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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 Board composition, governance practices and policies, executive compensation framework and other appropriate matters related to our strategy and performance. We routinely provide opportunities for our shareholders to connect with our leadership team. Members of our management team regularly attend investor and industry conferences where they are able to engage with active managers of hedge funds and mutual funds who are investors or potential investors in HomeStreet. We also routinely attend ad hoc meetings with current or prospective investors. We encourage you to visit our investor relations website at http://ir.homestreet.com to learn more about the Company. Shareholders can also find our Shareholder Engagement Procedures and Practices on our investor relations website, which provides guidelines for how shareholders can communicate with our Board.

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#### HOMESTREET, INC.
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<div align='center'>PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</div>

#### TO BE HELD ON MAY 29, 2025
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#### April 15, 2025

### INFORMATION ABOUT SOLICITATION AND VOTING
The accompanying proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of HomeStreet, Inc. (the “Company” or “HomeStreet”) for use at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting” or “meeting”) to be held on May 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time as a virtual-only meeting which can be accessed

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#### www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HMST2025
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### INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
Under rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), we are furnishing proxy materials to our shareholders primarily via the internet, instead of mailing printed copies of those materials to each shareholder. On or about April 15, 2025, we expect to send our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice of Internet Availability”) containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials, including our Proxy Statement and our 2024 annual report to shareholders. The Notice of Internet Availability also provides instructions on how to vote by telephone or by Internet and includes instructions on how to receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail. If you prefer to receive printed proxy materials, please follow the instructions included in the Notice of Internet Availability.

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### INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING

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