Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 566

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 566
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MNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF THE CORPORATION
. The corporation may, by action of the Board from time to time, provide indemnification and pay expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding to or on behalf of employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the provisions of this Article 7 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the corporation or pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the Washington Business Corporation Act or otherwise.

## ARTICLE 8. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
8.1

### OFFICE AND AGENT
. The name of the initial registered agent of the corporation and the address of its initial registered office are as follows: [•].

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the corporation has caused these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to be executed this [•] day of [•], [•].

[•]

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### CERTIFICATE REGARDING

### FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

### OF MECHANICS BANCORP
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 23B.10.060 and 23B.10.070 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, the undersigned, who is the duly elected, qualified, and acting [•] of Mechanics Bancorp, a Washington corporation (the “

#### Corporation
”), hereby certifies that:

1. The name of the Corporation is Mechanics Bancorp, a Washington corporation.

2. The Third Restated Articles of Incorporation of HomeStreet, Inc. filed on July 25, 2019 are amended and restated in their entirety and replaced with the Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation as set forth hereto (the “

#### Fourth Amended and Restated Articles
”).

3. The Fourth Amended and Restated Articles were duly approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on [•] and by the shareholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of RCW 23B.10.030 and 23B.10.040 on [•].

4. These Fourth Amended and Restated Articles shall be effective as of [•].

EXECUTED this [•] day of [•], [•].

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