Umpqua Holdings Corporation Notice of Performance Share Award

Effective <Grant Date>, you have been granted a Performance Share Award ("Award") for the number of Shares listed above. This Notice of Performance Share Award ("Notice") together with the Umpqua Holdings Corporation 2013 Incentive Plan (“Plan”) and the corresponding Restricted Stock Award Agreement ("RSA Agreement," together with this Notice and the Plan, the "PSA Documents") delivered to you and in effect as of the Grant Date contain the terms of your Award. The Plan and the RSA Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Notice, and capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning given in the Plan or the Agreement.

Vesting Conditions. No Shares subject to this Award will vest after the occurrence of any Forfeiture Event. Shares subject to this Award that have not vested pursuant to the Early Vesting provisions set forth below or in accordance with the vesting conditions set forth on Exhibit A are referred to as “Unvested Shares.” Except as otherwise provided in Early Vesting, the number of Shares that vest, if any, is based on the Company’s performance against Performance Goals during the Performance Period as determined by the Committee in accordance with Exhibit A, and is subject to the Participant’s continued employment with, or service to, the Company through the end of the Performance Period. The terms Performance Goals and Performance Period are defined in Exhibit A.

Early Vesting. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) upon death or Disability of Participant prior to the Determination Date (defined below), a percentage of the Unvested Shares shall vest as of the date of such event (in the case of Disability upon termination of Participant’s Continuous Service) and shall be distributed in accordance with Section 4.2 of the RSA Agreement, with such percentage equal to the number of days of service by the Participant during the three year period starting on the Grant Date divided by 1,095; and (ii) in the event of a Change in Control, if Participant’s Continuous Service with the Company is terminated by the Company or successor entity without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason (as defined in Participant’s employment agreement with the Company) within eighteen months following the occurrence of a Change in Control, all Unvested Shares shall vest as of the date of such event and shall be distributed in accordance with Section 4.2 of the RSA Agreement.

No Current Payment of Dividends. Any and all cash dividends, stock dividends or other distributions with respect to Unvested Shares shall be withheld by the Company for your account. The cash dividends, stock dividends or other distributions so withheld and attributable to any particular Unvested Share shall be distributed upon the vesting of such Share, and to the extent any Unvested Share is forfeited, dividends or distributions attributable to such Unvested Share will also be forfeited.

Acknowledgement and Agreement. By acknowledging and agreeing to the Award on the terms set forth in the PSA Documents, you represent and warrant to the Company that: (a) you have received a copy of the PSA Documents, read and reviewed such documents in their entirety, and fully understand all provisions of the PSA Documents; (b) you hereby agree to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator of the Plan regarding any questions arising under the PSA Documents; (c) your rights to any shares underlying this Award are conditioned upon you satisfying the vesting conditions in this Notice and the terms of the PSA Documents; (d) nothing in the PSA Documents bestows upon you any right to continue your current employment or consulting relationship with the Company for any period of time, nor does it interfere in any way with your right or the Company’s right to terminate that relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without cause; and (e) you agree, unless otherwise paid back to the Company by you, that the Company shall have the right to offset the amount of the Award that is to be forfeited or repaid under Section 16, Clawback, of the Plan against any current amounts due to you, including, but not limited to, salary, incentive compensation, Awards under the Plan, severance, deferred compensation or any other funds due to you from Company. I hereby acknowledge receipt of, and accept, this Award granted on the date shown above, which has been issued to me under the terms and conditions of the PSA Documents, and I hereby agree to the terms and conditions of such PSA Documents, including the offset provision provided in paragraph (e) above. I further acknowledge receipt of the Plan Prospectus.

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