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Issuer:     PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (PFS)
CIK:        0001178970
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-003527
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Provident Financial Services authorizes new stock repurchase program for up to 2.81M shares (2.15% of outstanding)
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- Board authorized tenth buyback; with 814,247 shares remaining, total up to ~2.81M shares (2.15% of outstanding).
- Repurchases via open market, block trades, negotiated transactions, or 10b5-1 plans; no expiration date.
- CEO cited confidence in earnings and balance sheet strength; CFO noted additional capital return flexibility.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828026003527/0001628280-26-003527-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828026003527/pfs-20260126.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-003527

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