EX-21. 5 a2040968zex-21_.htm EXHIBIT 21.1 Prepared by MERRILL CORPORATION www.edgaradvantage.com
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EXHIBIT 21.1


SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

 
   State of
Incorporation
   Percent
Owned
  
Sterling Savings Bank   Washington   100 %

Tri-Cities Mortgage Corporation
 
Washington
 
100
%

Sterling Capital Trust I
 
Delaware
 
100
%

Subsidiaries of Sterling Savings Bank:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Action Mortgage Company
 
Washington
 
100
%
 
Harbor Financial Services, Inc.
    (a subsidiary of Evergreen First Service Corporation)
 
Washington
 
100
%
 
INTERVEST-Mortgage Investment Company
 
Washington
 
100
%
 
Evergreen Environmental Development Corporation
 
Washington
 
100
%
 
Evergreen First Service Corporation
 
Washington
 
100
%
 
Fidelity Service Corporation
 
Washington
 
100
%
 
Tri-West Mortgage Company
 
Washington
 
100
%
 
Sterling Automobile Loan Securitization 2000-1, L.L.C.
 
Delaware
 
100
%


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