0000950103-13-005465 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and between STERLING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and UMPQUA HOLDINGS CORPORATION DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Agreement and Plan of Merger • September 17th, 2013 • Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/ • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Oregon

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  September 17th, 2013
• Company
  Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/
• Industry
  Savings institutions, not federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  Oregon

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 11, 2013 (this “Agreement”), by and between Sterling Financial Corporation, a Washington corporation (“Sterling”), and Umpqua Holdings Corporation, an Oregon corporation (“Umpqua”).