0001193125-12-363811 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION AND WESTERN LIBERTY BANCORP DATED AS OF August 17, 2012

Merger Agreement • August 22nd, 2012 • Western Liberty Bancorp • National commercial banks • Nevada

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  August 22nd, 2012
• Company
  Western Liberty Bancorp
• Industry
  National commercial banks
• Jurisdiction
  Nevada

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of August 17, 2012 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Western Alliance Bancorporation (“WAL”), a Nevada corporation, and Western Liberty Bancorp, a Delaware corporation (“Target”).