STL 1 0 Form 15


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 15
 
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Commission File Number: 1-5273-1
 
STERLING BANCORP/STERLING NATIONAL BANK 401(K) PLAN
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
400 Rella Boulevard
Montebello, New York 10901
(845) 369-8040
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
Interests in the Sterling Bancorp/Sterling National Bank 401(k) Plan
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
 
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
 
 
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
 
 
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
o
 
 
 
 
 
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
o
 
 
 
 
 
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
ý
 
 
 
 
 
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
o
 
 
 
 
 
Rule 15d-6
o
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 0
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sterling Bancorp has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
 




Date:
July 7, 2014
 
Sterling Bancorp/Sterling National Bank 401(k) Plan
 
 
 
 
By: Sterling Bancorp, a Delaware corporation (as
 
 
 
 
successor by merger to Sterling Bancorp, a New York
 
 
 
 
corporation), its Administrator
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Luis Massiani
 
 
 
 
Name:
Luis Massiani
 
 
 
 
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.