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EXHIBIT 99.1
 
2010 Voting Results
 
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of American River Bankshares held on May 20, 2010, the items listed below were submitted to a vote of the shareholders through the solicitation of proxies.  The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form DEF 14A on April 9, 2010. The count of shares represented in person or proxy were 7,301,369 or 74% of the outstanding voting shares of the Company.  Therefore a quorum was declared present.  Each of the items was approved by the shareholders pursuant to the voting results set forth below.
 
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors.
 
The following individuals were elected as directors to serve until the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified.  The voting results were as follows:
 
Nominee
 
For
 
Withheld
Charles D. Fite
  4,907,062     89,706  
Roger J. Taylor, D.D.S.
  4,155,963     840,805  
Amador S. Bustos
  4,944,383     52,385  
Dorene C. Dominguez
  4,941,779     54,989  
Robert J. Fox
  4,959,150     37,618  
William A. Robotham
  4,947,555     49,213  
David T. Taber
  4,957,470     39,298  
Stephen H. Waks
  4,953,842     42,926  
Philip A. Wright
  4,955,204     41,564  
Michael A. Ziegler
  4,934,429     62,339  

Proposal 2 — To approve the American River Bankshares 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.
 
The voting results were as follows:
 
For
   
Against
   
Abstain
 
3,819,181     1,161,758     15,829  
 
Proposal 3 — To ratify the selection of Perry-Smith LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year.
 
The voting results were as follows:
 
For
   
Against
   
Abstain
 
7,293,697     3,294     4,378  
 
In addition to the votes listed above there were 2,304,601 broker non-votes for proposals 1 and 2 and zero broker non-votes for proposal 3.
 
 
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