# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001004702
**File Stem:** 0001004702-25-000100
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 9350
**Document Hash:** 034eb2f999ecb9ac32ecaaaee8259a57
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001004702-25-000100.hdr.sgml**: 20250717

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001004702-25-000100

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250715

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250717

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250716

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001004702
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 223412577
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-11713
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251128397

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 975 HOOPER AVE
- **CITY:** TOMS RIVER
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 08753-8396
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 7322404500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 975 HOOPER AVENUE
- **CITY:** TOMS RIVER
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 08723

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** OCEAN FINANCIAL CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19951208

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, DC** 

**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): July 15, 2025**

**OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **001-11713** | **22-3412577** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)** | **(Commission<br>File No.)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |

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**110 West Front Street, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701** 

**(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)**

**(732)240-4500** 

**(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)**

**Not Applicable**

**(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading symbol** | **Name of each exchange in which registered** |
| Common stock, $0.01 par value per share | OCFC | NASDAQ |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**ITEM 8.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;OTHER EVENTS**

On July 16, 2025, OceanFirst Financial Corp. (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors authorized a 2025 Stock Repurchase Program to repurchase up to an additional 3.0 million shares of its outstanding common stock. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

**ITEM 9.01FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS**

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| (d) | EXHIBITS | EXHIBITS |
| <u>[99](ex991-sharerepurchaseprogr.htm)[.1](ex991-sharerepurchaseprogr.htm)</u> | Press Release dated | July 16, 2025 |

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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.

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| | | OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP. |
| Dated: | July 16, 2025 | /s/ Steven J. Tsimbinos |
| | | Steven J. Tsimbinos |
| | | Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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| ![oceanfirstpressreleas29a.jpg](oceanfirstpressreleas29a.jpg) | Press Release |

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**Exhibit 99.1**

**Company Contact:**

**Patrick S. Barrett**

**Chief Financial Officer**

**OceanFirst Financial Corp.** 

**Tel: (732) 240-4500, ext. 27507**

**Email: pbarrett@oceanfirst.com**

**<u>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</u>**

**OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.**

**ANNOUNCES 2025 STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM**

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RED BANK, NEW JERSEY, July 16, 2025—OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:"OCFC"),** (the "Company"), the holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. (the "Bank"), today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a 2025 Stock Repurchase Program, under which the Company may repurchase up to 3 million shares, or approximately 5% of its outstanding common stock. This authorization is incremental to the Company's existing 2021 Stock Repurchase Program.

"The repurchase program underscores our belief that OceanFirst shares represent a compelling investment opportunity," said Christopher D. Maher, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "The program enhances our capital deployment flexibility, allowing us to respond opportunistically to market conditions while maintaining the capacity to invest in organic growth, strategic initiatives, and shareholder returns."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;OceanFirst Financial Corp.'s press releases are available by visiting us at <u>www.oceanfirst.com</u>.

<u>Forward-Looking Statements</u>

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In addition to historical information, this news release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of the Company. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by use of the words "believe", "expect", "intend", "anticipate", "estimate", "project", "will", "should", "may", "view", "opportunity", "potential", or similar expressions or expressions of confidence. The Company's ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries include, but are not limited to: changes in interest rates, inflation, general economic conditions, including potential recessionary conditions, levels of unemployment in the Company's lending area, real estate market values in the Company's lending area, potential goodwill impairment, natural disasters, potential increases to flood insurance premiums, the current or anticipated impact of military conflict, terrorism or other geopolitical events, the imposition of tariffs or other domestic or international governmental policies, and retaliatory responses, the level of prepayments on loans and mortgage-backed securities, legislative/regulatory changes, monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the quality or composition of the loan or investment portfolios, demand for loan products, deposit flows, the availability of low-cost funding, changes in liquidity, including the size and composition of the Company's deposit portfolio, and the percentage of uninsured deposits in the portfolio, changes in capital management and balance sheet strategies and the ability to successfully implement such strategies, competition, demand for financial services in the Company's market area, changes in investor sentiment and consumer spending, borrowing and saving habits, changes in accounting principles, a failure in or breach of the Company's operational or security systems or infrastructure, including cyberattacks, the failure to maintain current technologies, failure to retain or attract employees, the impact of pandemics on our operations and financial results and those of our customers and the Bank's ability to successfully integrate acquired operations. These risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, under Item 1A - Risk Factors and elsewhere, and subsequent securities filings and should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.