EXHIBIT 99.1

Pacific Premier Bancorp to Participate in

D.A. Davidson 17th Annual Financial Institutions Conference

Irvine, Calif., May 12, 2015 -- Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPBI), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank, announced today that Steven R. Gardner, President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the D.A. Davidson 17th Annual Financial Institutions Conference from May 12-13, 2015 in Denver, Colorado.  Mr. Gardner will hold a series of meetings with institutional investors while at the conference, which is by invitation only.

A copy of the investor presentation to be used at the conference will be filed on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be accessed through the SEC Filings tab in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.ppbi.com.

About Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Pacific Premier Bank, one of the largest community banks headquartered in Southern California. Pacific Premier Bank is a business bank primarily focused on serving small and middle market business in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego, California. Pacific Premier Bank offers a diverse range of lending products including commercial, commercial real estate, construction, residential warehouse and SBA loans, as well as specialty banking products for homeowners associations and franchise lending nationwide. Pacific Premier Bank serves its customers through its 16 full-service depository branches in Southern California located in the cities of Corona, Encinitas, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Seal Beach and Tustin.

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Contact:

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

Steven R. Gardner

President/CEO

949.864.8000

Kent J. Smith

Executive Vice President/CFO

949.864.8000