JERSEY CITY, N.J., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Provident Financial
Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFS) (the "Company"), announced that it has been invited
to present at the Ninth Annual Community Bank Investor Conference hosted by
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. The Company is scheduled to give a presentation
discussing the business strategy and financial performance of PFS on Tuesday,
July 29, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Attendance at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods conference is by invitation
only. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods will offer a live webcast on the Internet, which
may be accessed at http://cc.talkpoint.com/KEEF001/072908a_ak/. The webcast
will be available to the general public and will be archived for replay for 60
days after the conference ends.
In addition, a copy of the slides used in the 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 $6.4 billion
as of June 30, 2008, is the holding company for The Provident Bank. Founded in
1839, the bank has 83 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 within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by reference to
a future period or periods, or by the use of forward-looking terminology, such
as "may," "will," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "continue,"
or similar terms or variations on those terms, or the negative of those terms.
Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, those related to the economic environment,
particularly in the market areas in which the Company operates, competitive
products and pricing, fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. Government,
changes in government regulations affecting financial institutions, including
regulatory fees and capital requirements, changes in prevailing interest
rates, acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses, credit risk
management, asset-liability management, the financial and securities markets
and the availability of and costs associated with sources of liquidity.
The Company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any
such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The
Company wishes to advise readers that the factors listed above could affect
the Company's financial performance and could cause the Company's actual
results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or
statements expressed with respect to future periods in any current statements.
The Company does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to
publicly release the result of any revisions, which may be made to any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or
unanticipated events.
SOURCE Provident Financial Services, Inc.
Contact: Kenneth J. Wagner, SVP Investor Relations, Provident Financial Services, Inc., +1-201-915-5344