0000950123-06-001833 Sample Contracts

SUPPORT AGREEMENT

Support Agreement • February 15th, 2006 • Western Alliance Bancorporation • State commercial banks • Nevada

• Contract Type
  Support Agreement
• Filed
  February 15th, 2006
• Company
  Western Alliance Bancorporation
• Industry
  State commercial banks
• Jurisdiction
  Nevada

This Support Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 30, 2005, among Western Alliance Bancorporation, a Nevada corporation (“Acquirer”), and the shareholders of Intermountain First Bancorp, a Nevada corporation (“IFB”), executing this Agreement on the signature page hereto (each, a “Shareholder” and collectively, the “Shareholders”).

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION, AND BANK OF NEVADA DATED AS OF January 16, 2006

Merger Agreement • February 15th, 2006 • Western Alliance Bancorporation • State commercial banks • Nevada

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  February 15th, 2006
• Company
  Western Alliance Bancorporation
• Industry
  State commercial banks
• Jurisdiction
  Nevada

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 16, 2006 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Western Alliance Bancorporation, a Nevada corporation (“Western”), and Bank of Nevada, a Nevada state-chartered bank (“BN”).