Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
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Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
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, or respond by proxy with an “ABSTAIN,” it will have no effect on such proposal. If you are not present at the HomeStreet special meeting, do not respond by proxy or do not provide your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee with instructions, as applicable, it will have no effect on such proposal, assuming a quorum is present.

**Proposal 3: HomeStreet new equity incentive plan proposal:**

Vote required : If a quorum is present at the HomeStreet special meeting, approval of the HomeStreet new equity incentive plan proposal requires that the number of votes cast at the HomeStreet special meeting favoring the HomeStreet new equity incentive plan proposal exceeds the number of votes cast opposing the HomeStreet new equity incentive plan proposal. Approval of the HomeStreet new equity incentive plan is not a condition to the completion of the merger.

Effect of abstentions, broker non-votes, and failure to vote : If you are present at the HomeStreet special meeting and abstain from voting, or respond by proxy with an “ABSTAIN,” it will have no effect on such proposal. If you are not present at the HomeStreet special meeting, do not respond by proxy or do not provide your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee with instructions, as applicable, it will have no effect on such proposal, assuming a quorum is present.

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**Proposal 4: HomeStreet merger-related compensation proposal:**

Vote required : If a quorum is present at the HomeStreet special meeting, approval of the HomeStreet merger-related compensation proposal requires that the number of votes cast at the HomeStreet special meeting favoring the HomeStreet merger-related compensation proposal exceeds the number of votes cast opposing the HomeStreet merger-related compensation plan proposal. Approval of the HomeStreet merger-related compensation proposal is not a condition to the completion of the merger.

Effect of abstentions, broker non-votes, and failure to vote : If you are present at the HomeStreet special meeting and abstain from voting, or respond by proxy with an “ABSTAIN,” it will have no effect on such proposal. If you are not present at the HomeStreet special meeting, do not respond by proxy or do not provide your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee with instructions, as applicable, it will have no effect on such proposal, assuming a quorum is present.

**Proposal 5: HomeStreet adjournment proposal:**

Vote required : Whether or not a quorum is