Berman Tabacco Announces Investigation of Provident Bancorp, Inc. (PVBC) for Potential Securities Law Violations

Boston, Massachusetts--(Newsfile Corp. - March 6, 2023) - Berman Tabacco, a national law firm representing investors, is investigating potential securities law violations by Provident Bancorp, Inc. ("Provident" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PVBC), a bank holding company based in Massachusetts.

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About the Investigation

On November 15, 2022, after the market close, Provident filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") stating that "it currently estimates that it will report net loss of approximately $27.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, compared to net income of $5.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021." The Company further stated that "[d]uring the third quarter of 2022, the volatility in Bitcoin and rising energy costs called into question the financial stability of the Company's borrowers who hold digital asset mining loans, the collectability of all principal and interest related to these loans, as well as the value of the cryptocurrency mining rigs that serve as the underlying collateral. These considerations, in conjunction with a partial write down on cryptocurrency mining rigs that were repossessed in exchange for the forgiveness of a $27.4 million loan relationship, triggered a detailed review of the portfolio of similarly collateralized loans."

On November 16, 2022, Provident's stock price fell $2.20 per share, or over 21%, to close at $7.90 per share.

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