OceanFirst Financial Corp. Announces Quarterly and Annual Earnings and Cash Dividend Jan 21, 2010 05:30PM

TOMS RIVER, N.J., Jan. 21, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OceanFirst Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: OCFC), the holding company for OceanFirst Bank, today announced that diluted earnings per share amounted to $.12 for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 as compared to $.30 for the corresponding prior year period. For the year ended December 31, 2009 diluted earnings per share amounted to $.98 as compared to $1.26 for the corresponding prior year period. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on common stock of $.12 per share, equal to the quarterly earnings per share - covering the three month period ended December 31, 2009 - to be paid on February 12, 2010, to common stockholders of record on February 1, 2010. Commenting on the year, Chairman John R. Garbarino remarked, "Our record of delivering solid core earnings for our shareholders was sustained in 2009. Our year ...