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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943374-19-000450
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191016
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191016

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Provident Bancorp, Inc. /MD/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001778784
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39090
		FILM NUMBER:		191152230

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 MARKET STREET
		CITY:			AMESBURY
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01913
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(978) 388-0050

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 MARKET STREET
		CITY:			AMESBURY
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01913
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 8-A</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Provident Bancorp, Inc.</u></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">5 Market Street</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">Amesbury, Massachusetts</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">(Title of each class to be so registered)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">each class is to be registered)</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.&#160; &#8999;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.&#160; &#9723;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.&#160; &#9723;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable):&#160; <u>333-232018</u></div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 1.&#160; Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">For a description of the Registrant&#8217;s securities to be registered, reference is made to the sections &#8220;Description of Capital Stock of New Provident Following the Conversion&#8221; and &#8220;Market for the Common
      Stock&#8221; in the Prospectus contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-232018), initially filed on June 7, 2019, and subsequently amended (the &#8220;Form S-1&#8221;), which sections are hereby incorporated by reference.&#160; For a
      description of the provisions of the Registrant&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws that may render a change in control of the Registrant more difficult, reference is made to the sections &#8220;Restrictions on Acquisition of New Provident&#8221; and
      &#8220;Description of Capital Stock of New Provident Following the Conversion&#8221; contained in such Prospectus, which sections are incorporated herein by reference.</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 2.&#160; Exhibits.</div>
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                <div style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1778784/000114420419030291/tv523004_ex3-1.htm">Articles of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Form S-1).</a></div>
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                <div style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1778784/000114420419030291/tv523004_ex3-2.htm">Bylaws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Form S-1).</a></div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
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              <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.<br>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">DATE: October 16, 2019</div>
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