ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On September 19, 2022, Silvergate Capital Corporation (the "Company"), the holding company for Silvergate Bank (the "Bank"), issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mary-Margaret Henke as a member of the boards of directors (the "Boards") of the Company and the Bank. In addition, Ms.Henke was appointed to the audit committees of the Company and the Bank.

Ms. Henke is considered an independent director under the applicable Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange rules, will serve as a Class II director on the Company's Board, and will be subject to re-election at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders to be held in June 2023. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Henke and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director. Ms. Henke will receive the same compensation as currently paid to the Company's and the Bank's other Board members.

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on September 19, 2022 regarding Ms. Henke's appointment as a director of the Company and the Bank, as described in item 5.02 above, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information furnished under Item 7.01 and Item 9.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other filings of the Company made under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.




(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number             Description

99.1                 Press Release da    ted September 19, 2022
104                Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
                   document)



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