Hal Brown Announcing Quotations

During the first quarter, we achieved a number of important milestones including the full operational and systems integration of Northwest Business Bank, enabling Pacific Continental to recognize cost savings and efficiencies earlier than was first expected. With the successful integration behind us, we were then able to accelerate our planned expansion into the Vancouver, Washington market by announcing a downtown office location scheduled to open later this spring.

Solid financial results and excellent prospects for future success enable us to continue our long history of consistent dividend payments for our shareholders. We continue to achieve success in our core business activities especially the growth in loans, which becomes the foundation for our future earnings prospects and provides the capability to provide dividend increases such as we're announcing today.