OceanFirst Financial Corp. (the Company) is scheduled to make
presentations to current and prospective investors on or after
February 1, 2017. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K is a
copy of the presentation which OceanFirst Financial Corp. will
make available at these presentations and will post on its
website at www.oceanfirst.com. This report is being furnished to
the SEC and shall not be deemed filed for any purpose.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Report contains forward-looking statements. 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, general economic conditions, levels of unemployment in the
Banks lending area, real estate market values in the Banks lending
area, future natural disasters and increases to flood insurance
premiums, 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, competition, demand for
financial services in the Company’s market area and accounting
principles and guidelines and the Banks ability to successfully
integrate acquired operations. These risks and uncertainties are
further discussed in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2015 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.