Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001518715-25-000029
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Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 8.01
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 HomeStreet through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www. sec. gov or from HomeStreet at its website, https://ir. homestreet. com/sec-filings/all-filings/default. aspx. Documents filed with the SEC by HomeStreet will be available free of charge by accessing the “ Investor Relations” page of HomeStreet’s website at https://ir. homestreet. com/sec-filings/all-filings/default. aspx.

Participants in the Solicitation

Mechanics Bank, HomeStreet and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from HomeStreet’s shareholders in connection with the Transaction. Information about the interests of the persons who may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of shareholders of HomeStreet in connection with the Transaction and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the joint consent solicitation statement/proxy statement/prospectus related to the Transaction, which will be filed by HomeStreet with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of HomeStreet, their ownership of HomeStreet common stock, and HomeStreet’s transactions with related persons is set forth in the sections entitled “ HomeStreet Corporate Governance and Other Matters,” “2023 Executive Compensation Program,” “2023 Summary Compensation Table” and “ Principal Shareholders of HomeStreet” in the definitive proxy statement filed in connection with HomeStreet’s meeting of shareholders held on June 18, 2024, as filed with the SEC on Schedule 14A on May 16, 2024 (and which is available at https://www. sec. gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518715/000155278124000348/e24254_hmst-defm14a. htm). To the extent holdings of HomeStreet common stock by the directors and executive officers of HomeStreet have changed from the amounts held by such

persons as reflected therein, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described above.

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  Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits                                                
  (d)               Exhibits.                                                                        
  Exhibit 99.1      Mechanics Bank and HomeStreet, Inc. Investor Presentation dated March 31, 2025   
  Exhibit 99.2      Joint Press Release of Mechanics Bank and HomeStreet, Inc. dated March 31