**Exhibit 10.14**
**Short Term Incentive Program for Shared Services**
**Overview:**The short term incentive program for Shared Service Members (SSMs) has several keyobjectives. This program will align personal rewards with quality of contribution, but first andforemost will incent the key leaders of the bank to continue to honor the bank’s commitment to ourshareholders, our community, our customers and our employees. The bonus pool will be generated by 2components:
 •  Return on Average Equity (ROAE) •  Earnings per Share Growth (EPSG)
Defined terms are contained in the Summary of Sterling Bank Short Term Incentive Programs overviewdocument.
**Eligibility:**All designated officer members of the Shared Services Team and other officers andnon-officers assigned to the Shared Services department.
**Who are members of the Shared Services Team?**See Exhibit “A”
**How will the incentive bonus pool be generated and allocated?**The total annual incentive bonusavailable to SSMs will be generated based on achieving and exceeding the hurdle rates of ROAE of12% annually and EPSG of 12% annually. If the hurdle rates are achieved, the amount of the poolavailable to SSMs will be calculated based upon the proportion of base salaries of SSMs to thetotal salaries of all bank officers multiplied by a factor of the excess of ROAE (for instance 27%of the excess of 12% ROAE). If the EPSG hurdle rate is achieved the bonus pool would be fullyawarded. If the EPSG is less than or equal to 9.99%, no bonus pool would be awarded. If the EPSGwere <12% but 3 10%, 75% of the pool would be awarded. If the EPSG hurdle rate isexceeded the bonus pool would be increased as follows:              •  14% -  125% •  16% -  133% •  18% -  150% •  20% -  200%
Ninety percent of all pools will be awarded to officers and 10% of all pools will be awarded tonon-officer employees.
Shared Services Members serving in dual capacities as a member of the Shared Service team and aRegional CEO of Bank Offices or Profit Centers will receive 60% of their short term incentives fromthis program. The remaining 40% of their short term incentive payments will be derived from thebonus pools generated by the bank offices or profit centers they support in a “Regional CEO”capacity.
**How will the 2 components be measured and the pools allocated?**Both financial measures arecalculated at the Bancshares level and will be performed by the Finance Division and certified bythe CFO. The President/CEO will award annual incentive bonuses to SSMs and other officers assignedto the Shared Services department based on individual scorecards (results 3 3). Bonuses tonon-officers assigned to the Shared Services department will be allocated by the SSM directlyresponsible for the non-officer(s) based on individual scorecard(s) of the non-officer(s) (results3 3).
 

 

**How often is the bonus paid?**Annually. Bonuses will be paid 60 days following the end of eachcalendar year. To receive a bonus, the employee must be employed by Sterling Bank on the date thebonuses are **paid.**
**Who administers the incentive program?**The bonus pool calculations and related financial triggerswill be performed by the Finance staff and approved by the CFO. The President/CEO will perform theallocation of the bonus pool to individual SSMs, subject to the approval of the HR ProgramsCommittee of the Board of Directors, as applicable. The HR department will make the payroll entriesto pay the approved bonus.
**Will the participants in this incentive program participate in other incentive programs?**While itis expected that the SSMs will only participate in this short-term incentive pool, there may beinstances when, with Board approval, SSMs are permitted participation in specific “new initiative”pools.
 

 

**Exhibit A**
**Shared Services Members**   **Downey Bridgwater** **President & CEO**   **Steve Raffaele** **EVP & Chief Financial Officer**   **Daryl Bohls** **EVP & Chief Credit Officer**   **Glenn Rust** **EVP & Chief Operations Officer**   **Jim Goolsby** **EVP & General Counsel**   **Graham Painter** **SVP, Corporate Communications**   **Wanda Dalton** **EVP, Chief Human Resource Officer**   **Allen Brown** **Regional CEO** **Weighted to acknowledge participation in Regional Pool**   **Danny Buck** **Regional CEO** **Weighted to acknowledge participation in Regional Pool**   **Clinton Dunn** **Regional CEO** **Weighted to acknowledge participation in Regional Pool**   **Travis Jaggers** **Regional CEO** **Weighted to acknowledge participation in Regional Pool**   **Mike Skowroneck** **Regional CEO** **Weighted to acknowledge participation in Regional Pool**   **Bob Smith** **Regional CEO** **Weighted to acknowledge participation in Regional Pool**