Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI) 10-K 2017 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.,

Annual Report on Form 10-K

for the Year ended December 31, 2017

CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the undersigned’s best knowledge and belief:

a)The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

b)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated this 28^th day of February 2018.

PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP, INC.

/s/ Steven R. Gardner

Steven R. Gardner

Chairman, President and

Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Ronald J. Nicolas, Jr.

Ronald J. Nicolas, Jr.

Senior Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.