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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943374-19-000327
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190627
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190627
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190627

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001178970
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				421547151
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-232388
		FILM NUMBER:		19925325

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		830 BERGEN AVENUE
		CITY:			JERSEY CITY
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07306
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2013331000
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<DESCRIPTION>PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FORM S-8 JUNE 27, 2019
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    <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-________</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2019</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Provident Financial Services, Inc.</font></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Title of</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Securities</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Amount</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Proposed</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Offering Price</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Proposed</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Aggregate</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Amount of</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Registration</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Fee</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">2,861,984</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">$23.71 <sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">$67,857,641</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#160;&#160;$8,225</font></div>
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                <div><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
                    Provident Financial Services, Inc. 2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2019 Equity Plan&#8221;) as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock of Provident Financial Services, Inc.
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Items 1 and 2.&#160; Plan Information and Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The documents containing the information specified in Part I and II of Form S-8 have been or will be
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Such documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The following documents previously or concurrently filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
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        be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.&#160; Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein
        or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is
        deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the prospectus is qualified in its
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        or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan
        (hereinafter an &#8220;indemnitee&#8221;), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a Director, Officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a Director, Officer, employee or agent, shall be
        indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
        amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA
        excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section C hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
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        Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation,
        service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an &#8220;undertaking&#8221;), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by
        final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a &#8220;final adjudication&#8221;) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section or otherwise.&#160; The rights to indemnification and
        to the advancement of expenses conferred in Sections A and B of this Article TENTH shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a Director, Officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the
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        terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the
        indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to
        recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law.&#160; Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of
        Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable
        standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable
        standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit.&#160; In any suit brought by the indemnitee to
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        derived an improper personal benefit.&#160; If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of Directors, then the liability of a Director of the Corporation shall
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    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">LUSE GORMAN, PC</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">June 27, 2019</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">239 Washington Street</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This opinion has been prepared solely for the use of the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Form
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF TIME-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">1.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">All Options granted to the Participant under this Agreement have been designated either as incentive stock options (&#8220;ISOs&#8221;) and/or
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">2.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Participant shall have the right to vote the unvested Shares of Restricted Stock subject to a Time-Vesting Award, unless the Shares have
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        Company.&#160; The Restricted Stock awarded to the Participant shall not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise encumbered by the Participant until such Restricted Stock has vested.</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">4.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">At the time the Restricted Stock vests, the Company shall deliver to the Participant (or if the Restricted Stock is deemed to vest due to the
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        of the possibility of making an election under Code Section 83(b) with respect to the Restricted Stock and has recommended that the Participant consult a qualified tax advisor regarding the desirability of making such an election in light of the
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  <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">EXHIBIT 10.3</font><br>
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      <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">2019 LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<font style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New
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      <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold; font-variant: small-caps;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;"><u>EQUITY
              GRANT AGREEMENT</u></font></font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;"><u>TERMS
              AND CONDITIONS OF GRANTS</u></font></font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">1.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
          36pt;" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">Provident Financial Services, Inc. (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;
            font-weight: bold;">Company</font>&#8221;) has granted ##Participant Name##&#160; (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Participant</font>&#8221;) an Award (the &#8220;<font style="font-size:
            10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Award</font>&#8221;) of ##Grant Number## shares of common stock,&#160; pursuant to the Company&#8217;s 2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt;
            font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Plan</font>&#8221;), consisting of restricted stock shares (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Shares</font>&#8221;)
          with respect to the common stock (&#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Common Stock</font>&#8221;) of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Grant Agreement (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Agreement</font>&#8221;) and the Plan.&#160; Except where the context otherwise requires, the term &#8220;Company&#8221; shall include all present and future
