Company Website: http://www.sterlingfinancialcorporation-spokane.com
SPOKANE, Wash. -- (Business Wire)

Sterling Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:STSA), (“Sterling”), the bank holding company of Sterling Savings Bank, announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Seibly and Chief Financial Officer Pat Rusnak will present at the Barclays Capital Global Financial Services Conference in New York, on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. In addition, Chief Financial Officer Pat Rusnak and Corporate Development Executive Dan Byrne will present at the Sandler O’Neill Partners Pacific Northwest Bank Tour in Seattle on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011.

Sterling is scheduled to present at Barclays at 11:45 a.m. PDT and at Sandler O’Neill at 8:30 a.m. PDT. A link to the webcast of Sterling’s presentation at the Barclays conference will be available at www.sterlingfinancialcorporation-spokane.com.

About Sterling Financial Corporation

Sterling Financial Corporation of Spokane, Wash., is the bank holding company for Sterling Savings Bank, a state chartered and federally insured commercial bank. Sterling offers banking products and services, mortgage lending, and investment products to individuals, small businesses, commercial organizations and corporations. As of June 30, 2011, Sterling Financial Corporation had assets of $9.24 billion and operated 178 depository branches throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and California. Visit Sterling’s website at www.sterlingfinancialcorporation-spokane.com.

Contacts:

Sterling Financial Corporation
Media contact:
Cara L. Coon, 509-626-5348
cara.coon@sterlingsavings.com
or
Investor contact:
Patrick Rusnak, 509-227-0961
or
Daniel Byrne, 509-458-3711

Source: Sterling Financial Corporation