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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number 0-27428

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732)240-4500

(Former name, former address and formal fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  x    NO  ¨.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    YES  x    NO  ¨.

As of May 4, 2005, there were 12,827,481 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, outstanding.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of

Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(dollars in thousands)

Continued

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

(dollars in thousands)

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of OceanFirst Financial Corp. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, OceanFirst Bank (the “Bank”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Columbia Home Loans, LLC, OceanFirst REIT Holdings, Inc. and OceanFirst Services, LLC.

The interim consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition and results of operations for the periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for all of 2005.

Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report to Stockholders on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method under Accounting Principles Board No. 25 and accordingly has recognized no compensation expense under this method. Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-based Compensation” as amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure”, permits the use of the intrinsic value method; however, the amended statement requires the Company to disclose the pro forma net income and earnings per share as if the stock-based compensation had been accounted for using the fair value method. Had the compensation costs for the Company’s stock option plan been determined based on the fair value method, the Company’s net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below (in thousands, except per share data):

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Earnings per Share

The following reconciles shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands):

Comprehensive Income

For the three month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, total comprehensive income, representing net income plus or minus the change in unrealized gains or losses on securities available for sale amounted to $4,066,000 and $7,144,000, respectively.

Note 2. Loans Receivable, Net

Loans receivable, net at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 consisted of the following (in thousands):

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Note 3. Deposits

The major types of deposits at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were as follows (in thousands):

Note 4. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On April 14, 2005 the Securities and Exchange Commission amended the compliance dates for the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (Statement No. 123R). The Commission’s new rule allows companies to implement Statement No. 123R at the beginning of the next fiscal year, instead of the next reporting period, that begins after June 15, 2005, or December 15, 2005 for small business issuers. The Commission’s new rule does not change the accounting required by Statement No. 123R; it changes only the dates for compliance with the standard. The Company is currently evaluating the transition provisions of Statement 123R and does not know the impact on the consolidated financial statements at this time.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Critical Accounting Policies

Note 1 to the Company’s Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, as supplemented by this report, contains a summary of significant accounting policies. Various elements of these accounting policies, by their nature, are inherently subject to estimation techniques, valuation assumptions and other subjective assessments. Certain assets are carried in the consolidated statements of financial condition at fair value or the lower of cost or fair value. Policies with respect to the methodologies used to determine the allowance for loan losses, the valuation of Mortgage Servicing Rights and judgments regarding securities impairment are the most critical accounting policies because they are important to the presentation of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, involve a higher degree of complexity and require management to make difficult and subjective judgments which often require assumptions or estimates about highly uncertain matters. The use of different judgments, assumptions and estimates could result in material differences in the results of operations or financial condition. These critical accounting policies and their application are reviewed periodically and, at least annually, with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

Summary

The Company’s results of operations are dependent primarily on net interest income, which is the difference between the interest income earned on the Company’s interest-earning assets, such as loans and investments, and the interest expense on its interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits and borrowings. The Company also generates non-interest income such as income from loan sales, loan servicing, loan originations, merchant credit card services, deposit accounts, the sale of alternative investments, trust and asset management services and other fees. The Company’s operating expenses primarily consist of compensation and employee benefits, occupancy and equipment, marketing, data processing and other general and administrative expenses. The Company’s results of operations are also significantly affected by general economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in market interest rates, government policies and actions of regulatory agencies.

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After declining to relatively low levels in early 2004, interest rates have steadily risen over the past year. The previously low interest rate environment generally had an adverse effect on the Company’s operating results. Prepayments on loans and mortgage-backed securities caused asset yields to decline at a faster rate than the cost of liabilities, causing the Company’s net interest margin to contract. The more recent rising rate environment reduced prepayment activity and caused the Company’s net interest margin to expand.

The Company continues to focus on growing loans receivable, while limiting credit and interest rate risk exposure. The Company opened a joint residential/commercial loan production office in Monmouth County in late 2004. In the third quarter of 2004, the Company expanded its loan production platform through the acquisition of a consumer direct lending operation by Columbia Home Loans, LLC, the Company’s mortgage banking subsidiary. The acquisition increased the volume of loans sold by the Company and related gain on sale and was also partially responsible for the increase in operating expenses.

While the Company continues to focus on growing core deposits (defined as all deposits other than time deposits) the rise in interest rates provided the Company with an opportunity to be more competitive in the market for time deposits within established pricing guidelines. Both core and time deposit balances increased over the past year. In future periods, deposit growth will benefit from the opening of the Company’s eighteenth branch office in Freehold late in the first quarter of 2005.

Analysis of Net Interest Income

Net interest income represents the difference between income on interest-earning assets and expense on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest income also depends upon the relative amounts of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the interest rate earned or paid on them.

The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004. The yields and costs are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balance of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods shown except where noted otherwise. Average balances are derived from average daily balances. The yields and costs include certain fees which are considered adjustments to yields.