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): ~~September~~October 1623, 2025

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: (877) 487-2977

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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).

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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. ☐

Item 52.~~07:~~02 ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition

On ~~September~~October 1623, 2025, Provident Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) ~~held~~issued a ~~Special~~press ~~Meeting~~release ofannouncing ~~Stockholders~~its ~~(the~~earnings ~~“Meeting”).~~for ~~The~~the ~~Meeting~~quarter ~~was~~ended ~~held~~September ~~for~~30, ~~the~~2025. ~~purpose~~A copy of ~~considering~~the ~~and~~press ~~voting~~release onis ~~proposals~~attached ~~related~~as toExhibit ~~the~~99.1 ~~proposed~~hereto ~~acquisition~~and ofincorporated ~~the~~herein ~~Company~~ by ~~NB Bancorp, Inc (“Needham”)~~reference. The ~~proposals~~information ~~are~~contained ~~described~~ in ~~detail~~this inItem ~~the~~2.02, ~~joint~~including ~~proxy statement/prospectus included in~~ the ~~Registration~~related ~~Statement~~information onset ~~Form S-4 filed~~forth byin ~~Needham with~~ the ~~U.S.~~press ~~Securities~~release, ~~and~~is ~~Exchange~~being ~~Commission (the~~ “~~SEC~~furnished”) onand ~~July~~shall 2,not ~~2025,~~be asdeemed ~~supplemented~~“filed” byfor the ~~Current~~purposes ~~Report~~of onSection ~~Form 8-K filed~~18 byof the ~~Company~~Securities ~~with~~Exchange ~~the~~Act ~~SEC~~of ~~on September 5, 2025~~1934.

~~Proposal~~Item ~~1: to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 5, 2025 (the “merger agreement”), by and among Needham, Needham Bank, 1828 MS, Inc~~9.,01 ~~the~~Financial ~~Company,~~Statements and BankProv, and to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger of 1828 MS, Inc. with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving entity (the “Merger”)Exhibits

	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
Common Stock	11,985,629	103,856	2,153	0

Proposal 2: to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, specified compensation that may become payable to the named executive officers of the Company in connection with the Merger.

	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
Common Stock	7,305,003	4,397,758	388,877	0

Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Exhibit Description

	99.1	Press release dated October 23, 2025
	104	The cover page from this current report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

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: September 17, 2025	By:	/s/ Joseph B. Reilly
DATE: October 23, 2025	By:	/s/ Joseph B. Reilly
		Joseph B. Reilly
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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