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The 2022 Special Meeting of Stockholders of Partners Bancorp will be held online by webcast on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, at meetnow.global/MJ794ML. To attend the virtual meeting as a stockholder and vote during the meeting, you must have a voter control number (i.e., the information that is printed in the shaded bar located on the reverse side of this form or provided to you by Computershare). Important notice regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials for the Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on March 9, 2022: The material is available at: www.envisionreports.com/PTRS Small steps make an impact. Help the environment by consenting to receive electronic delivery, sign up at www.envisionreports.com/PTRS IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. REVOCABLE PROXY — PARTNERS BANCORP Special Meeting of Stockholders – March 9, 2022 This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors The stockholder whose signature appears on the other side of this proxy card hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Brooke L. Dickerson and Carolyn Johnson, and each of them (with the power of substitution), proxies for the stockholder to represent and to vote, as designated herein, all shares of common stock of Partners Bancorp (“Partners”) which the stockholder would be entitled to vote if present at Partners’ Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on March 9, 2022 and at any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the stockholder. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR Proposal 1 to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 4, 2021, by and among OceanFirst Financial Corp. (“OceanFirst”), Coastal Merger Sub Corp. (“merger sub”) and Partners, and the transactions contemplated by that agreement, pursuant to which merger sub will merge with and into Partners, as more fully described in the proxy statement/prospectus, FOR Proposal 2 to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation that certain executive officers of Partners may receive in connection with the mergers pursuant to existing agreements or arrangements with Partners and FOR Proposal 3 to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the merger proposal. This proxy will be voted at the discretion of the proxy holder(s) upon any other matter which may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. C Non-Voting Items Change of Address — Please print new address below. Comments — Please print your comments below.