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Bridge Bank Provides $5 Million Financing to Chinook Sciences, LLC / Advanced Metal Processing, LLC

San Jose, CA - June 16, 2009 - Bridge Capital Holdings (NASDAQ: BBNK), whose subsidiary is Bridge Bank, National Association, a full-service business bank headquartered in the Silicon Valley region of California, announced today, it has provided financing to Chinook Sciences and Advanced Metal Processing to support its plans for improving the impact on the environment.

"With our financing needs provided by Bridge Bank, we are able to proceed with our expansion plans to bring our recycling operations to other parts of the U.S.," says Dr. Rifat Chalabi, Chairman and President of Chinook Sciences. "It's exciting to have this opportunity to grow and it's a significant step towards our goal of recovering valuables and converting waste into renewable energy."

Chinook Sciences, LLC and Advanced Metal Processing, LLC partner to open a new metal recycling plant in New Jersey. The new credit facility provided by SBA and Business & Industry, made it possible for the venture to acquire the building and purchase and install a Generation 6 RODECS® de-coating and de-lacquering System.

"The Advanced Metal Processing/Chinook venture creates a new and improved approach to metal recycling; thereby, offering a valuable resource to the environment - and that's exciting," said Ralph Barnett, Executive Vice President and Manager of the SBA and Real Estate Banking Division at Bridge Bank. "We are pleased to be able to offer them an overall solution that would assist in their vision for environmental clean-up."

Chinook Sciences provides turnkey solutions for metal processing using the patented RODECS® system. RODECS® is the world's only industrial-scale batch de-coating, de-lacquering, and drying system.

Bridge Bank specializes in providing superior service and customized banking solutions to small and middle-market, and emerging technology businesses in Silicon Valley, California and the Nation. The Bank's product offerings include 24/7 internet-based business cash and treasury management, online account statement and item imaging, remote deposit capture, commercial lines of credit, growth capital financing, commercial real estate financing, international Export-Import financing and foreign exchange payment services, Small Business Administration 7(a) and 504 loans as an SBA Preferred Lender Participant-accredited direct lender, and factoring and asset-based loans through its Bridge Capital Finance Group.

About Chinook Sciences
Chinook Sciences, LLC, was founded in 1998 and is the leading manufacturer and operator of advanced gasification technology. Its RODECS® gasification system, now in its eighth design generation, enjoys an unprecedented eight-year track record of industrial commercial operation, with an unblemished environmental record. The RODECS® is capable of processing a wide range of organic-based waste streams including E-waste, MSW, and various industrial wastes. The system has been installed in 17 locations throughout the world, where it gasifies organic material without using incineration and fully recovers metals in its patented ACTIVE PYRO® process.

About Advanced Metal Processing
AMP's core business is the supply of high quality non-ferrous metal scrap to the secondary Industry. AMP Plants process all type of non-ferrous metals (sheets, extrusions, turnings, cables, foils, Litho, heavy coating metals, etc.) and fully prepare the metal for the secondary recycling industry. AMP companies are Green companies all processes are performed with full compliance to all environmental regulations, both nationally (per the Environmental Protection Agency, "EPA") and locally (the state). AMP is the first U.S. facility to use the RODECS® system.

About Bridge Capital Holdings
Bridge Capital Holdings is the holding company for Bridge Bank, National Association. Bridge Capital Holdings was formed on October 1, 2004 and holds a Global Select listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the trading symbol BBNK. Visit Bridge Capital Holdings on the web at www.bridgecapitalholdings.com.

About Bridge Bank, N.A.
Bridge Bank, N.A. is Silicon Valley's full-service professional business bank. The Bank is dedicated to meeting the financial needs of small, middle-market, and emerging technology businesses. Bridge Bank provides its clients with a comprehensive package of business banking solutions delivered through experienced, professional bankers. Visit Bridge Bank on the web at www.bridgebank.com.

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