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SVB Financial Group in the News — 2009
Silicon Valley Bank Cultivates New Green Startups
San Francisco Business Times, June 12, 2009

What Lies Ahead for American Wine
Wine Spectator, May 20, 2009
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Banking's Top Performers, 2008 — Part 1: Banks with Assets over $3 billion
ABA Banking Journal, May 2009

SVB's State of the Wine Industry Report
KGO Radio, May 4, 2009

SVB Prefers Outsourced Investment Reporting
American Banking Association Banking Journal, April 15, 2009

Is Silicon Valley a Systemic Risk?
Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2009

TARP Is a Different Story at Smaller Banks
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, March 13, 2009

Top 25 Affordable Housing Lenders — Silicon Valley Bank #25
Affordable Housing Finance, February 2009

What Business Lenders Are Looking for Now
Boulder County Business Report, January 26, 2009

The 2008 Bank Performance Scorecard: America's Top 150 Banks
SVB #3
Bank Director Magazine, 1st Quarter 2009


SVB Financial Group in the News — 2008
Tight Lending Focus Benefits SVB's Wilcox Best in Banking
American Banker, December 1, 2008

Some Companies (Like Wal-Mart) Thrive Despite Recession
USA TODAY, December 4, 2008

Southern California VC Landscape - Stephen S. Hughes
PricewaterhouseCoopers Start Up Show, November 13, 2008

Silicon Valley Bank Unscathed by Credit Crisis
San Jose Mercury News, November 7, 2008

Best in Banking: Community Banking Honors Go to Wilcox, Patterson, Kemper
American Banker, October 31, 2008

The Ups and Downs of a Down Economy
TechJournal South, October 9, 2008

The Strongest Banks Out There
The Street.com, October 7, 2008

Entrepreneurial Financing: Three Sources of Capital for Small Businesses
Forbes.com, October 3, 2008

Silicon Valley Barely Touched by Financial Crisis — So Far
New York Times, September 23, 2008

Business-Oriented Community Banks Ride Out Financial Storm
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, September 19, 2008

Uncertain Future for Credit Default Swap Market
SNL Financial, September 17, 2008

Current Crisis Could Set the Stage for Future Gains
Wall Street Journal.com, September 17, 2008

The Valley's Not Feeling Wall Street's Pain
Little Sense of Panic Over Financial Woes

San Jose Mercury News, September 16, 2008

Spotting the Financial Survivors
Smart Money, September 16, 2008

California Winemakers Brace for Smaller Supply of Grapes
Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2008

SVB Expands in Utah
Techrockies, August 25, 2008

SVB Begins Venture Lending
Mint, August 18, 2008

SVB Financial Opens Indian Venture Operation
Associated Press, August 18, 2008

Your Path to Cleantech Success - Quentin Falconer
PricewaterhouseCoopers Start Up Show, August 14. 2008

Capital of Opportunity
Fundraising Lags, but Plenty of Potential Exists

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, August 1, 2008
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We Will be Aggressive in a Down Market
Mint, July 7, 2008

Silicon Valley Bank Still Prefers VCs to Real Estate
San Francisco Business Times, June 27, 2008
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SVB Analytics Capitalizes on Valuing Startups' Stock Options
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, June 20, 2008
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VCs Ask Companies to Save Cash
Reuters, June 13, 2008

NVWR® 66 - Winery Ownership Transitions, Part 1 of 2
Napa Valley Wine Radio, June 3, 2008

The Top 10 India Real Estate Professionals that Matter
6. Ash Lilani, President, India and China — SVB Financial Group

TheIndiaStreet.com, April 16, 2008

Banking's Top Performers
SVB Financial Group Was Ranked #6 Among Banks With Assets over $3 billion

American Banking Association Banking Journal, May 2008

HP Rotating Execs through China Experience
San Jose Mercury News, May 30, 2008

CEO: International Efforts Giving SVB Deposit Boost
American Banker, May 29, 2008
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Who's Who in Private Banking
North Bay Business Journal, May 12, 2008

"Paper free" Soon? Ever?
ABA Banking Journal, May 8, 2008

Tough Times May Cut Sales of High-End Wines
San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 2008

Family Wineries Likely to Create Most Vintages
The Oregonian, April 20, 2008

Seattle Startups Face Cash Crunch from Auction Rate Securities
Puget Sound Business Journal, April 18, 2008

Silicon Valley Bank Offers New Tool to Value Biotech Startups
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, April 18, 2008

SV150: How Silicon Valley Tech Companies Can Weather a Recession
San Jose Mercury News, April 13, 2008

When Will Auction Rate Securities Blow Up the Valley?
Silicon Alley Insider, March 31, 2008

Silicon Valley Bank Part of $20M Debt Financing Syndicate for Aerovance
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, March 28, 2008

Silicon Valley Bank and the Clean Tech Investment Space
w3w3.com, March 25, 2008

Silicon Valley Bank Supports Oregon Wine Industry (radio program)
VineTime, March 22, 2008

Start-Ups' Cash Trapped in ARS
Financial Week, March, 17, 2008

Israel-Valley Ties Grow
San Jose Mercury News, March, 15 2008

Can Wineries Learn from Neiman Marcus?
Wines & Vines, March 13, 2008

Interview with Joe Morgan, SVB Asset Management
socalTECH.com, March 13, 2008

New Exchanges to Rescue?
No Way, Say Skeptics of Secondary Market. 'Security Class Is Going to Die.'
Financial Week, March 10, 2008

Meet the Auction-Rate Cassandra
Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2008

Export-Import Bank's Focus Could Help Cleantech Clean Up
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, February 15, 2008
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Illinois Technology Industry Outlook Bright According to ITA Survey
Illinois Technology Association, February 7, 2008

Silicon Valley Bank Develops Clean-Tech Practice Strategy
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, January 21, 2008
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Silicon Valley Bank Vice Chairman to Oversee Wine Division
San Francisco Business Times, January 16, 2008

Silicon Valley Bank Banks on Clean Tech
Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, January 14, 2008

SVB Silicon Valley Bank Establishes Cleantech Practice
San Francisco Business Times, January 14, 2008

Finance: SVB Pursues Strategic Initiatives in 2008, Learns Lessons from the Past
San Jose Business Journal, January 4, 2008
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