          subsidiaries of the Company as defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced from time to time (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;
            font-weight: bold;">Code</font>&#8221;).</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">2.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
          36pt;" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the same meaning as in the Plan. A copy of the Plan has been
          provided to the Participant and the Plan document is a material part of this Agreement.&#160; In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">3.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
          36pt;" id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">All Awards are forfeitable until the Participant&#8217;s right to retain such Shares has accrued in accordance with
          performance-vesting schedule noted below (the &#8220;Vesting Schedule&#8221;).&#160; Appendix A provides information related to the performance goals of this grant.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">4.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
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          Shares shall remain in the possession of the Company or its Agent until such shares become vested. After Shares become vested, the Company shall promptly deliver the Shares to the Participant, either electronically or through the issuance of a
          stock certificate representing the Participant&#8217;s vested Shares.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">5.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
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          related to the performance goals for the vesting of Awards under this grant.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;"><u>Performance-Vesting
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          shall be deemed satisfied as of the date of the Change in Control.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">In the event of a Retirement of the Participant during the performance period a portion of
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">Upon the Participant&#8217;s termination of employment for any reason (other than death,
          Disability or Retirement or Involuntary Termination following a Change in Control) before the end of the term of the Vesting Schedule, then all unvested Performance-Vesting Awards shall be forfeited to the Company and the Company shall cancel the
          certificates, if any, representing such forfeited Shares on its books.&#160; The Committee shall have sole authority and discretion to determine whether the Participant&#8217;s service has been terminated by reason of Disability, Retirement or Involuntary
          Termination following a Change in Control.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">6.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
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          any rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date on which the individual fulfills all conditions for receipt of such rights.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">7.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
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          any assets, funds or property of the Company or any subsidiary whatsoever, including any specific funds, assets, or other property which the Company or any subsidiary, in its sole discretion, may set aside in anticipation of a liability under the
          Plan.&#160; A Participant shall have only a contractual right to the Shares of Common Stock or amounts, if any, payable or distributable under the Plan, unsecured by any assets of the Company or any subsidiary, and nothing contained in the Plan shall
          constitute a guarantee that the assets of the Company or any subsidiary shall be sufficient to pay any benefits to any person.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">8.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
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          receive a future Award under the Plan.&#160; This Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between the parties hereto, nor shall any provision hereof restrict the right of the Company or the Bank to discharge the
          Participant or restrict the right of the Participant to terminate his or her employment.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">9.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
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          Committee upon any questions arising under the Plan.</font></div>
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          settlement of an Award any taxes required to be withheld by the Company under federal, state, or local law as a result of the receipt or settlement of this Award.&#160; In the sole discretion of the Company, the Participant may remit to the Company
          cash or shares to pay the taxes owed on the settlement of any Award hereunder, in lieu of the withholding described in the previous sentence and/or direct the Company to satisfy up to the Participant&#8217;s highest marginal tax rate of required
          federal, state and local tax withholding with respect to the issuance of Shares under this Award.</font></div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">12.</font><font style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width:
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          federal or state securities or other law or regulation.&#160; The Participant, as a condition to exercising the Awards, shall represent to the Company that the Shares that he/she acquires pursuant to such exercise are being acquired by such
          Participant for investment and not with a present view to distribution or resale, unless counsel for the Company is then of the</font></div>
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            cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of the Award. Such events include, but are not limited to, termination of
            employment for cause, termination of the Participant&#8217;s provision of Services to the Company or any Subsidiary, violation of material Company or Subsidiary policies, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that
            may apply to the Participant, or other conduct of the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or any Subsidiary.</font></font></div>
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          reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of all or any portion of this Award if such Award was earned or accrued during the twelve month period following the first public issuance or filing with the SEC (whichever first
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">2019 LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">AWARD AGREEMENT</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">(OUTSIDE DIRECTORS)</font></div>
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          ##Participant Name## </font>(the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Participant</font>&#8221;), subject in all respects to the vesting provisions and all of the other terms and
        provisions of the Provident Financial Services, Inc. 2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif; font-weight: bold;">Plan</font>&#8221;), which has been approved by the
        board of directors and the stockholders of the Company, which is incorporated herein by reference.&#160; The terms of this Agreement are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, except where otherwise indicated.&#160; Capitalized terms used herein
        but that are not defined shall have the same meaning as in the Plan.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -72pt; margin-left: 252pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 180pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">By: __________________________________</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -72pt; margin-left: 252pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;[Compensation Committee]</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">By: _________________________________</font></div>
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<TYPE>EX-23.2
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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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  <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">EXHIBIT 23.2</font><br>
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        of Provident Financial Services, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders&#8217; equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
        period ended December 31, 2018, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, which reports appear in the December 31, 2018 annual report on Form 10-K of Provident Financial Services, Inc., incorporated
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