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EX-99 - EXHIBIT 99.1 FOR THE FORM 8-K FOR THE EVENT ON FEBRUARY 4, 2015 - BANNER CORPbnr8k2515exh991.htm
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 (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  February 4, 2015


Banner Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Washington 0-26584 91-1691604
(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission File  (I.R.S. Employer 
of incorporation)  Number)  Identification No.) 
                                                                                                     

10 S. First Avenue
Walla Walla, Washington  99362
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(509) 527-3636
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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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       240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 

 
 
Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.*
 
Banner Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Grescovich will be a presenter at the FIG Partners 6th Annual West Coast Bank CEO Forum in San Francisco, California on February 5, 2015.
 
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the presentation materials that are being provided in connection with the meeting.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.*
 
(d)
Exhibits
 
The following exhibits are being furnished herewith:
 
     
 
Exhibit No.
 
  
Description
99.1
  
Banner Corporation Presentation Materials
 
 

*
The information furnished under Item 7.01 and Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filings of Banner Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 


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.
 
  BANNER CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
Date:  February 4, 2015  By: /s/ Lloyd W. Baker                                   
  Lloyd W. Baker 
 
Executive Vice President and
   Chief Financial Officer