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PRVH news (BSNS WIRE) Providential Holdings Announces Contract with Egyptian Clothing M
nufacturer Sanatex
Providential Holdings Announces Contract with Egyptian Clothing Manufacturer San
tex

Business Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 2005--
Providential Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:PRVH) (Berlin
and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges: PR7, WKN 935160), a provider of
international advisory services specializing in mergers and
acquisitions, announced that the Company has signed an agreement with
Sanatex, Inc., a California corporation with 238,000 square-foot
manufacturing facilities in Egypt, to assist Sanatex in becoming a
fully reporting publicly traded company and raising capital from
institutional investors in the U.S. to further its growth.
According to the agreement, Providential will receive a
combination of cash and stock from Sanatex as compensation for its
consulting services.
Sanatex is engaged in the manufacturing of clothes and packaging
materials, dyeing, and finishing for the apparel and fashion
industries. With manufacturing facilities situated in the Private Free
Zones in Kalubeia, Egypt, Sanatex enjoys exemption from tariffs on
finished goods shipped to the U.S. The Company's revenues for Fiscal
Year 2004 were about $15 million and it has been consistently
profitable.
Hassanein M. Hassanein, Chief Executive Officer of Sanatex, Inc.,
stated: "We manufacture quality apparel goods in Taiwan, China, and
Egypt for Target, Kohl's, Sears and Wal-Mart. After 18 years of
success in this market, we are now poised to expand our services in
the U.S. by providing our customers with product development and
design fashions for the private label market. Our business
fundamentals, of marketing a fashion product at a competitive price
during this business cycle, will create years of steady growth and
added value for our shareholders."
Henry Fahman, Chairman of Providential Holdings, concurred: "We
look forward to assisting Sanatex's management to execute their growth
strategy and are confident that with our background experience,
resources and contacts, we will be able to help increase shareholder
value for both companies."

About Providential Holdings, Inc.

Providential Holdings and its subsidiaries engage in a number of
diverse business activities, the most important of which are M&A
advisory services, industrial tools, and international markets. The
Company acquires and consolidates special opportunities in selective
high-growth industries to create additional value, acts as an
incubator for emerging companies and technologies, and provides
financial consultancy and M&A advisory services to U.S. and foreign
companies. For more information on Providential Holdings and its
subsidiaries, visit http://www.phiglobal.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such
forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made
based upon management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and
information currently available to, management pursuant to the
"safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995.



KEYWORD: NORTH AMERICA AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES EGYPT
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING TEXTILES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTING FINANC
RETAIL FASHION CONTRACT/AGREEMENT
SOURCE: Providential Holdings, Inc.


CONTACT INFORMATION:
Providential Holdings, Inc.
Henry Fahman, 714-843-5455
henry@phiglobal.com
or
Sanatex, Inc.
Hassanein M. Hassanein, 310-637-5500
hmh@sanatexgroup.com

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