Schedule 14A Center Bancorp Inc. Definitive Additional Material


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CENTER BANCORP, INC.
 

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COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SHAREHOLDER VALUE
Seidman and Associates, LLC
Seidman Investment Partnership, LP
Seidman Investment Partnership II, LP
Broad Park Investors, LLC
Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd.
Chewy Gooey Cookies, L.P.
LSBK06-08, L.L.C.
Harold Schechter
Raymond Vanaria
Lawrence Seidman


 

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PRESS RELEASE

THE COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SHAREHOLDER VALUE’S NOMINEES ELECTED TO CENTER BANCORP (NASDQ: CNBC) BOARD BASED ON PRELIMINARY COUNT


MAY 15, 2007 PR Newswire/ -- The Committee to Preserve Shareholder Value (“The Committee”) today announced that based on its preliminary vote count, Center Bancorp. (NASDQ: CNBC) shareholders elected all three of the Committee’s nominees to the Board.

Lawrence Seidman, spokesperson for the Committee, stated that the nominees look forward to working with the other members of the Board to maximize shareholder value. Mr. Seidman recounted that he is excited by the contributions that Harold Schechter, Raymond Vanaria and he will be able to make going forward. Further, everyone thanks all of CNBC’s shareholders who participated in this most important election.

The independent inspector of election, IVS Associates, Inc., should have an official count of the vote within a week to ten (10) days.

The Members of the Committee beneficially own 1,294,240 shares of Center Bancorp (9.76% of the outstanding shares) and are Center Bancorp’s largest shareholder.


Contact: Seidman & Associates
        Lawrence Seidman
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