# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001053352
**File Stem:** 0001104659-26-026408
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-26-026408.hdr.sgml**: 20260311

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-26-026408

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260311

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260311

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260311

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001053352
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 770469558
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** CA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-23877
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26743851

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 224 AIRPORT PARKWAY
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95110
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4089476900

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 224 AIRPORT PARKWAY
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95110

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**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 11, 2026

**HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **California** | **000-23877** | **77-0469558** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |

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| **224 Airport Parkway, San Jose, California** | **95110** |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **(408) 947-6900**

**Not Applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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 (See General Instruction A.2. below):

◻ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

◻ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

◻ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

◻ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, No Par Value | HTBK | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ◻

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻

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| **ITEM 8.01** | **OTHER EVENTS** |

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QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

On March 11, 2026, Heritage Commerce Corp announced that its Board of Directors declared its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per share to holders of its common stock. The dividend will be paid on April 8, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of the business day on March 25, 2026. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

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| **ITEM 9.01** | **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS** |

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(d) Exhibits.

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| [99.1](tm268236d1_ex99-1.htm) | [Press Release, dated March 11, 2026, entitled "Heritage Commerce Corp Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.13 Per Share"](tm268236d1_ex99-1.htm) |
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**SIGNATURE**

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 11, 2026

Heritage Commerce Corp

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| By: /s/ Seth Fonti |
| Seth Fonti |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

Heritage Commerce Corp

224 Airport Parkway

San Jose, CA 95110

<u>www.heritagecommercecorp.com</u>

**Heritage Commerce Corp Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.13 Per Share**

San Jose, CA — March 11, 2026 — **Heritage Commerce Corp (Nasdaq: HTBK),** the holding company for Heritage Bank of Commerce, today announced that its Board of Directors had declared its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per share to holders of its common stock. The dividend will be payable on April 8, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of the business day on March 25, 2026. Heritage Commerce Corp has paid a cash dividend each quarter since 2013.

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**About Heritage Commerce Corp**

Heritage Commerce Corp, a bank holding company established in October 1997, is the parent company of Heritage Bank of Commerce, established in 1994 and headquartered in San Jose, CA with full-service branches in Danville, Fremont, Hollister, Livermore, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, Oakland, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Redwood City, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, San Rafael, and Walnut Creek. Heritage Bank of Commerce is an SBA Preferred Lender. Bay View Funding, a subsidiary of Heritage Bank of Commerce, is based in San Jose, CA and provides business-essential working capital factoring financing to various industries throughout the United States. For more information, please visit <u>www.heritagecommercecorp.com</u>. The contents of our website are not incorporated into, and do not form a part of, this release or of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Member FDIC

**For additional information, email:**

InvestorRelations@herbank.com