# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001004702
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-064428
**Filing Date:** 2026-2
**Character Count:** 2592
**Document Hash:** 31fb48eba5772be7e32bdcad01eadc49
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**0001193125-26-064428.hdr.sgml**: 20260326

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-064428

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: CORRESP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260223

**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:** CORRESP

**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

**OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.** 

**110 West Front Street** 

**Red Bank, New Jersey 07701** 

**(732) 240-4500** 

February 23, 2026

**<u>VIA EDGAR</u>**

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549-3628

Attention: Madeleine Joy Mateo

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| Re: | OceanFirst Financial Corp. (the "***Company***")  |

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Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No. 333-293282)

Request for Acceleration of Effective Date

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-293282) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:00 p.m., New York time, on February 25, 2026, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Sven Mickisch of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP at (212) 455-2944 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.

[*Signature Page Follows*]

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|  Very truly yours, | Very truly yours, |
| **OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.** | **OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.** |
| By: | /s/ Christopher Maher |
| Name: | Christopher Maher |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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CC: Steven Tsimbinos, OceanFirst Financial Corp.

Sven Mickisch, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Matthew Nemeroff, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Makala Kaupalolo, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

[*Signature Page to Acceleration Request*]