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Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree, as of January 24, 2018, that only one statement containing the information required by Schedule 13D, and each amendment thereto, need be filed with respect to the ownership by each of the undersigned of shares of common stock of Performant Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and such statement to which this Joint Filing Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1 is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned.

MILL ROAD CAPITAL II, L.P.
By:	Mill Road Capital II GP LLC,
	its General Partner
By:	/s/ Thomas E. Lynch
	Thomas E. Lynch Management Committee Director and Chairman
MILL ROAD CAPITAL II GP LLC
By:	/s/ Thomas E. Lynch
	Thomas E. Lynch Management Committee Director and Chairman
THOMAS E. LYNCH
/s/ Thomas E. Lynch
Thomas E. Lynch
SCOTT P. SCHARFMAN
/s/ Scott P. Scharfman
Scott P. Scharfman