Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001518715-25-000066
Chunk: 2

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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 meeting is to consider and vote upon the following matters:

1. The election of eight directors to our Board of Directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, or until their respective successors are elected and qualiﬁed;

2. The approval on an advisory (non-binding) basis of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers;

3. The ratiﬁcation on an advisory (non-binding) basis of the appointment of Crowe LLP ("Crowe") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting ﬁrm for the year ending December 31, 2025.

The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. We also will transact any other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting, but we are not aware of any such additional matters.

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2025 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. The accompanying Proxy Statement and the proxy card were either made available to you online or mailed to you beginning on or about April 15, 2025.

We have adopted a virtual format for the Annual Meeting to provide a safe, consistent and convenient experience to all shareholders regardless of location. You will be able to virtually attend the meeting, submit your questions and comments during the meeting, and vote your shares at the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HMST2025 .

Please note that the proxy statement relates solely to our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and does not contain information regarding the Company’s proposed merger with Mechanics Bank and does not ask you to consider the merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. We do not intend to discuss the proposed merger or the merger agreement at our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Instead, we will hold a separate, special meeting of shareholders on a future date to consider and approve the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with the merger and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. At the appropriate time, we will send a separate package of proxy solicitation materials to you for the special meeting of shareholders in connection with the proposed merger. The merger is subject to closing conditions set forth in the merger agreement, including among others the approval of the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock as merger consideration by the Company’s shareholders.

Whether or not you expect to attend the annual meeting,