 OceanFirst Financial Corp. NASDAQ: OCFC, the Company, the holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. the Bank, announced today that it has priced a public offering of 2,200,000 depositary shares with a liquidation preference of 25.00 per share the Depositary Shares, for gross proceeds of 55,000,000 before deducting underwriting discounts and other estimated offering expenses. Each Depositary Share represents a 140th interest in a share of the Companys 7.00 Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. In connection with the offering, the Company has granted the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to an additional 330,000 Depositary Shares. 