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Issuer:     PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (PFS)
CIK:        0001178970
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-24-012935
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Provident Financial receives FDIC and NJ approvals for Lakeland merger; $200M sub-debt required
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- FDIC and NJ Department of Banking and Insurance approved the merger of Provident and Lakeland.
- Approval conditions include a $200M capital raise via Tier 2 subordinated debt before closing.
- Post-merger Provident Bank must maintain 8.5% Tier 1 leverage and 11.25% total capital ratios.
- Combined board expected to have 9 directors from Provident and 5 from Lakeland.
- Merger agreement extended to June 30, 2024; closing anticipated in Q2 2024 subject to Fed approval.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828024012935/0001628280-24-012935-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828024012935/pfs-20240325.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-012935

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