West Coast Bank's Newest Branch Will Serve Inner East Portland

MLK and Main Street Branch Will Feature Off Street-Parking and Local Staff

    LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank's (Nasdaq: WCBO) newest branch at Martin Luther King Blvd. and Main Street is scheduled to open July 2, 2007, and will feature a parking garage in the high traffic inner east Portland area. Local market team members, Branch Manager Jack Gahan, Customer Service Manager Karen Zielsdorf, Personal Banker Nitesh Sen, and Commercial Banker Jon Gramenz will staff the branch.

    Gahan is a fifteen-year career banker formerly with the Bank of America. He graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, with a degree in economics, and is a member of the Central East Side Industrial Council and a board member of Cascade Aids Project. Zielsdorf and Sen are also former Bank of America employees with many years of banking experience. Gramenz joined the East Metro Commercial Banking team in 2006.

    Robert D. Sznewajs, President & CEO, said, "The MLK and Main St. branch advances the company's strategy to build the Portland-Vancouver market, where West Coast Bank has the largest deposit market share and more convenient locations than any other community bank."

    West Coast Bank Regional President Dave Hansen said, "Jack and his strong sales team of locally experienced bankers are a great fit for the company's newest branch-our fourth in thriving East County and our 24th in the Portland Metropolitan area."

    West Coast Bancorp, one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.5 billion in assets, operating 60 offices in Oregon and Washington. The company combines the sophisticated products and expertise of larger banks with the local decision making, market knowledge and customer service of a community bank. For more information, visit the Company web site at http://www.wcb.com.

SOURCE  West Coast Bancorp

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    /CONTACT:  Dave Hansen, Regional President of West Coast Bancorp,

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    /Web site:  http://www.wcb.com /

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