HTBK Heritage Commerce Corporation

Heritage Commerce Corp (Nasdaq:HTBK), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share to holders of common stock and Series C Preferred Stock (on an as converted basis). The dividend will be payable on May 28, 2015, to shareholders of record on May 14, 2015. 

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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CONTACT: Heritage Commerce Corp
         Debbie Reuter, EVP, Corporate Secretary
         (408) 494-4542