Heritage Commerce Corporation

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Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Jones Robertson Clay JR
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP [HTBK]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President and CEO
(Last) (First) (Middle)
224 AIRPORT PARKWAY
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/17/2026
(Street)
SAN JOSE, CA 95110
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, No Par Value 04/17/2026 D 296,959(1) D $ 0 0 D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Unit $ 0 04/17/2026(2) D 48,300 (2) (2) Common Stock, No Par Value 48,300 $ 0 0 D
Restricted Stock Unit $ 0 04/17/2026(3) D 50,030 (3) (3) Common Stock, No Par Value 50,030 $ 0 0 D
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit $ 0 04/17/2026(2) D 113,367 (2) (2) Common Stock, No Par Value 113,367 $ 0 0 D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Jones Robertson Clay JR
224 AIRPORT PARKWAY
SAN JOSE, CA 95110
President and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Janisha Sabnani as Attorney-in-Fact for Robertson Clay Jones Jr. 04/17/2026
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On April 17, 2026 (the "Effective Time"), upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of December 17, 2025, by and between Heritage Commerce Corp (the "Company"), a California corporation and CVB Financial Corp. ("CVBF"), a California corporation, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, each share of the Company's common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.65 shares (the "Exchange Ratio") of CVBF's common stock, without interest thereon (the "Merger Consideration").
(2) At the Effective Time, each outstanding restricted stock unit award granted prior to December 17, 2025 and performance-based restricted stock unit award under the Company stock plans accelerated in full (with the number of shares of Company common stock underlying any performance-based restricted stock unit award to equal the target number of shares), and such stock awards were converted into, and became exchanged for, the Merger Consideration, less applicable taxes.
(3) At the Effective Time, each outstanding restricted stock unit award that was granted following December 17, 2025 was converted into a substitute restricted stock unit award denominated in shares of CVBF common stock under the CVBF stock plan (a "CVBF RSU Award"), with the number of shares of CVBF common stock subject to each such CVBF RSU Award equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of (i) the number of shares of Company common stock subject to such restricted stock unit award immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio.
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