Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 807

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 807
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.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. |

| 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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

| Item 20. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers |

Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.603 of the WBCA contain specific provisions relating to indemnification of directors and officers of Washington corporations. In general, the statute provides that a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if: (i) the individual acted in good faith; and (ii) the individual reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in the individual’s official capacity, that the individual’s conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, and in all other cases, that the individual’s conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation’s best interests. In the case of a criminal proceeding, the individual must not have had any reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful. A director may not be indemnified in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the director was found liable to the corporation, or a proceeding in which the director was found to have improperly received a personal benefit. Washington law provides for mandatory indemnification of directors for reasonable expenses incurred when the indemnified party is wholly successful in the defense of the proceeding. Washington law permits a director of a corporation who is a party to a proceeding to apply to the courts for indemnification or advancement of expenses, unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, and the court may order indemnification or advancement of expenses under certain circumstances