Sterling Bancshares, Inc. to Present at the Sandler O'Neill East Coast Financial Services Conference

• Press Release
• Source: Sterling Bancshares, Inc.
• On 9:00 am EST, Thursday November 5, 2009

HOUSTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sterling Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBIB - News) will make a presentation at the Sandler O'Neill East Coast Financial Services Conference in Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2:10 p.m. Eastern Time. J. Downey Bridgwater, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Zach L. Wasson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will make Sterling's presentation.

Interested individuals may listen to a live audio webcast of the presentation by visiting http://www.sandleroneill.com. Go to the Conferences tab, and then select View Webcast under the East Coast Financial Services Conference heading. Beginning November 13th, the presentation will be archived for thirty days. There is no charge to listen to the webcast.

About Sterling Bancshares

Sterling Bancshares, Inc. is a Houston-based bank holding company with total assets of

$4.9 billion, which operates 60 banking centers in the greater metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. The Company's common stock is traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "SBIB". For more information on Sterling Bancshares, please visit the Company's web site at http://www.banksterling.com.

    For More Information Contact:
    Chris Reid, Vice President of Investor Relations
    (713) 507-2873

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