Umpqua Holdings Announces 40% Increase in Quarterly Dividend to $0.07

Umpqua Holdings Corporation

, parent company of Umpqua Bank and Umpqua Investments, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per common share, which represents a 40% increase over the cash dividend paid in the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on October 14, 2011 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2011.