EX-32 7 colb2q2018ex32.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
EXHIBIT 32
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Hadley S. Robbins, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Gregory A. Sigrist, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

| /s/ HADLEY S. ROBBINS
| Hadley S. Robbins President and Chief Executive Officer Columbia Banking System, Inc.
| /s/ GREGORY A. SIGRIST
| Gregory A. Sigrist Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Columbia Banking System, Inc.

Dated: August 7, 2018