UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 20, 2005
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PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 001-31566 42-1547151
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(State or Other Jurisdiction) (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Identification No.)
830 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306-4599
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (201) 333-1000
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Not Applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee
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Benefit Plans.
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Provident Financial Services, Inc. (the "Company") has been notified
that as a result of a change in the recordkeepers for The Provident Bank
Employee Savings Incentive Plan, The Provident Bank Employee Stock Ownership
Plan and The Incentive Savings Plan for the Employees of First Savings Bank
(collectively, the "Plans"), there will be a blackout period during which
participants in the Plans will be temporarily unable to direct or diversify
investments in their individual accounts, including accounts that hold common
stock of the Company, or to obtain a loan or distribution from the Plans, or to
change salary deferral amounts.
On September 20, 2005, the Company sent a Notice of Blackout Period
Memorandum to its directors and executive officers informing them that a
blackout period is expected to be in effect beginning September 21, 2005 and
ending the calendar week of October 17, 2005 for The Provident Bank Employee
Savings Incentive Plan and The Provident Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan and
beginning September 23, 2005 and ending the calendar week of October 17, 2005
for The Incentive Savings Plan for Employees of First Savings Bank.
The Memorandum was provided to the Company's directors and executive
officers pursuant to the requirements of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 and Rule 104 of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation BTR.
A copy of the Memorandum is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current Report on
Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. Not applicable
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information. Not Applicable
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Notice of Blackout Period dated September
20, 2005 to Directors and Executive Officers
of Provident Financial Services, Inc.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
DATE: September 20, 2005 By: /s/John F. Kuntz
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John F. Kuntz
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description
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99.1 Notice of Blackout Period dated September 20, 2005 to Directors
and Executive Officers of Provident Financial Services, Inc.
Exhibit 99.1