Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001518715-25-000066
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Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
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registered shareholder” who has properly executed and delivered a proxy, you may revoke such proxy at any time before the Annual Meeting in any of the following ways:

• submitting another proxy with a later date by telephone or by Internet or by signing, dating and returning your proxy card using the instructions on your proxy card;

• sending a written notice of revocation to our Corporate Secretary at HomeStreet, Inc., 601 Union Street, Suite 2000, Seattle, Washington 98101; or

• voting online during the Annual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HMST2025 .

Beneﬁcial Shareholders: If you are a “beneficial shareholder,” you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to your bank, broker or nominee in accordance with such bank, broker or nominee’s procedures. You can use your control number to log into and virtually attend the Annual Meeting and change your vote during the meeting.

10. How will my shares be voted if I return the proxy card?

The shares represented by any proxy card that is properly executed and received by the Company prior to or at the Annual Meeting will be voted in accordance with the speciﬁcations made on that proxy card. Where a choice has been speciﬁed on the proxy card with respect to the proposals, the shares represented by the proxy card will be voted in accordance with the speciﬁcations.

The Board is not aware of any matters that are expected to come before the Annual Meeting other than those described in this Proxy Statement. If any other matter should be presented at the Annual Meeting upon which a vote may be properly taken, shares represented by the proxy cards received by the Board will be voted with respect thereto at the discretion of the person or persons named as proxies in the enclosed proxy card.

11. What happens if I sign and return my proxy card, but don’t mark my votes?

If you return a validly executed proxy card without indicating how your shares should be voted on a matter and you do not revoke your proxy, your proxy will be voted: “FOR” the election of the eight director nominees of the Board set forth on the proxy card (Proposal 1); “FOR” the approval on an advisory (non-binding) basis of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement under “Executive Compensation” (Proposal 2); and “FOR” the ratiﬁcation on an advisory (non-binding) basis of the appointment of Crowe as the independent registered public