Exhibit 99.1

For immediate release:
Bank of Commerce Holdings™ Announces Third Quarter Cash Dividend of $0.03
REDDING, California, September 21, 2011/ PR Newswire—Patrick J. Moty,President & CEO of Bank of Commerce Holdings (NASDAQ:BOCH), a $897 million financial services holding company, and parent company of Redding Bank of Commerce™, Roseville Bank of Commerce™, and Bank of Commerce Mortgage™ today announced a cash dividend of $0.03 per share for the third quarter 2011.
The $0.03 per share quarterly cash dividend which will be paid to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2011, payable on Friday, October 7, 2011.
About Bank of Commerce Holdings
Bank of Commerce Holdings, with administrative offices in Redding, California is a financial service holding company that owns Redding Bank of Commerce™, Roseville Bank of Commerce™, and Bank of Commerce Mortgage™. The bank is a federally insured California banking corporation and opened on October 22, 1982. BOCH is a NASDAQ Global Market listed stock. Please contact your local investment advisor for purchases and sales.
Investment firms making a market in BOCH stock are:
Raymond James Financial /
John T. Cavender
555 Market Street
San Francisco, CA
(800) 346-5544
Hill, Thompson, Magid & Co. Inc / R.J. Dragani
15 Exchange Place, Suite 800
Jersey City, New Jersey 07030
(201) 369-2908
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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. /
Dave Bonaccorso
101 California Street, 37th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 591-5063
Sandler & O’Neil /Bryan Sullivan
919 Third Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(888) 383-3112
McAdams Wright Ragen, Inc. /Joey Warmenhoven
1121 SW Fifth Avenue
Suite 1400
Portland, Oregon 97204
(866) 662-0351
Stiffel Nicolaus
Perry Wright
1255 East Street #100
Redding, CA 96001
(530) 244-7199
Contact Information:
Patrick J. Moty, President & CEO
Telephone Direct (530) 722-3953
Linda J. Miles, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Telephone Direct (530) 722-3955
Samuel D. Jimenez, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Telephone Direct (530) 722-3952
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