Provident Financial Services, Inc. Completes Merger with SB One Bancorp - Seite 3

These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements are discussed in Provident’s reports (such as the Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and available at the SEC’s Internet website (www.sec.gov). All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the proposed transaction or other matters attributable to Provident or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Except as required by law, Provident does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statement is made.

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