Provident Financial Services, Inc. to Present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Regional Bank Conference

Company Release - 2/23/2007 5:01 PM ET

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFS) (the "Company") today announced that Christopher Martin, President, will make a presentation at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Regional Bank Conference to be held in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 beginning at 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available at the following address: http//www.kbw.com/news/conferenceRegionalBank2007.html. The archived slide presentation and audio will be available for 60 days after the event.

In addition, the slide presentation will be available on Provident's website, http://www.providentnj.com, within the Investor Relations section under Presentations.

Provident Financial Services, Inc., which reported assets of $5.7 billion as of December 31, 2006, is the holding company for The Provident Bank. Founded in 1839, the bank has 75 branches in northern and central New Jersey.

The webcast and slide presentation referenced in this news release may contain a number of forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, factors discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date on which such statements were made. Access the filings and other financial and business information regarding the Company at http://www.providentnj.com.

SOURCE Provident Financial Services, Inc.

Contact: Kenneth J. Wagner, SVP Investor Relations of Provident Financial Services, Inc., +1-201-915-5344