Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 575

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 575
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 days from the date on which the voting results of the election are determined, (B) the date on which an individual is selected by the Board to fill the office held by such director, which selection shall be deemed to constitute the filling of a vacancy by the Board, or (C) the date on which the director’s resignation is accepted by the Board. In a contested election, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. For purposes of this Section 1.8(c) , a “

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” is any meeting of the shareholders for which (1) the Secretary of the corporation receives a notice that a shareholder has nominated a person for election to the Board in compliance with the advance notice requirements for shareholder nominees for director set forth in Section 1.12 of these Bylaws, (2) such nomination has not been withdrawn by such shareholder on or prior to the last date that a notice of nomination for such meeting is timely as determined under Section 1.12 , and (3) the Board has not determined before the notice of meeting is given that the shareholder’s nominee(s) do not create a bona fide election contest. For purposes of clarity and to resolve any ambiguity under RCW 23B.10.205, it is assumed that for purposes of determining the number of director nominees, on the last day for delivery of a notice under Section 1.12 , there is a candidate nominated by the Board for each of the director positions to be voted on at the meeting. Nothing in this Section 1.8(c) is intended to limit the authority of the Board to determine that a bona fide election contest does not exist, in which event it shall disclose the applicable voting regime in the notice of meeting or, if such determination occurs after such notice has been sent, send a new notice which shall include disclosure of the applicable voting regime.

#### 1.9 CONDUCT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Meetings of shareholders shall be presided over by the Chair, if any, or in the Chair’s absence by a person designated by the Board. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence, the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

(b) The chair of the meeting may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and take such actions as, in the discretion of the chair of the meeting and without any action by the shareholders, are appropriate for the proper conduct of