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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Bank of Commerce Holdings</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)</B></DIV>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>California<BR>
<FONT style="font-size:8pt">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-2823865<BR>
<FONT style="font-size:8pt">(IRS Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1901 Churn Creek Road <BR>
Redding, California<BR>
(530)&nbsp;722-3945<BR>
<FONT style="font-size:8pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR><BR><B>&nbsp;96002<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>Bank of Commerce Holdings 2008 Stock Option Plan<BR>
<FONT style="font-size:8pt">(Full title of the plan)</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>Linda J. Miles<BR>
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Bank of Commerce Holdings<BR>
1901 Churn Creek road<BR>
Redding, California 96002<BR>
(530)&nbsp;722-3955<BR>
<FONT style="font-size:8pt">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone<BR>
number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Bruce Dravis<BR>
Downey Brand Attorneys, LLP<BR>
555 Capital Mall,
10</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP><B> Floor<BR>
Sacramento, California<BR>
(916)&nbsp;444-1000 Ext 6280</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title Of Each Class of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>To Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, No par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center">620,000 shares      (1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="left">11.06(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">6,857,200.00</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="left">210.52</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement covers additional securities that may be
issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) based on the close of
business price on Bank of Commerce Holdings common stock for May
14, 2007, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>This registration statement shall become effective immediately upon filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with </B><B>Section 8(a)</B><B> of the Securities Act of 1933
and Rule&nbsp;462 thereunder.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Bank of Commerce Holdings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference. All documents were filed with the Commission under
File No.&nbsp;0-25135.
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Bank of Commerce Holdings Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006, including information
specifically incorporated by reference into
the Form 10-K from Bank of Commerce
Holdings 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders
and Bank of Commerce Holdings definitive
Notice and Proxy Statement for the Bank of
Commerce Holdings 2007 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Bank of Commerce Holdings Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by Bank of Commerce Holdings with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of such filing. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;317 of the California General Corporation Law provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors and other corporate agents, subject to limited exceptions, against liabilities
rising by reason of their status or services as an officer, director or corporate agent. The
indemnification law of the State of California generally allows indemnification in matters not
involving the right of the corporation, to an agent of the corporation if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the
corporation, and in the case of a criminal matter, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct
of such person was unlawful. California law, with respect to matters involving the right of a
corporation, allows indemnification of an agent of the corporation, if such person acted in good
faith, in a manner such person believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders; provided that there shall be no indemnification for (i)&nbsp;amounts
paid in settling or otherwise disposing of a pending action without court approval, (ii)&nbsp;expenses
incurred in defending a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of without court
approval, (iii)&nbsp;matters in which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the proceeding is or was pending
shall determine that such person is entitled to be indemnified or (iv)&nbsp;other matters specified in
the California General Corporation Law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;12 of Article&nbsp;III of the Registrant&#146;s bylaws (Exhibit&nbsp;3.2) provides
for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors, officers, employees and other agents of the
Registrant to the extent and under the circumstances permitted by the California General
Corporation Law. The Registrant&#146;s bylaws also provide that the Registrant shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance covering its directors, officers and employees against any
liability asserted against any of them and incurred by any of them, whether or not the Registrant
would have the power to indemnify them against such liability under the provisions of applicable
law or the provisions of the Registrant&#146;s bylaws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings.</B>
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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
and</TD>
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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration
statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)</TD>
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    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:</TD>
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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
Registration Statement as of the date the filed
prospectus was deemed part of and included in the
Registration Statement; and</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B
relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule
415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of
providing the information required by Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be
part of and included in the registration statement
as of the earlier of the date such form of
prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the
date of the first contract of sale of securities in
the offering described in the prospectus.
