0000950124-06-005306 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN STERLING FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND NORTHERN EMPIRE BANCSHARES

Agreement and Plan of Merger • September 18th, 2006 • Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/ • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Washington

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  September 18th, 2006
• Company
  Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/
• Industry
  Savings institutions, not federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  Washington

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 17, 2006 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Sterling Financial Corporation, a Washington corporation (“Sterling”), and Northern Empire Bancshares, a California corporation (“Northern Empire”).