OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP
For the period ended May 19, 2025. Filed Apr 9, 2025.
View on SEC.govAbout this filing
What shareholders are asked to vote on at a company's meeting. It is where to find what directors and top executives are paid, and who owns the most shares.
May 19, 2025 · Filed Apr 9, 2025
Contents
Cover page
Show cover page
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
**PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. )
| Filed by the Registrant | Filed by a Party other than the Registrant |
Check the appropriate box:
Preliminary Proxy Statement
Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14A-6(E)(2))
Definitive Proxy Statement
Definitive Additional Materials
Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12
OceanFirst Financial Corp.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):
No fee required.
Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.
| Message from our Chairman Christopher D. Maher Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer April 10, 2025 | OceanFirst Financial Corp. 110 West Front Street Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 1.888.623.2633 |
|---|
| “We encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting to ensure your stock is represented.” | Dear Fellow Stockholder: On behalf of your Board of Directors, I am pleased to invite you to participate in the OceanFirst Financial Corp. (“OCFC” or the “Company”) Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) which will be held as a virtual meeting on Monday, May 19, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Detailed information regarding how to access the live broadcast of the Annual Meeting, and instructions for how to vote your shares, are referenced on your proxy card. We welcome your questions during the Annual Meeting; however, please remember you will need the information printed on the proxy card to submit questions during the virtual meeting. Please take a few moments to review the Proxy Statement in the pages that follow this message, as well as the Annual Report to Stockholders and Form 10-K. In addition to the formal business of the Annual Meeting, there will be an update highlighting the Company’s 2024 accomplishments, which included continued strength and stability, consistent profitability, and continued investment in expanding our services and solutions to support faster growth. We encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting to ensure your stock is represented, even if you are planning to attend the virtual meeting. For your convenience, there are multiple options for voting your shares, including telephone or online, with instructions included on the proxy card. In addition, you may mail the proxy card using the envelope provided; however, please allow sufficient time for the proxy card to be received prior to the deadline. The Company’s Board of Directors, executive officers, and representatives from the Company’s independent registered accounting firm will be available during the question- and-answer period on the agenda of the virtual meeting. Please remember, only stockholders who provide the information printed on the proxy card when joining the Annual Meeting will be able to ask questions during the question-and-answer period. Thank you for your continued support and investment in OceanFirst. Sincerely, |
|---|
Monday, May 19, 2025
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Virtually at
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/OCFC2025
NOTICE
**of 2025
Annual Meeting
of Stockholders
ITEMS OF BUSINESS
| 1. | The election of 13 directors of the Company; |
| 2. | An advisory vote on executive compensation as disclosed in these materials; |
| 3. | The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; and |
| 4. | Such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments thereof. The Board of Directors is not aware of any other business to come before the Annual Meeting. |
By order of the Board of Directors,
Corporate Secretary
RECORD DATE
In order to vote, you must have been a stockholder at the close of business on March 25, 2025.
PROXY VOTING
It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the meeting. You can vote your shares by completing and returning the enclosed proxy card, or by voting via the internet or by telephone by following the voting instructions printed on your proxy card. You can revoke a proxy at any time prior to its exercise at the meeting by following the instructions in the proxy statement.
| REVIEW YOUR PROXY STATEMENT AND VOTE IN ONE OF FOUR WAYS: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please refer to the enclosed proxy materials or the information forwarded by your bank, broker, or other holder of record to see which voting methods are available to you. | BY INTERNET Visit the website listed on your proxy card | BY TELEPHONE Call the telephone number on your proxy card | BY MAIL Sign, date and return your proxy card in the enclosed envelope | VIRTUALLY Follow the instructions on your proxy card to vote at the virtual meeting |
1
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 19, 2025:
Pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, OceanFirst Financial Corp. furnished a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) to all stockholders. The Notice includes instructions on how to access our 2025 Proxy Statement and 2024 Annual Report online, and how to vote online for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. If you received a Notice and would like to receive a printed version of our proxy materials, please follow the instructions for requesting such materials included in the Notice.
To be admitted into the Annual Meeting atwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/OCFC2025, you must enter the 16-digit control number found on your proxy card, voting instruction form, or Notice you previously received.
If you hold your shares through a broker, bank, or other nominee, your shares will not be voted unless (i) you provide voting instructions, or (ii) the matter is one for which brokers have discretionary authority to vote.
The Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement, and Annual Report are available on our Investor Relations website athttps://ir.oceanfirst.com/default.aspx. Additionally, you may access our proxy materials atwww.proxyvote.com, a site that does not have “cookies” that identify visitors to the site.
2
The text of this filing, as the company filed it with the SEC, without its images or exhibits. This is not investment advice.