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Issuer:     PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (PFS)
CIK:        0001178970
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-24-013790
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Provident Financial and Lakeland Bancorp extend merger deadline to June 30, 2024; reduce Lakeland board seats
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- Merger termination date extended from March 31, 2024 to June 30, 2024 via Amendment No. 2.
- Combined board size reduced to 14 directors; Lakeland to have 5 seats (down from 7).
- Other terms of the merger agreement remain unchanged per the amendment.
- This is the second amendment to the original September 2022 merger deal between PFS and LBAI.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828024013790/0001628280-24-013790-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828024013790/pfs-20240329.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-013790

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