Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 617

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 617
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 the shareholders entitled to request that the Secretary call a special meeting, (y) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different from the shareholder of record, on whose behalf such request is made and (z) any affiliate of such shareholder of record or beneficial owner(s).

(b) No shareholder may request that the Secretary call a special meeting of shareholders pursuant to Section 1.2(a) unless a shareholder of record has first submitted a request in writing that the Board fix a record date (a “

#### Requested Record Date
”) for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to request that the Secretary call such special meeting, which request shall be in proper form and delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation. To be in proper form, such request shall:

i. Bear the signature and the date of signature by the shareholder of record submitting such request and set forth the name and address of such shareholder as they appear in the corporation’s books;

ii. Include (A) a reasonably brief description of the purpose or purposes of the special meeting and the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting (the “

### Proposed Business
”), the reasons for conducting the Proposed Business at the special meeting and any material interest in the Proposed Business of each Requesting Person and (B) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Requesting Persons or (y) between or among any Requesting Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the request for the special meeting or the Proposed Business; and

iii. As to each Requesting Person, include the information required to be set forth in a notice under Sections 1.12(c)(i) , (ii) and (iv) of these Bylaws, except that for purposes of this Section 1.2(b) , the term “Requesting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Noticing Shareholder” in all places it appears in Section 1.12 of these Bylaws.

(c) Within ten (10) business days after the Secretary receives a request to fix a Requested Record Date in proper form and otherwise in compliance with this Section 1.2 from any shareholder of record, the Board may adopt a resolution fixing a Requested Record Date for the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to request that the Secretary call a special meeting, which date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the

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