SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 5, 2007

                       PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                         1-31566                 42-1547151
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(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission File No.)        (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                                       Identification No.)



830 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey                        07306-4599
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(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (201) 333-1000


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01         Other Events
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                  On April 5, 2007, Provident Financial Services, Inc. (the
                  "Company") announced results of elections made by stockholders
                  of First Morris Bank & Trust ("First Morris") as to the form
                  of merger consideration to be received in the April 1, 2007
                  merger of First Morris with and into The Provident Bank, the
                  savings bank subsidiary of the Company. Under the terms of the
                  Agreement and Plan of Merger, 50% of First Morris common
                  shares are to be converted into Company common stock and the
                  remaining 50% will be converted into cash. Because the cash
                  election option was oversubscribed by First Morris
                  stockholders, stockholders who made a cash election for all or
                  a portion of their shares of First Morris common stock will
                  receive the cash consideration of $39.75 per share for
                  approximately 66.46% of their cash election shares and will
                  receive 2.1337 shares of Company common stock per share for
                  approximately 33.54% of their cash election shares. First
                  Morris stockholders who elected stock or made no election will
                  receive 2.1337 shares of Company common stock for each of
                  their stock election or no election shares.

                  A press release announcing the merger consideration election
                  is attached as Exhibit 99.1.


Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(a)               Financial Statements of businesses acquired: Not Applicable.

(b)               Pro forma financial information: Not Applicable.

(c)               Shell company transactions: Not Applicable

(d)               Exhibits:

                  The following Exhibit is attached as part of this report:
                  99.1    Press Release dated April 5, 2007







                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                       PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.



DATE:  April 6, 2007                   By: /s/ Paul M. Pantozzi
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                                           Paul M. Pantozzi
                                           Chairman and Chief Executive Officer