UNITED STATES

 

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    Meeting Information

PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

 

  

Meeting Type:

For holders as of:

Annual Meeting

March 1, 2018

    Date:    April 26, 2018       Time:    10:00 AM
    Location:

Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel
515 U.S. Highway 1 South
Iselin, New Jersey

 

     

PO BOX 1001

ISELIN, NJ 08830

 


 

  

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Voting Items  
   
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
   
1. The election as directors of all nominees listed below, each for a three-year term:
   
  Nominees:
   
  01)   Christopher Martin
  02)   John Pugliese
   
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 2:
   
2. The approval (non-binding) of executive compensation.
   
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 3:
   
3. The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018.
   
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

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