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): June 21, 2023
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)

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):

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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 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On June 21, 2023, Jay E. Gould, a director of Provident Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and BankProv (the “Bank”), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, notified the Bank that he was retiring from the Boards of the Company and the Bank, effective immediately.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Not applicable.

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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.

	PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.
DATE: June 22, 2023	By:	/s/ Joseph B. Reilly
		Joseph B. Reilly
		Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer