Feb 4 (Reuters) - Provident Financial Holdings Inc PROV.O :
* PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES EXIT FROM MORTGAGE
BANKING BUSINESS
* PLANS TO CONTINUE TO ORIGINATE SINGLE-FAMILY MORTGAGE
LOANS FOR
RETENTION ON ITS BALANCE SHEET
* CURRENTLY ESTIMATES THAT PBM'S MORTGAGE BANKING OPERATIONS
WILL
END ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30, 2019
* COMPANY ESTIMATES THAT IT WILL INCUR ONE-TIME COSTS OF
APPROXIMATELY $3.6 MILLION TO $4.0 MILLION DURING REMAINDER OF
FISCAL 2019
* EXPECTS HEADCOUNT IN COMPANY WILL DECREASE BY
APPROXIMATELY 122
FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES BY JUNE 30, 2019
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