West Coast Bancorp Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call for October 26, 2009, 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --West Coast Bancorp (Nasdaq: WCBO) will hold its quarterly earnings conference call on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. The company will discuss third quarter results.

    -- Date:              Monday, October 26, 2009
    -- Time:              11:00 AM Pacific time
    -- To Listen Live:
        - Via Phone:      (877) 247.4281. Conference ID#: 27709026

        - Via Webcast:    Access the Company website at www.wcb.com
                          1. Click on "Investor Relations".
                          2. Click on "3rd Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference
                             Call" tab.
    -- To Listen to       Access the Company website at www.wcb.com
    Archived Conference   1. Click on "Investor Relations".
    Call (Replay)         2. Click on "Quarterly Conference Call" tab.
    Available October 27  3. Click on "3rd Quarter 2009 Earnings
                             Conference Call" tab.

West Coast Bancorp is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.6 billion in assets, operating 65 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 www.wcb.com.

SOURCE West Coast Bancorp