SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bank of Commerce Holdings (NASDAQ: BOCH) (the “Company”), a $1.712 billion asset bank holding company and parent company of Merchants Bank of Commerce (the “Bank”), today announced financial results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2020. Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 was $3.8 million or $0.23 per share – diluted, compared with net income of $3.6 million or $0.20 per share – diluted for the same period of 2019.  Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $4.8 million or $0.28 per share – diluted, compared with net income of $6.0 million or $0.33 per share – diluted for the same period of 2019.
Significant Items for the second quarter of 2020:$1.3 million provision for loan and lease losses.$162.2 million in loans funded through June 30, 2020 under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) (594 loans).
Through June 30, 2020 approved 244 loan modifications for loans totaling $123.3 million.
Ongoing impact of COVID-19.
Randall S. Eslick, President and CEO commented: “We are proud of our company’s response to recent economic and medical challenges. During the second quarter we installed physical protections for employees and customers, assigned 50% of our employees to work remotely, extended 594 PPP loans totaling $162.2 million and deferred loan payments for 10% of our loan portfolio. Until these challenges abate, we remain committed to ongoing protection and support for our employees, customers and communities.”Financial highlights for the second quarter of 2020:
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