Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001518715-25-000066
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Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
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 by phone at (206) 515-2291; and by mail at HomeStreet Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, 601 Union Street, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101. Shareholders can also find our Shareholder Engagement Procedures and Practices on our investor relations website, which provides guidelines for how shareholders can communicate with our Board.

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### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
As a bank holding company, we believe it is important to foster an operating environment that articulates a strong focus on compliance and ethical standards, and our Board sets this tone from the top. Our Board is actively engaged in designing, monitoring and enforcing compliance with high governance standards. We discuss our most important corporate governance policies and practices below. Each of our corporate governance policies is reviewed by the committee responsible for that policy and the full Board at least annually, and more frequently if warranted.

#### Code of Ethics
The Board has established a code of ethics as defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which applies to all directors, officers and employees of HomeStreet and its subsidiaries, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller. A copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code of Ethics”) can be found on our investor relations website: http://ir.homestreet.com . We will post on our website any amendments to, or waivers (with respect to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller) from, this Code of Ethics within four business days of any such amendment or waiver and, to the extent required by the listing standards of Nasdaq, by filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing such information. Among other things, the Code of Ethics addresses the following principles:

• maintaining accurate and complete records;

• avoiding conflicts of interest;

• complying with laws and regulations;

• prohibiting insider trading;

• avoiding questionable gifts or favors;

• treating others in an ethical manner;

• maintaining integrity of consultants, agents and representatives; and

• protecting proprietary information and proper use of assets.

#### Whistleblower Policy
In addition to our Code of Ethics, we maintain a whistleblower policy which is intended to provide guidance to employees, shareholders and others who may be aware of or concerned about potential violations of our Code of Ethics or other forms of misconduct and wish to report such concerns to our Ethics Compliance Officer, either directly or anonymously through our whistleblower hotline or website.

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