Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001518715-25-000066
Chunk: 74

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
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#### Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services
It is the responsibility of HomeStreet’s Audit Committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has adopted a policy authorizing certain permissible audit and non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm with subsequent reporting and oversight required by the Audit Committee. Permissible services, not pre-approved pursuant to this policy, require speciﬁc review and approval prior to the engagement by the Audit Committee, or a designated member. All services rendered by and fees paid to our independent registered public accounting firm are reported to and monitored quarterly by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee considers whether the provision of related audit services is compatible with maintaining the independent registered public accounting ﬁrm’s independence. To assist the Audit Committee in its oversight responsibilities, the pre-approval policy identiﬁes the three basic principles of independence with respect to services provided by the independent registered public accounting ﬁrm: (1) whether the services are consistent with applicable rules on independent registered public accounting firm independence; (2) whether the independent registered public accounting firm is best positioned to provide the services in an effective and efficient manner, taking into consideration its familiarity with the

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Company’s business, people, culture, accounting systems, risk profile and other factors; and (3) whether the service might enhance the Company’s ability to manage or control risk or improve audit quality. The pre-approval policy also identifies the non-audit services the independent registered public accounting ﬁrm is prohibited from providing. All services provided by Crowe in each of the last two ﬁscal years were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

Engagement of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

In determining whether to engage or re-engage an audit ﬁrm, the Audit Committee annually considers, among other factors, the ﬁrm’s qualiﬁcations, performance and independence, including that of the lead partner, to determine whether the ﬁrm will serve in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders.

Based on the foregoing, the Audit Committee has retained Crowe as the Company’s independent registered public accounting ﬁrm for ﬁscal year 2025.

#### Vote Required and Board Recommendation
The proposal on the advisory (non-binding) vote to ratify the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm requires the affirmative vote “FOR” of a majority