previously announced combination with Lakeland Bancorp, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“Lakeland”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 26, 2022 (the “Original Agreement”), by and among Provident, NL 239 Corp., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Provident (“Merger Sub”), and Lakeland, as amended by Amendment No.

SEC 8-K Item 2.01/5.01 confidence 0.9 SEC evidence

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