CONTACT:   Kenneth Wagner, SVP Investor Relations
           Provident Financial Services, Inc.
           (201) 915-5344

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  April 26, 2007

                       PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
                      ANNOUNCES 2007 ANNUAL MEETING RESULTS


Jersey City, New Jersey

     Provident Financial Services,  Inc. (NYSE: PFS) ("Provident") held its 2007
Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. local
time, at the Hilton Newark Airport, 1170 Spring Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey.

     At the Annual Meeting,  Thomas W. Berry, John G. Collins,  Frank L. Fekete,
John P.  Mulkerin and Paul M.  Pantozzi  were elected to the Board of Directors,
each  for  a  three-year  term.  Provident's   stockholders  also  ratified  the
appointment of KPMG LLP as Provident's  independent  public  accounting firm for
the year ending December 31, 2007.

     Provident  also  announced  that Thomas E.  Sheenan,  whose term expires in
2009, retired from Provident's Board of Directors in accordance with Provident's
retirement  policy for  directors.  Mr.  Sheenan has been  appointed as Director
Emeritus of The Provident Bank.

     Provident  is  the  bank  holding   company  for  The  Provident   Bank,  a
community-oriented  bank that offers a full range of retail and commercial  loan
products.  The Bank  currently  operates  84 full  service  branches  throughout
northern and central New Jersey.