0001193125-03-100657 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. AND FIRST SENTINEL BANCORP, INC. DECEMBER 19, 2003

Merger Agreement • December 31st, 2003 • First Sentinel Bancorp Inc • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  December 31st, 2003
• Company
  First Sentinel Bancorp Inc
• Industry
  Savings institutions, not federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 19, 2003, by and between Provident Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PFS”), and First Sentinel Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FSBI”).