Exhibit 99.1

For immediate release:

Bank of Commerce Holdings™ announces First Quarter Cash Dividend of $0.06

REDDING, California, March 5, 2010/ PR Newswire— Patrick J. Moty, President & CEO of Bank of Commerce Holdings (NASDAQ:BOCH), a $813 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 $0.06 per share for the first quarter of 2010.

The $0.06 per share quarterly cash dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2010, payable on March 26, 2010.

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:

Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Inc.
John T. Cavender
555 Market Street
San Francisco, CA (800) 346-5544

Raymond James Financial/ Geoff Ball
1805 Hilltop Drive, Suite 106
Redding, CA (800) 926-5040

Wachovia Securities/ Ken Myers, Rick Hansen
10466 Brunswick Road
Grass Valley, CA (888) 383-3112