Filing Details

1)

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Provident Savings Bank, FSB Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")

2)

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

        a)     [   ]

        b)     [X]

 

3)

SEC USE ONLY

 

4)

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

        Not applicable

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON WITH

5)

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

6)

SHARED VOTING POWER

781,246

7)

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

8)

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

781,246

9)

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

781,246

 

 

10)

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES

CERTAIN SHARES        [  ]

 

11)

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

10.6% 

12)

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

EP

ITEM 1(a).

NAME OF ISSUER:

Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (the "Corporation")

ITEM 1(b).

ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 

3756 Central Avenue, Riverside, California 92506

 

ITEM 2(a).

NAME OF PERSON FILING:

Provident Savings Bank, FSB Employee Stock Ownership Plan

 

ITEM 2(b).

ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE:

3756 Central Avenue, Riverside, California 92506

 

ITEM 2(c).

CITIZENSHIP:

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 2(d).

TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:

Common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock")

 

ITEM 2(e).

CUSIP NUMBER:  743868 10 1

ITEM 3.

IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 240.13d-1(b) OR 240.13d-2(b) or (c), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS:

 

(a)

[    ]

Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);

 

(b)

[    ]

Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);

 

(c)

[    ]

Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);

 

(d)

[    ]

Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);

 

(e)

[    ]

An investment adviser in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

 

(f)

[X ]

An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

 

(g)

[    ]

A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

 

(h)

[    ]

A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);

 

(i)

[    ]

A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);

(j)

[    ]

A non-U.S. institution in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);

 

(j)

[    ]

Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution:________

ITEM 5.

OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS:

 Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6.

OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON:

 Not applicable.

  

ITEM 7.

IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY:

 Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 8.

IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP:

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP:

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 10. 

CERTIFICATION:

 

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under Section 240.14a-11.

 

Date: February 2, 2022

PROVIDENT SAVINGS BANK, FSB

EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN AND TRUST

 

 

 

By:

Provident Savings Bank, FSB,

  as Plan Administrator                                

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Donavon P. Ternes 

 

Name: 

Donavon P. Ternes 

 

Title: 

President, Chief Operating Officer

  and Chief Financial Officer