FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN dated as of December 8, 2010 between STERLING FINANCIAL CORPORATION, and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Rights AgentShareholder Rights Plan • December 10th, 2010 • Sterling Financial Corp /Wa/ • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Washington
This Right Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Plan, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights Plan reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right Certificates, which limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of such Rights under the specific circumstances set forth in the Rights Plan.
