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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-052532"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001053352"
company_name: "HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T09:57:34.446770+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Heritage Commerce appoints Julianne Biagini-Komas as Chair; Jack Conner to retire in Oct 2025

## Summary
- Julianne Biagini-Komas appointed Chair of Board, effective May 22, 2025.
- Jack Conner becomes Chair Emeritus; plans to retire as Director in October 2025.
- Director Laura Roden retired from Board at the conclusion of the annual meeting.
- Shareholders approved all proposals: director election, bylaw amendment to 8-15 directors, advisory pay, and auditor ratification.
- Annual meeting had 83% shareholder representation (51.1M of 61.6M shares).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-052532
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001053352
- company_name: HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053352/000110465925052532/0001104659-25-052532-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053352/000110465925052532/tm2515891d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-052532
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-052532.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-052532.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jack W. Conner departed as Director at HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: it had received notice from Director and former Chair of the Board Jack W. Conner, of his intention to retire as a Director in October 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053352/000110465925052532/0001104659-25-052532-index.htm

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