Provident Financial Services, Inc. Schedules Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Provident Financial Services, Inc. announced that it expects to release financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2007 on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at approximately 7:45 a.m. Eastern Time. A copy of the earnings release will be immediately available on the Company's web site, http://www.providentnj.com/, by going to Investor Relations and clicking on "Press Releases."

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Paul M. Pantozzi, together with President Christopher Martin and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Linda A. Niro, will hold a conference call for investors at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, January 24, 2008 regarding highlights of the Company's fourth quarter and full year 2007 financial results. Information about the conference call is as follows:

Dial-in (Domestic): 1-800-860-2442 (International): 1-412-858-4600

A replay of the call will be available beginning at 12:00 noon (ET) on January 24, 2008 until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on January 31, 2008.

Replay (Domestic): 1-877-344-7529 (International): 1-412-317-0088 Passcode 414903#

Internet access to the call will be available (listen only) at http://www.providentnj.com/ by going to Investor Relations and clicking on Webcast. The call will also be archived on the Company's web site for a period of one year.

Provident Financial Services, Inc. is the holding company for The Provident Bank. As of September 30, 2007, the Company reported assets of $6.2 billion. The Bank currently operates 85 full service branches throughout northern and central New Jersey.