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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 and Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
Date of Report: December 17, 2019
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
 
Umpqua Holdings Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
Oregon001-3462493-1261319
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
One SW Columbia, Suite 1200
Portland, Oregon 97258
(address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
 
(503) 727-4100
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
TITLE OF EACH CLASSTRADING SYMBOLNAME OF EXCHANGE
Common StockUMPQThe NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company [ ]

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act [ ]




Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(b),(c)Effective January 1, 2020, Lisa White will be promoted to Senior Vice President/Corporate Controller of Umpqua Holdings Corporation and Umpqua Bank and Principal Accounting Officer of Umpqua Holdings Corporation. Executive Vice President/Treasurer Neal McLaughlin will remain as Treasurer of Umpqua Holdings Corporation and Umpqua Bank, but will complete his service as Principal Accounting Officer effective January 1, 2020. Ms. White, age 37, currently serves as Umpqua Bank’s Senior Vice President Bank Controller, a position she has held since April 2015, and she previously served as Umpqua Bank’s Vice President/Assistant Controller of Loans & Initiatives from March 2011 to April 2015.
 
        





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.
 
 
 UMPQUA HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
 
Dated: December 17, 2019
By:/s/ Andrew H. Ognall
     Andrew H. Ognall
     Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary