425 1 tv529701_8k.htm FORM 8-K

 

  

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): September 12, 2019

 

PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland   333-232018   Applied For

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File No.)  

(I.R.S. Employer

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)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

xWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  
¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class  

Trading

Symbol(s)

  Name of each exchange on which registered
None        

 

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 x

 

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. x

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01Other Events

 

On September 12, 2019, Provident Bancorp, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (“Old Provident”), announced that Provident Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“New Provident”), had commenced a community offering as part of its stock offering in connection with the mutual-to-stock conversion of Provident Bancorp. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

 

On September 17, 2019, Old Provident announced that New Provident had ended the community offering. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)Exhibits

 

Exhibit Description
   
99.1 Press Release dated September 12, 2019
   
99.2 Press Release dated September 17, 2019

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.

 
       
       
DATE: September 18, 2019 By: /s/ Carol L. Houle  
    Carol L. Houle  
   

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer