Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. is the holding company of Provident Savings Bank,
F.S.B. (the Bank), a federally chartered savings bank. The Bank is a financial services company
committed to serving consumers and small to mid-sized businesses in the Inland Empire region of
Southern California. The Bank conducts its business operations as Provident Bank and through its
subsidiary, Provident Financial Corp. The Bank’s community banking operations primarily consist
of accepting deposits from customers within the communities surrounding its full service offices
and investing those funds in single-family, multi-family, commercial real estate, construction,
commercial business, consumer and other mortgage loans.