UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 20, 2012
Bank of Commerce Holdings
| California | 0-25135 | 94-2823865 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
| 1901 Churn Creek Road Redding, California |
96002 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (530) 772-3955
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02(b), (c), (e) Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At the regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting held on March 20, 2011, Robert N. Rowe was appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Company. At the same meeting, Theodore M. Cumming was appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer.
Mr. Rowe was born in 1975 and has been Senior Vice President Credit Administrator since joining the Company in July 2011. Prior to his joining the Company, Mr. Rowe was an Examiner with the FDIC for three years. Mr. Rowe will manage the administrative and risk aspects within the credit side of the bank.
Mr. Cumming was born in 1957 and has been Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer since October 2007. Mr. Cumming will manage the production and sales aspects within the credit side of the bank.
The segregation of duties is intended to strengthen and support the company’s growth objectives providing additional support to the production side of the business.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| March 22, 2012 | /s/ Samuel D. Jimenez | |||||
| By: Samuel D. Jimenez | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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