Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Sterling Financial Corporation is furnishing the slide presentation that it intends to present to institutional investors at various meetings during February and March 2013. The slides are included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The information in this report (including 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 Sterling Financial Corporation slide presentation.

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