As provided in Rule&nbsp;430B, for liability
purposes of the issuer and any person that is at
that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed
to be a new effective date of the registration
statement relating to the securities in the
registration statement to which that prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. Provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the
registration statement or prospectus that is part of
the registration statement will, as to a purchaser
with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration
statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this Registration
Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;</TD>
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    <TD>(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrant;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant;
and</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="7%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that
is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I>
offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of
the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Redding, State of California, on May&nbsp;25, 2007.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Bank of Commerce Holdings <BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Michael C. Mayer
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Michael C. Mayer     &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President &#038; Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed on May&nbsp;25, 2007 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael C. Mayer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael C. Mayer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President &#038; Chief Executive Officer<br>&nbsp;(Principal
Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Linda J. Miles
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Linda J. Miles
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President<br>&nbsp;and
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">HARRY L. GRASHOFF, JR.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">DAVID SCOTT</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">ORIN N. BENNETT
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LYLE TULLIS</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">WELTON L. CARREL</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">RUSSELL L. DUCLOS
JOHN C. FITZPATRICK
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">A majority of the<br>
Board of Directors*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">KENNETH R. GIFFORD, JR.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">JON HALFHIDE</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion regarding legality of securities to be issued</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Downey Brand Attorneys,
LLC (included in exhibit 5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Moss Adams, LLC</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Bank of Commerce Holdings
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
California
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
94-2823865
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
1901 Churn Creek Road
Redding, California
(530) 722-3945
(Address of principal executive offices)
96002
(Zip code)
Bank of Commerce Holdings 2008 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Linda J. Miles
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Bank of Commerce Holdings
1901 Churn Creek road
Redding, California 96002
(530) 722-3955
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Bruce Dravis
Downey Brand Attorneys, LLP
555 Capital Mall,
10
th
Floor
Sacramento, California
(916) 444-1000 Ext 6280
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Title Of Each Class of Securities
To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount Of
To Be Registered
Registered
Per Unit
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common stock, No par value
620,000 shares      (1)
$
11.06(2)
$
6,857,200.00
$
210.52
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement covers additional securities that may be
issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) based on the close of
business price on Bank of Commerce Holdings common stock for May
14, 2007, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
This registration statement shall become effective immediately upon filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with
Section 8(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933
and Rule 462 thereunder.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Bank of Commerce Holdings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), are incorporated herein by reference. All documents were filed with the Commission under
File No. 0-25135.
•
Bank of Commerce Holdings Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006, including information
specifically incorporated by reference into
the Form 10-K from Bank of Commerce
Holdings 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders
and Bank of Commerce Holdings definitive
Notice and Proxy Statement for the Bank of
Commerce Holdings 2007 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders;
•
Bank of Commerce Holdings Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2007;
All documents filed by Bank of Commerce Holdings with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of such filing. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
Item 4.    Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors and other corporate agents, subject to limited exceptions, against liabilities
rising by reason of their status or services as an officer, director or corporate agent. The
indemnification law of the State of California generally allows indemnification in matters not
involving the right of the corporation, to an agent of the corporation if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the
corporation, and in the case of a criminal matter, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct
of such person was unlawful. California law, with respect to matters involving the right of a
corporation, allows indemnification of an agent of the corporation, if such person acted in good
faith, in a manner such person believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders; provided that there shall be no indemnification for (i) amounts
paid in settling or otherwise disposing of a pending action without court approval, (ii) expenses
incurred in defending a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of without court
approval, (iii) matters in which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the proceeding is or was pending
shall determine that such person is entitled to be indemnified or (iv) other matters specified in
the California General Corporation Law.
Section 12 of Article III of the Registrant's bylaws (Exhibit 3.2) provides
for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees and other agents of the
Registrant to the extent and under the circumstances permitted by the California General
Corporation Law. The Registrant's bylaws also provide that the Registrant shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance covering its directors, officers and employees against any
liability asserted against any of them and incurred by any of them, whether or not the Registrant
would have the power to indemnify them against such liability under the provisions of applicable
law or the provisions of the Registrant's bylaws.
Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9.    Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration
statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(A)
Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
Registration Statement as of the date the filed
prospectus was deemed part of and included in the
Registration Statement; and
(B)
Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B
relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule
415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be
part of and included in the registration statement
as of the earlier of the date such form of
prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the
date of the first contract of sale of securities in
the offering described in the prospectus.
As provided in Rule 430B, for liability
purposes of the issuer and any person that is at
that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed
to be a new effective date of the registration
statement relating to the securities in the
registration statement to which that prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. Provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the
registration statement or prospectus that is part of
the registration statement will, as to a purchaser
with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration
statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date.
(5)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this Registration
Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant;
and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that
is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of
the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Redding, State of California, on May 25, 2007.
Bank of Commerce Holdings
By:
/s/ Michael C. Mayer
Michael C. Mayer
President & Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed on May 25, 2007 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
/s/ Michael C. Mayer
Michael C. Mayer
President & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Linda J. Miles
Linda J. Miles
Executive Vice President
and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
HARRY L. GRASHOFF, JR.
DAVID SCOTT
ORIN N. BENNETT
LYLE TULLIS
WELTON L. CARREL
RUSSELL L. DUCLOS
JOHN C. FITZPATRICK
A majority of the
Board of Directors*
KENNETH R. GIFFORD, JR.
JON HALFHIDE
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description
5
Opinion regarding legality of securities to be issued
23.1
Consent of Downey Brand Attorneys,
LLC (included in exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Moss Adams, LLC
24
Powers of Attorney.