AMENDMENT NO. 1 to AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER December 20, 2023Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 20th, 2023 • Provident Financial Services Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered
Contract Type FiledDecember 20th, 2023 Company IndustryThis Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 26, 2022 (the “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of December 20, 2023, by and among Provident Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Provident”), NL 239 Corp., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Provident (“Merger Sub”), and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“Lakeland”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.