On May 9, 2017, Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Pacific Premier”) (NASDAQ: PPBI), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank, issued a press release announcing that members of its executive management team will participate in D.A. Davidson’s 19th Annual FIG Summit & Financial Institutions Conference on May 10-11, 2017, in Denver, Colorado, and Piper Jaffray’s Financial Institutions Conference on May 16-17, 2017, in Palm Beach, Florida. At both conferences, the executives from Pacific Premier Bancorp will hold a series of meetings with institutional investors. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The Company is filing an investor presentation relating to its first quarter of 2017 (the “Presentation”), which will be used by the Company’s executive management team for presentations to investors and others. The Presentation replaces and supersedes investor presentation materials previously furnished as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K.

A copy of the Presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference. The Presentation is also available on the Company’s web site at www.ppbi.com.

Information contained herein, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall such information and Exhibits be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

99.1 Press Release, dated May 9, 2017

99.2 Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc., Investor Presentation, First>Quarter 2017

About PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:PPBI)

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company. The Company’s subsidiary, Pacific Premier Bank (the Bank), is a California state-chartered commercial bank. The Bank’s primary focus market is small and middle market businesses. The Bank offers various deposit products and services, including checking, money market and savings accounts, cash management services, electronic banking services and online bill payment. The Bank also offers a range of loan products, such as commercial business loans, lines of credit, small business administration (SBA) loans, warehouse credit facilities, commercial real estate (CRE) loans, residential home loans, construction loans and consumer loans. The Bank primarily conducts business throughout California through a network of approximately 60 full-service depository branches. Through the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) lending unit, the Bank provides entrepreneurs and small business owners’ access to loans.

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PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:PPBI) closed its last trading session up +0.60 at 37.60 with 219,650 shares trading hands.