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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000939057-06-000023.txt : 20060126
<SEC-HEADER>0000939057-06-000023.hdr.sgml : 20060126
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060126170014
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000939057-06-000023
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060124
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060126
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060126

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001010470
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				330704889
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28304
		FILM NUMBER:		06554220

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3756 CENTRAL AVE
		CITY:			RIVERSIDE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92506
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9096866060

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3756 CENTRAL AVENUE
		CITY:			RIVERSIDE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92506
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<DESCRIPTION>PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. FORM 8-K
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<B><FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Times" SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM 8-K</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>
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<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <B>January 24, 2006</P>
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</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times" SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Times">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
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<B><FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">000-28304</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">33-0704889</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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File Number)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">3756 Central Avenue, Riverside, California</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">92506</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT FACE="Times"><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  <B>(951) 686-6060</P>
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<FONT FACE="Times" SIZE=2><P></FONT>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.</TD>
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<P>[&nbsp; ]</font>&nbsp;&nbsp; Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD>
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<P>[&nbsp; ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD>
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<P>[&nbsp; ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act       <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD>
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<P>[&nbsp; ]</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act       <BR>
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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</TD>
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<P ALIGN="left"><font size="2">&lt;PAGE&gt;</font></P>
<B><P>Item 8.01 Other Events</P>
</B>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (&quot;Corporation&quot;), the holding company for Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B., has closed its Provident Bank Mortgage retail loan production office in Fullerton, California effective on Thursday, January 26, 2006.  Three retail loan officers have been offered reassignment to another office, three employees have resigned and two support staff have been terminated.  The office lease comes due on May 31, 2006 and will not be renewed.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Also, the Corporation announced during its Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 that it has completed a reorganization in Provident Bank Mortgage resulting in a 10 percent reduction in workforce.  The cost savings as a result of this action is approximately $40,000 per month which will be realized beginning in February of 2006.      </P>

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<B><P>SIGNATURES</P>
</B>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</P>

<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Date:  January 26, 2006&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.</P>

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<U>/s/ Donavon P. Ternes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </U><BR>
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Donavon P. Ternes<BR>
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Chief Financial Officer<BR>
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) </P><P><font size="2">&lt;PAGE&gt;</font></P></FONT>

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