GARY P. KREIDER
DIRECT DIAL: (513) 579-6411
FACSIMILE: (513) 579-6956
E-MAIL: [email protected]
June 3, 1999
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: EDGAR Form RW
Provident Bancorp, Inc.
Provident Capital Trust I
Form S-3 - File No. 333-15315
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is to inform you that the above-referenced Form S-3 filed November 1,
1996 has been abandoned by the Registrants, Provident Bancorp, Inc., now known
as Provident Financial Group, Inc. and Provident Capital Trust I. No securities
were issued pursuant to this Registration Statement.
As counsel for the Registrants, I hereby withdraw this Registration
Statement.
Yours truly,
KEATING, MUETHING & KLEKAMP, P.L.L.
BY: /s/Gary P. Kreider
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Gary P. Kreider
slh
cc: Ms. Jessica Livingston
Office of Division of Corporation Finance
