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

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)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, no par value per share

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s class of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. March 20, 2009 8,711,495

 

 

Item 5.02 (c) Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective April 1, 2009, Bank of Commerce Holdings and Redding Bank of Commerce has amended the Company’s Directors Deferred Compensation program. The amendment establishes an emergency distribution for unforeseeable emergencies, limits the amount of compensation that can be deferred to $500,000 and establishes the rate paid on the account as the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus three percent. Rates are adjusted on every January 1 and July 1^st.

Item 9.01

Exhibit 10.9 — Amendment to the Redding Bank of Commerce Directors Deferred Compensation Agreement

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.