Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 538

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 538
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 any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file to deliver a signature to this Agreement or any amendment to this Agreement or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file as a defense to the formation of a contract and each Party forever waives any such defense.

10.14 Confidential Supervisory Information . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no disclosure, representation or warranty shall be made (or other action taken) pursuant to this Agreement that would involve the disclosure of Confidential Supervisory Information by any Party to this Agreement to the extent prohibited by applicable law. To the extent legally permissible, appropriate substitute disclosures or actions shall be made or taken under circumstances in which the limitations of the preceding sentence apply.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

| HOMESTREET, INC. |     |            |
| By:              |     |            |
|                  |     | Name: [•]  |
|                  |     | Title: [•] |

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

| [•] |     |            |
| By: |     |            |
|     |     | Name: [•]  |
|     |     | Title: [•] |

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Schedule 1

| Holder |     | Shares of Company 
 Common Stock      |     | Notice Information |
| [•]    |     | [•]               |     | [•]                |

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#### TABLE OF CONTENTS

#### Exhibit A
FINAL FORM

### FORM OF

### FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

#### OF

### MECHANICS BANCORP

## ARTICLE 1. NAME
The name of the corporation is Mechanics Bancorp (the “

#### corporation
”).

## ARTICLE 2. STOCK, VOTING RIGHTS
2.1

#### AUTHORIZED SHARES.
The corporation shall have authority to issue 1,900,000,000 shares of