STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ - FORM 10-K - EX-32.1 - SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION - March 16, 2010

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EX-12.1 - RETURN ON AVERAGE SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex121.htm
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EX-10.8 - FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex108.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex312.htm
EX-10.7 - 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex107.htm
EX-12.2 - RETURN ON AVERAGE ASSETS - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex122.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex322.htm
EX-12.3 - RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex123.htm
EX-99.1 - SECTION 111 CERTIFICATION - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex991.htm
EX-21.1 - LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex211.htm
EX-10.9 - 2001 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex109.htm
EX-10.12 - FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex1012.htm
EX-10.10 - 2003 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN - STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/dex1010.htm

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant

To Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Sterling Financial Corporation (“Sterling”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Harold B. Gilkey, Chief Executive Officer of Sterling, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Sterling.

 

March 16, 2010   By  

/s/ J. Gregory Seibly

    J. Gregory Seibly
    President and Chief Executive Officer

This certification accompanies each Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by Sterling for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Sterling and will be retained by Sterling and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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