SEC Comment Letter for OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP (OCFC) (CIK 0001004702) (OCFC) — Apr 19, 2022
OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP (OCFC) (CIK 0001004702)
Date: April 19, 2022 · CIK: 0001004702 · Accession: 0000000000-22-004178
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Reasoning
File numbers found in text: 001-11713
Letter
United States securities and exchange commission logo April 19, 2022 Michael J. Fitzpatrick Chief Financial Officer OceanFirst Financial Corp. 110 West Front Street Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 Re:OceanFirst Financial Corp. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021 Filed February 28, 2022 File No. 001-11713 Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick: We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021 Item 1. Business Non-Performing Loans and OREO, page 10 1.We note your disclosure on page 10 that “non-accrual loans (“non-performing loans”)” totaled $18,948 thousand and $36,410 thousand at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. However, your table at the bottom of page 89 indicates non-accrual loans totaled $25,494 thousand and $46,863 thousand for those same periods. Please explain why these amounts differ, and reconcile them for us. In addition, please clarify any such discrepancies in your future filings. In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.
FirstName LastNameMichael J. Fitzpatrick Comapany NameOceanFirst Financial Corp. April 19, 2022 Page 2 FirstName LastName Michael J. Fitzpatrick OceanFirst Financial Corp. April 19, 2022 Page 2 You may contact Cara Lubit at (202) 551-5909 or Hugh West at (202) 551-3872 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Finance
Show Raw Text
United States securities and exchange commission logo
April 19, 2022
Michael J. Fitzpatrick
Chief Financial Officer
OceanFirst Financial Corp.
110 West Front Street
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
Re:OceanFirst Financial Corp.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Filed February 28, 2022
File No. 001-11713
Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick:
We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related
disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to
provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Item 1. Business
Non-Performing Loans and OREO, page 10
1.We note your disclosure on page 10 that “non-accrual loans (“non-performing loans”)”
totaled $18,948 thousand and $36,410 thousand at December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively. However, your table at the bottom of page 89 indicates non-accrual loans
totaled $25,494 thousand and $46,863 thousand for those same periods. Please explain
why these amounts differ, and reconcile them for us. In addition, please clarify any such
discrepancies in your future filings.
In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.
FirstName LastNameMichael J. Fitzpatrick
Comapany NameOceanFirst Financial Corp.
April 19, 2022 Page 2
FirstName LastName
Michael J. Fitzpatrick
OceanFirst Financial Corp.
April 19, 2022
Page 2
You may contact Cara Lubit at (202) 551-5909 or Hugh West at (202) 551-3872 with any
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Finance