SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sterling Financial Corporation (STSA), today announced that it expects to release 2012 second-quarter earnings after 1 p.m. PDT on Thursday, July 26, 2012. Sterling plans to host a conference call for investors the next morning, Friday, July 27, 2012, at 8 a.m. PDT to discuss the company's financial results.

A live audio webcast of the conference call can be accessed at the company's website, www.sterlingfinancialcorporation-spokane.com. To access this audio presentation, click on the audio webcast icon. Additionally, you may listen to the live conference call by telephone by dialing 1-517-308-9324 approximately five minutes before the scheduled start time and provide the password STERLING. A webcast replay of the conference call will be available on the company's website approximately one hour following the completion of the call. The webcast replay will be offered through August 27, 2012.

About Sterling Financial Corporation

Sterling Financial Corporation of Spokane, Wash., is the bank holding company for Sterling Savings Bank, a Washington state chartered and federally insured commercial bank that operates under the following registered trade names: Sterling Bank, First Independent Bank and Sonoma Bank. Sterling Savings Bank operates as Sonoma Bank only in the State of California. Sterling offers banking products and services, mortgage lending, and investment products to individuals, small businesses, commercial organizations and corporations. As of March 31, 2012, Sterling Financial Corporation had assets of $9.50 billion and operated 189 depository branches throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and California. Visit Sterlings website at www.sterlingfinancialcorporation-spokane.com.

Sterling Financial Corporation
Media contact:
Cara L. Coon, 509-626-5348
cara.coon@bankwithsterling.com
or
Investor contact:
509-227-0961

Source: Sterling Financial Corporation