Provident Bancorp, Inc. /MD/ — Capital/Financing Update 2021

Mar 12, 2021

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 2021
PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland	001-39090	84-4132422
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)
5 Market Street , Amesbury , Massachusetts	01913
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( 978 ) 834-8555
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock	PVBC	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 12, 2021, Provident Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a new stock repurchase program. Under the repurchase program, the Company may repurchase up to 1,400,000 shares of its common stock, or approximately 7.5% of the current outstanding shares.

A copy of the press release announcing the stock repurchase program is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Description

99.1 Press release dated March 12, 2021

104 The cover page from this current report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

/s/ David P. Mansfield
David P. Mansfield
President and Chief Executive Officer