0001047469-03-024086 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN STERLING FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND KLAMATH FIRST BANCORP, INC.

Merger Agreement • July 15th, 2003 • Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/ • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Washington

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  July 15th, 2003
• Company
  Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/
• Industry
  Savings institutions, not federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  Washington

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of July 14, 2003 (this "Agreement"), is entered into by and between Sterling Financial Corporation, a Washington corporation ("Sterling") and Klamath First Bancorp, Inc., an Oregon corporation ("Klamath").