8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)   December 30, 2005

PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	0-22193	33-0743196
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1600 Sunflower Ave, Second Floor, Costa Mesa, CA		92626
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code   (714) 431-4000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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ITEM 7.01  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On December 30, 2005 the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the Management of the Company to repurchase up to 61,500 shares, or 1.17% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock to be done in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Securities and Exchange Act.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

A copy of PPBI’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and hereby incorporated by reference.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	PACIFIC PREMIER BANCORP, INC.
Dated:  December 30, 2005	By:	/s/ STEVEN R. GARDNER
		Steven R. Gardner
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. Announces Open Market Stock Repurchases

          COSTA MESA, Calif., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPBI) (the “Company”), announced that it has been making periodic repurchases of its stock in the open market with the primary intention of using the repurchased shares for incentives for new and existing employees, thereby reducing the need of issuing new shares that would dilute shareholders’ equity.  The Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the Management of the Company to repurchase up to 61,500 shares, or 1.17% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, of which 31,550 shares has been repurchased through the date hereof.  The repurchase authorization has and shall be conducted in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Securities and Exchange Act.

          The Company owns all of the capital stock of the Bank, a federal savings bank.  We currently provide business and consumer banking products to our customers through our three branches in Southern California located in the cities of San Bernardino, Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.  The Bank is scheduled to open its fourth, fifth and sixth branches in Costa Mesa, Cypress and Newport Beach, California respectively, during the first and second quarter of 2006.  At September 30, 2005, we had total consolidated assets of $662.8 million, net loans of $572.6 million, total deposits of $324.6 million, and total consolidated stockholders’ equity of $49.3 million.  For more information see www.ppbi.net.

Contact:
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.
Steven R. Gardner	John Shindler
President/CEO	Executive Vice President/CFO
714-431-4000	714-431-4000

SOURCE  Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.
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          /CONTACT:  Steven R. Gardner, President/CEO, or John Shindler, Executive Vice President/CFO, both of Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc., +1-714-431-4000/
          /Web site:  http://www.ppbi.net /
          (PPBI)