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Peninsula Bank Business Funding Closes a $2.5 million Working Capital Facility with StemCyte, Inc.

November 22, 2010

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Peninsula Bank Business Funding (“PBBF”), a division of The Private Bank of the Peninsula, today announced that it successfully funded a new working capital line of credit with StemCyte, Inc., a client of PBBF since July of 2009. StemCyte intends to use the new credit facility, up to $2,500,000, for its capital obligations and general working capital purposes.

“I am pleased that we were able to expand our relationship with StemCyte,” said Mike Hansen, Executive Vice President of PBBF. “They are a leader in their market and we look forward to being a part of their long-term success.”

Headquartered in Covina, CA and Ewing, NJ, with locations in the U.S., India and Taiwan, StemCyte has established one of the largest, most racially diverse, and highest quality cord blood stem cell banks in the world. They are the only for-profit company contracted by the U.S. Department of HHS to establish a public National Cord Blood Inventory for unrelated transplant units. (StemCyte.com)

“PBBF has been a valuable partner and really went the extra mile to understand our financing needs," said Tom Flaherty, Vice President - Finance of StemCyte, Inc. “This line of credit will allow us to continue to expand our operation.”

About PBBF

A division of The Private Bank of the Peninsula, PBBF provides asset-based lending products to emerging growth and venture-backed companies throughout the United States.

About the Bank

The Private Bank of the Peninsula, a subsidiary of Peninsula Bank Holding Co. (OTCBB:PBKH), is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The Private Bank focuses on the banking needs of businesses and individuals primarily in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. The Bank provides personalized, relationship-based service, giving clientele access to senior level decision-makers. The Bank specializes in the following markets: commercial & industrial, asset based, real estate construction, commercial real estate, and real estate bridge financing.

Source: The Private Bank of the Peninsula

Contact:

The Private Bank of the Peninsula

Steve Leen, 650-843-2204

Chief Financial Officer

www.the-private-bank.com

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