Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 599

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 599
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 fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article 11 (including each portion of any sentence of this Article 11 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons, entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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### CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION
The undersigned, being the [•] of Mechanics Bancorp, hereby certifies that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Amended & Restated Bylaws adopted by resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation, pursuant to RCW 23B.10.200, on [•].

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#### Annex B
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 common stock and 120,000 shares of preferred stock. The shares of common stock shall consist of and be divided into two classes, 1,897,500,000 shares of which shall be designated Class A Common Stock having no par value (“

#### Class A Common Stock
”) and 2,500,000 shares of which shall be designated Class B Common Stock having no par value (“

#### Class B Common Stock
”). For the avoidance of doubt, the shares of common stock authorized by the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, dated as of July 25, 2019, are the “Class A Common Stock.”

2.1.1. Rights of Common Shares . Except as expressly provided in this Article 2 , the rights, preferences, limitations and voting powers of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be in all respects and for all purposes and in all circumstances absolutely and completely identical; provided , if the corporation shall in any manner split,