ISELIN, N.J., May 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:PFS) (the "Company"), the holding company for Provident Bank (the "Bank"), today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $200 million aggregate principal amount of subordinated notes due 2034 (the "Notes") in a registered public offering, (the "Offering"). The Notes are intended to qualify as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes. The purpose of the Offering is to satisfy certain previously announced regulatory conditions that were agreed to in connection with the merger (the "Merger Transaction") between the Company and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. ("Lakeland"). The Company intends to invest all of the net proceeds from the Offering in the Bank. The Bank expects that the net proceeds will be initially invested in securities and used for other general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank advances and other indebtedness. Piper Sandler & Co. and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company are acting as joint book-running managers for the Offering. This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities of the Company. There will be no sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Any offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities of the Company will be made only pursuant to a prospectus supplement and prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) (File No. 333-275213) and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC for the Offering to which ...