0000912057-02-042561 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN STERLING FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND EMPIRE FEDERAL BANCORP, INC.

Merger Agreement • November 15th, 2002 • Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/ • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Washington

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  November 15th, 2002
• Company
  Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/
• Industry
  Savings institutions, not federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  Washington

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 19, 2002 (this "Agreement"), is entered into by and between Sterling Financial Corporation, a Washington corporation ("Sterling") and Empire Federal Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Empire").