Heritage Commerce (HTBK) 8-K Heritage Commerce Corp to Participate in the Sandler O’Neil West Coast Financial Services Conference

Exhibit 99.1

Heritage Commerce Corp to Participate in the Sandler O’Neil West Coast Financial Services Conference

San Jose, California — March 7, 2016 — Heritage Commerce Corp (Nasdaq: HTBK), the holding company (“the Company”) for Heritage Bank of Commerce, today announced that management is scheduled to attend the Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P., West Coast Financial Services Conference on March 7-8, 2016, at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar, San Diego, CA.

Conference participation is by invitation only and registration is required.  For more information on the conference, or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with management from the Company, please contact your Sandler O’Neill representative.

Heritage Commerce Corp, a bank holding company established in February 1998, is the parent company of Heritage Bank of Commerce, established in 1994 and headquartered in San Jose with full-service branches in Danville, Fremont, Gilroy, Hollister, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, Pleasanton, Sunnyvale, and Walnut Creek.  Heritage Bank of Commerce is an SBA Preferred Lender.  Bay View Funding, a subsidiary of Heritage Bank of Commerce, is based in Santa Clara and provides business-essential working capital factoring financing to various industries throughout the United States.  For more information, please visit www.heritagecommercecorp.com.

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