Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On February 1, 2023, Provident Financial Services, Inc. ("Provident") held a special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting") virtually via the internet, pursuant to notice duly given, in connection with the proposed combination of Provident and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. ("Lakeland"). At the Special Meeting, Provident's stockholders considered two matters related to the proposed combination, each of which is described more fully in the joint proxy statement/prospectus of Provident and Lakeland, dated as of December 21, 2022 (the "Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus"), as supplemented by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Provident with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2023.

At the close of business on December 16, 2022, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, there were 75,274,674 shares of Provident's common stock, each share being entitled to vote, constituting all of the outstanding voting securities of Provident. A total of 58,529,942 shares of Provident's common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting, constituting a quorum.

The matters considered and voted on by Provident's stockholders at the Special Meeting, and the vote itself, were as follows:



    1.   A proposal to approve the issuance of Provident common stock to holders
         of Lakeland common stock pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger,
         dated as of September 26, 2022 (as it may be amended from time to time),
         by and among Provident, NL 239 Corp. and Lakeland:



  Votes        Votes
   For        Against    Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
57,192,451   1,072,579     264,912            -



    2.   A proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate,
         to solicit additional proxies if, immediately prior to such adjournment,
         there are not sufficient votes to approve the share issuance proposal, or
         to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy
         Statement/Prospectus is timely provided to Provident's stockholders:



  Votes        Votes
   For        Against    Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
52,459,127   5,749,492     321,323            -

No adjournment of the Special Meeting was determined to be necessary or appropriate and, accordingly, the meeting was not adjourned and proceeded to conclusion.




Item 8.01. Other Events.

On February 1, 2023, Provident and Lakeland issued a joint press release announcing the results of the Special Meeting and the results of the special meeting of Lakeland's shareholders held on February 1, 2023. A copy of the joint press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
Number                                    Description

99.1           Joint Press Release, dated February 1, 2023

104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are
             embedded in the Inline XBRL document)

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