AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP BANK OF LODI, N.A. PLACER SIERRA BANCSHARES AND PLACER SIERRA BANK DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2004Merger Agreement • September 8th, 2004 • Placer Sierra Bancshares • State commercial banks • California
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated September 7, 2004, is by and among Placer Sierra Bancshares, a California corporation and a registered bank holding company under the Federal Bank Holding Company Act (“Parent”), Placer Sierra Bank, a California banking corporation (“Parent Bank”), First Financial Bancorp, a California corporation and a registered bank holding company under the Federal Bank Holding Company Act (“Company”) and Bank of Lodi, N.A., a national banking association (“Company Bank”).
