WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

West Coast Bank Receives National Human Resources Service Excellence Award The Company Places Second in North America LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank (NASDAQ:WCBO) has received Human Resource Executive magazine's 2004 Human Resources Service Excellence Award, which recognizes the human resources departments in North America. West Coast Bank competed with more than 800 companies in their size category and placed second overall. Each year thousands of human resources departments are nominated for the coveted award. The winners were determined based on the overall results of the Human Resources Service Excellence survey conducted by participating organizations. The survey allowed the organizations' employees to rate their human resources department on 40 separate items about the department's employee relations, service orientation, communication, professional knowledge, and overall performance. President and CEO Bob Sznewajs said, "West Coast Bank's human resources department exemplifies the company's commitment to provide a rewarding environment for our employees. This distinguished award, as determined by our employees, affirms what we believed to be true ... our human resources department is the best." West Coast Bancorp, one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2004 and 2005, is a Northwest bank holding company with $1.8 billion in assets, operating 52 offices in Oregon and Washington. The company combines the sophisticated products and expertise of larger banks with the local decision making, market knowledge and customer service of a community bank. For more information, visit the Company web site at http://www.wcb.com/. DATASOURCE: West Coast Bancorp CONTACT: Cyndi Sparacio, Executive Vice President of West Coast Bancorp, +1-503-598-3242 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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