Opus Bank (“Opus”) (Nasdaq: OPB) announced today that members of its senior executive management team will participate in the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2014 Community Bank Investor Conference to be held at the Grand Hyatt Grand Central in New York City, New York on July 29 and 30, 2014. Stephen H. Gordon, Chairman, CEO & President; Michael Allison, Co-President and President of the Commercial Bank; and Nicole Carrillo, EVP - Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present an overview of Opus beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday July 30, 2014. Opus’ presentation will be webcast live and be available through a link on the investor relations section of the Opus website at: http://investor.opusbank.com/events.cfm. An archive of the webcast will be available for thirty days following the presentation. The presentation materials will also be available from the investor relations section of Opus’ website at: http://investor.opusbank.com/.

Additionally, Opus announced today that Mr. Gordon will also participate in the 2014 KBW IPO Symposium at The Harvard Club on Thursday July 31, 2014, as a member of the panel titled “Lessons Learned from Recent Issuers.” Attendance at the KBW IPO Symposium is by invitation only.

About Opus Bank

Opus Bank is an FDIC insured California-chartered commercial bank with over $4.0 billion of total assets, $3.2 billion of total loans, and $3.0 billion in total deposits as of March 31, 2014. Opus Bank provides high-value, relationship-based banking products, services, and solutions to its clients through its Retail Bank, Commercial Bank, Merchant Bank, and Correspondent Bank. Opus Bank offers a suite of treasury and cash management and depository solutions and a wide range of loan products, including commercial business, healthcare, technology, multifamily residential, commercial real estate, and structured finance, and is an SBA preferred lender. Opus Bank is an Equal Housing Lender. Opus Bank operates 60 banking offices, including two in the Phoenix metropolitan area of Arizona, 34 in California and 24 in the Seattle/Puget Sound region of Washington. For additional information about Opus Bank, please visit our website: www.opusbank.com. To learn more about how Opus Bank is backing businesses, please visit: www.opusbank.com/spotlight.

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