Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 26

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 26
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| Q: | How can I vote my shares without attending the special meeting? |

| A: | If you are a shareholder of record of HomeStreet as of [ ], 2025, the record date for the HomeStreet shareholder meeting, you may submit your proxy before the HomeStreet shareholder meeting in any of the following ways: |

| • | via the Internet, by accessing the website [ ] and following the instructions on the website; |

| • | by mail, by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card to HomeStreet using the enclosed postage-paid envelope; or |

| • | by telephone, by calling toll-free [ ] and following the recorded instructions. |

If you intend to submit your proxy by telephone or via the Internet, you must do so by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the day before the HomeStreet shareholder meeting. If you intend to submit your proxy by mail, your completed proxy card must be received before the HomeStreet shareholder meeting. Please note that if you are a beneficial owner with shares held in “street name,” you should follow the voting instructions provided by your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee. Additional information on voting procedures can be found under the section entitled “ The HomeStreet Special Meeting—Attending the Virtual Special Meeting.”

| Q: | What do I need to do now? |

| A: | After carefully reading and considering the information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement, please vote as soon as possible. If you hold shares of HomeStreet common stock, please respond by completing, signing and dating the accompanying proxy card or written consent, as applicable, and returning it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope, or by submitting your proxy by telephone or through the internet, as soon as possible so that your shares may be represented at your meeting. Please note that if you are a beneficial owner with shares held in “street name,” you should follow the voting instructions provided by your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee. |

| Q: | If I am a beneficial owner with my shares held in “street name” by a bank, broker, trustee or other nominee, will my bank, broker, trustee or other nominee vote my shares for me? |

| A: | No. Your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee cannot vote your shares without instructions from you. You should instruct your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee how to vote your shares in accordance with the instructions provided to you