AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and between STERLING BANCORP and PROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORPMerger Agreement • April 9th, 2013 • Provident New York Bancorp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 9th, 2013 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of April 3, 2013 (this “Agreement”), by and between Sterling Bancorp, a New York corporation (“Sterling”), and Provident New York Bancorp, a Delaware corporation (“Provident”).