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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 6, 2014, among the Umpqua Holdings Corporation (the &quot;Issuer&quot;), Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;WP Private Equity X&quot;), Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;WP X Partners,&quot; and together with WP Private Equity X, &quot;WP X&quot;), Thomas H. Lee Equity  Fund VI, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Parallel Fund VI, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Parallel (DT) Fund VI, L.P., THL Sterling Equity Investors L.P., THL Managers VI, LLC, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, WP X will sell 7,500,000 shares of common stock (&quot;Common Stock&quot;) of the Issuer in a registered offering that closed on August 12, 2014.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents Common Stock of the Issuer held by the following entities: 13,698,060 by WP Private Equity X and 438,226 by WP X Partners, respectively.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">By reason of the provisions of Rule 16a-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), Warburg Pincus X L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;WP X LP&quot;), and the general partner of WP X; Warburg Pincus X LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;WP X LLC&quot;) and the general partner of WP X LP; Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, a New York limited liability company (&quot;WP Partners&quot;) and the sole member of WP X LLC; Warburg Pincus &amp; Co., a New York general partnership (&quot;WP&quot;) and the managing member of WP Partners; Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company (&quot;WP LLC&quot;) that manages WP X; and Messrs. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy, each a Managing General Partner of WP and a Managing Member and Co-Chief Executive Officer of WP LLC, and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock held by WP X.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">(Continued from footnote 3) Each of WP X LP, WP X LLC, WP Partners, WP, WP LLC, and Messrs. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy are a &quot;Reporting Person,&quot; and collectively, the &quot;Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons.&quot;</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Information with respect to each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons is given solely by such Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons, and no Warburg Pincus Reporting Person has responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information supplied by another Warburg Pincus Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Exchange Act, each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons, other than WP X, herein states that this filing shall not be deemed an admission that he or it is the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock covered by this Statement. Each of WP X LP, WP X LLC, WP Partners, WP, WP LLC and Messrs. Kaye and Landy disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock, except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest in such Common Stock.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>See Exhibit 99.1</signatureName>
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