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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;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></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;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></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>
    <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;"></font>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
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          font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"></font></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;">2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"></font></font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">John Kuntz, Esquire<br>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Marc P. Levy, Esq.</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Luse Gorman, PC</font></div>
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          <td style="width: 47.32%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,Times,serif;">5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780</font></td>
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        with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9744;</font></font></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;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</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>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">to be</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>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">to be</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Registered<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></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>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Maximum</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Offering Price</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">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;">Proposed</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Maximum</font></div>
            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Aggregate</font></div>
            <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;">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 style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">_______________________</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.
                    (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section&#160;230.416(a).</font></div>
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                <div><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Determined pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.457(c).</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;">This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of
        1933 and 17 C.F.R. &#167; 230.462.</font></div>
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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>
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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;">a) The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (File No.
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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;">c) The description of the Company&#8217;s common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
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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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    <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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        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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        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
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Registration No. 333-________
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2019
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Provident Financial Services, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
        in its Charter)
Delaware
42-1547151
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
239 Washington Street
Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Provident Financial Services, Inc.
2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Copies to:
John Kuntz, Esquire
Marc P. Levy, Esq.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Luse Gorman, PC
Provident Financial Services, Inc.
5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780
239 Washington Street
Washington, DC 20015-2035
Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
(202) 274-2000
(732) 590-9200
(Name, Address and Telephone
Number of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller
        reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
        "Exchange Act"):
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
        with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities
to be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,861,984
$23.71
(2)
$67,857,641
$8,225
_______________________
(1)
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 "2019 Equity Plan") as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock of Provident Financial Services, Inc.
                    (the "Company") pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.416(a).
(2)
Determined pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.457(c).
This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of
        1933 and 17 C.F.R. § 230.462.
PART I.
Items 1 and 2.  Plan Information and Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
The documents containing the information specified in Part I and II of Form S-8 have been or will be
        sent or given to participants in the 2019 Long-Term Equity Plan ("2019 Equity Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
        "Securities Act").
Such documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents
        incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II.
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously or concurrently filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated
        by reference in this Registration Statement:
a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (File No.
        001-31566), filed with the Commission on March 1, 2019;
b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K  referred to in  (a) above; and
c) The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
        filed with the Commission on December 12, 2002 and amended as of the same date (Commission File No. 001-31566).
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
        13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
        be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.  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.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
        Statement and the prospectus.
All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the prospectus is qualified in its
        entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference.
Item 4.  Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
None.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Articles TENTH and ELEVENTH of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company set forth circumstances under which
        directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company may be insured or indemnified against liability which they incur in their capacities as such:
TENTH:
A.
Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a
        party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director or an Officer of the Corporation
        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 "indemnitee"), 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' 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
        indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the
        Corporation.
B.
The right to indemnification conferred in Section A of this Article
        TENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an "advancement of expenses"); provided, however, that, if the Delaware General
        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 "undertaking"), 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 "final adjudication") that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section or otherwise.  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
        benefit of the indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators.
C.
If a claim under Section A or B of this Article TENTH is not paid in
        full by the Corporation within sixty days after a written  claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period  shall be twenty days, the indemnitee may at
        any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.  If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the
        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.  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.  In any suit brought by the indemnitee to
        enforce a right to
indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms
        of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article TENTH or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
D.
The rights  to  indemnification  and to the  advancement  of  expenses
        conferred in this Article TENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute,  the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
        Directors or otherwise.
E.
The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
        itself and any Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
        indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
F.
The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the
        Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article TENTH with respect to the indemnification and advancement of
        expenses of Directors and Officers of the Corporation.
ELEVENTH:
A  Director  of this
        Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation  or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the Director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
        stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the Director
        derived an improper personal benefit.  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
        be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.
Any repeal or modification
        of the foregoing paragraph by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  List of Exhibits.
Regulation S-K
Exhibit Number
Document
Reference to Prior Filing or
Exhibit No. Attached Hereto
4
Form of Common Stock Certificate
*
5
Opinion of Luse
                  Gorman, PC
Attached as Exhibit 5
10.1
Provident Financial Services, Inc. 2019 Long-Term
                  Equity Incentive Plan
**
10.2
Form of Time-Based
                  Restricted Stock and Stock Option Award Agreement
Attached as Exhibit 10.2
10.3
Form of Performance Award Agreement
Attached as Exhibit 10.3
10.4
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Outside
                Directors
Attached as Exhibit 10.4
23.1
Consent of Luse Gorman, PC
Contained in Exhibit 5
23.2
Consent

                    of KPMG LLP
Attached as Exhibit 23.2
24
Power of Attorney
Contained on Signature Page
_____________________________
*
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-98241) filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933,
                    with the Commission on August 16, 2002, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
**
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement for the Company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (File No. 001-31566), filed by the
                    Company under the Exchange Act, on March 15, 2019.
Item 9.  Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1.
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
        post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
        offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
        Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (section 230.424(b)) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fees" table in the
        effective registration statement;
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
        material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
,
        that paragraphs 1(i) and 1(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13
        or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statemen
2.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
        Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
          fide
offering thereof;
3.
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
        the Plan;
4.
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
        13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
        at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
5.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
        the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
        is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
        or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
        opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
        final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
The
          Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
        Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, on this 27th day of June, 2019.
PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES,
                  INC.
By:
/s/
Christopher Martin
Christopher Martin
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Representative)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of Provident Financial Services, Inc. (the "Company")
        hereby severally constitute and appoint Christopher Martin, as our true and lawful attorney and agent, to do any and all things in our names in the capacities indicated below which said Christopher Martin may deem necessary or advisable to enable
        the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the registration of shares of common stock to be granted and shares of common stock to
        be issued upon the exercise of stock options to be granted under the Provident Financial Services, Inc. 2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign for us in our names in the
        capacities indicated below the registration statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto; and we hereby approve, ratify and confirm all that said Christopher Martin shall do or cause to be done by virtue
        thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8
        has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/
Christopher Martin
Director, Chairman, President and
June 27, 2019
Christopher Martin
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Thomas M. Lyons
Senior Executive Vice President and
June 27, 2019
Thomas M. Lyons
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert Adamo
Director
June 27, 2019
Robert Adamo
/s/
Thomas W. Berry
Director
June 27, 2019
Thomas W. Berry
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Laura L. Brooks
Director
June 27, 2019
Laura L. Brooks
/s/ James P. Dunigan
Director
June 27, 2019
James P. Dunigan
/s/ Frank L. Fekete
Director
June 27, 2019
Frank L. Fekete
/s/ Terence Gallagher
Director
June 27, 2019
Terence Gallagher
/s/ Matthew K. Harding
Director
June 27, 2019
Matthew K. Harding
/s/ Carlos Hernandez
Director
June 27, 2019
Carlos Hernandez
/s/ John Pugliese
Director
June 27, 2019
John Pugliese