Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 566

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 566
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#### TABLE OF CONTENTS

### AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS

#### OF

### MECHANICS BANCORP

## ARTICLE 1.

### SHAREHOLDERS

#### 1.1 ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the shareholders of Mechanics Bancorp (the ‘

#### ‘corporation
”) shall be held on a date and at a time to be set by the Board of Directors of the corporation (the “

#### Board
”), for the purposes of electing directors and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. The failure to hold an annual meeting at the time stated in these Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, these “

#### Bylaws
”) does not affect the validity of any corporate action.

#### 1.2 SPECIAL MEETINGS.
(a) A special meeting of shareholders may be called at any time only by (i) the Board, (ii) the Chair of the Board (the “

#### Chair
”), (iii) the President of the corporation (the “President ”) or (iv) the Secretary of the corporation (the “

#### Secretary
”) upon the request of one or more shareholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting on the matter or matters proposed to be brought before the proposed special meeting; provided , however , that a special meeting requested by one or more shareholders pursuant to this Section 1.2 (a “

#### Shareholder Requested Special Meeting
”) shall be called by the Secretary only if the shareholder(s) requesting such meeting comply with this Section 1.2 and applicable law. No business may be transacted at a special meeting of shareholders other than business that is either (A) Proposed Business (as defined below) stated in a valid Special Meeting Request (as defined below), (B) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board or (C) otherwise properly brought before a special meeting by or at the direction of the Board or the chair of the meeting. For purposes hereof, a “

#### Requesting Person
” shall mean (x) the shareholder of record making the request to fix a Requested Record Date (as defined below) for the purpose of determining the