NEWS RELEASE

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

FOR RELEASE:  7:45 A.M. Eastern Time: April 24, 2008


                       PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
                      ANNOUNCES 2008 ANNUAL MEETING RESULTS


JERSEY CITY, NJ, April 24, 2008 ---/ PRNewswire-First Call/- Provident Financial
Services,  Inc.  (NYSE:  PFS)  ("Provident")  held its 2008  Annual  Meeting  of
Stockholders  on  Wednesday,  April 23, 2008,  at 10:00 a.m.  local time, at the
Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel, 128 Frontage Road, Newark, New Jersey.

At the Annual Meeting,  Laura L. Brooks,  Carlos Hernandez,  William T. Jackson,
Katharine Laud and Arthur McConnell were elected to the Board of Directors, each
for a three-year term. Provident's stockholders also approved the 2008 Long-Term
Equity  Incentive  Plan and ratified the  appointment of KPMG LLP as Provident's
independent  registered  public accounting firm for the year ending December 31,
2008.

Provident  Financial  Services,  Inc. is the holding  company for The  Provident
Bank, a  community-oriented  bank offering a full range of retail and commercial
loan and deposit products.  At March 31, 2008, the Bank operated 84 full service
branches throughout northern and central New Jersey.