X0306 4 2014-04-18 1 0000891106 STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ STSA 0001278621 EISENHART WILLIAM L 111 N. WALL STREET SPOKANE WA 99201 1 Common Stock 2014-04-18 4 D 0 17088 D 0 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 21.76 2014-04-18 4 D 0 2626 0 D 2014-04-01 2023-04-29 Common Stock 2626 0 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 2189.22 2014-04-18 4 D 0 31 0 D 2008-01-31 2017-03-15 Common Stock 31 0 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 1696.86 2014-04-18 4 D 0 31 0 D 2005-12-19 2015-12-18 Common Stock 31 0 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 1763.08 2014-04-18 4 D 0 46 0 D 2005-12-21 2015-02-28 Common Stock 46 0 D Common stock of Sterling Financial Corporation ("Sterling") disposed of in connection with the merger of Sterling with and into Umpqua Holdings Corporation ("Umpqua") on April 18, 2014 pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 11, 2013, between Sterling and Umpqua, each share of Sterling's common stock was exchanged for $2.18 in cash and 1.671 shares of Umpqua common stock. This stock option was cancelled pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger. These options carried exercise prices that were significantly in excess of the value of the merger consideration. Sterling received permission from the award recipient to cancel the award prior to the effective date of the merger. /s/ Lara L. Hemingway, attorney-in-fact 2014-04-22