About Heritage Commerce Corp and Heritage Bank of Commerce
Heritage Commerce Corp, a California corporation organized in 1998, is a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. Heritage provides a wide range of banking services through Heritage Bank of Commerce, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Heritage Bank of Commerce is a California state-chartered bank headquartered in San Jose, California and has been conducting business since 1994. Heritage is a multi-community independent bank that offers a full range of commercial banking services to small andmedium-sized businesses and their owners and employees. Heritage operates through 14 full service branch offices located in the counties of Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Benito, and San Mateo, which are in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Our market includes the headquarters of several technology-based companies in the region commonly known as “Silicon Valley.” Heritage Bank of Commerce is an SBA Preferred Lender. Bay View Funding, a subsidiary of Heritage Bank of Commerce, is based in Santa Clara, CA and provides business-essential working capital factoring financing to various industries throughout the United States.
As of March 31, 2019, on a pro forma consolidated basis, the combined company, including Heritage and Presidio, would have approximately $4.0 billion in total assets, $2.6 billion in total loans, and $3.4 billion in total deposits.
To view Heritage Commerce Corp’s most recent financial information, please visit the SEC Filings section of the company’s website at www.heritagecommercecorp.com.
About Presidio Bank
Presidio Bank provides business banking services to small andmid-size businesses, including professional service firms, real estate developers and investors, andnot-for-profit organizations, and to their owners who desire personalized, responsive service with access to local decision makers. Presidio Bank offers clients the resources of a large bank combined with the personalized services of a neighborhood bank. Presidio Bank is headquartered in San Francisco, California and currently operates five banking offices in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, San Rafael, San Mateo and Palo Alto. More information is available atwww.presidiobank.com. Presidio Bank is a member of FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender.
Additional Information About the Proposed Transaction and Where to Find It
Investors and security holders are urged to carefully review and consider each of Heritage’s public filings with the SEC, including but not limited to its Annual Reports on Form10-K, its Proxy Statements, Current Reports on Form8-K and Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q. The documents filed by Heritage with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at Heritage’s website at www.heritagecommercecorp.com or at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from Heritage by requesting them in writing to Heritage Commerce Corp, 150 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, California 95113; Attention: Corporate Secretary, or by telephone at (408)947-6900.
Heritage intends to file a registration statement on FormS-4 with the SEC which will include a joint proxy statement /prospectus which will be distributed to the shareholders of Heritage and Presidio in connection with their vote on the merger. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders of Presidio and Heritage are urged to carefully read the entire joint proxy statement/prospectus, when they become available, as well as any amendments or supplements to these documents, because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain the joint proxy statement/prospectus free of charge from the SEC’s website or from Heritage by writing to the address provided in the paragraph above.
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