UNITED STATES
                       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 23, 2008
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                       PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          Delaware                     001-31566                  42-1547151
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(State or Other Jurisdiction)     (Commission File No.)      (I.R.S. 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
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02      Departure of Certain Officers;  Election of Directors;
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               Appointment of Certain Officers;  Compensatory  Arrangements of
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               Certain Officers.
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     On April 23, 2008,  stockholders of Provident  Financial  Services Company,
Inc. (the  "Company")  approved the 2008  Long-Term  Equity  Incentive Plan (the
"Equity Plan").

     The purpose of the Equity Plan is to advance the  interests  of the Company
and its  stockholders  through  awards that provide  employees  and directors an
additional  personal stake in the Company's  growth,  development  and financial
success. The number of shares reserved for awards under the Equity Plan is equal
to the remaining  unused shares  reserved for issuance  under the Company's 2003
Stock Award Plan and the 2003 Stock  Option  Plan.  Accordingly,  no  additional
shares are being used for equity awards in connection with the Equity Plan.

     Subject to permitted  adjustments for certain corporate  transactions,  the
Equity Plan  authorizes the issuance of up to 2,481,382  shares of the Company's
common stock  pursuant to grants of incentive and  non-statutory  stock options,
stock appreciation  rights,  restricted stock units and restricted stock awards.
The entire share  authorization  of 2,481,382  shares may be issued  pursuant to
stock options and stock  appreciation  rights;  however,  no more than 1,850,000
shares may be issued as  restricted  stock  units or  restricted  stock  awards.
Shares previously  awarded under the 2003 Stock Award Plan and 2003 Stock Option
Plan that are  subsequently  forfeited or that expire unused may also be awarded
under the Equity Plan.

     Employees  and outside  directors of the Company and its  subsidiaries  are
eligible to receive  awards  under the Equity  Plan,  except  that  non-employee
directors may not be granted incentive stock awards.  Non-employee directors may
receive in the aggregate up to 20% of the shares reserved for issuance under the
Equity Plan.

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. None






                                   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 28, 2008                    By:  /s/ Christopher Martin
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                                              Christopher Martin,
                                              President