SFC8-KreDirectorsBoggsandPope


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

________________

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report: June 14, 2013
(Date of earliest event reported)


Sterling Financial Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Washington 
001-34696
91-1572822
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

111 North Wall Street, Spokane, Washington 99201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(509) 358-8097
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(d)         Sterling Financial Corporation ("Sterling") hereby announces that its board of directors (the "Sterling Board") has appointed Paula E. Boggs and Maria M. Pope to the Sterling Board, effective June 14, 2013. The Sterling Board has not yet determined committee appointments for Ms. Boggs and Ms. Pope.

A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Boggs and Ms. Pope is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report. The information in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)        The following exhibit is being furnished herewith.

Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
99.1
Press release text of Sterling Financial Corporation dated June 20, 2013
 
 
        


    



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
 
 
STERLING FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 20, 2013
 
By:
/s/  Patrick J. Rusnak
Date
 
 
Patrick J. Rusnak
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer