X0303 4 2011-02-04 0 0001212545 WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION WAL 0001398948 Vecchione Kenneth C/O WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION ONE E WASHINGTON STREET PHOENIX AZ 85004 1 1 0 0 President & COO Common Stock 2011-02-04 5 A 0 E 1449 0.00 A 162751 D These shares are issuable in respect of common stock that represent a portion of the reporting person's salary, net of withholdings and deductions, that fully vest on the date of the grant. Once vested the common stock will become transferrable to the reporting person on a pro rata basis as the Company repays TARP Funds, in increments of no less than 25%. TARP Funds include any funds received pursuant to the United States Government's Troubled Asset Relief Program. /s/ Dale Gibbons (Attorney-in-fact) 2011-02-07