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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#### Why am I receiving these materials?
Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) has sent you the Notice of Internet Availability and accompanying Proxy Statement to ask for your vote, as a shareholder of HomeStreet, on certain matters that will be voted on at the Annual Meeting. As a shareholder, you are invited to virtually attend the Annual Meeting and are entitled to and requested to vote on the proposals set forth in this Proxy Statement. For more information on the participants in the Board’s solicitation, please see “Participants in the Solicitation” on page 64of this Proxy Statement.

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#### Who is entitled to vote?
All shareholders of record of HomeStreet’s common stock at the close of business on March 31, 2025 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting.

3. How many shares are entitled to vote at the meeting?

As of the Record Date, 18,920,808 shares of our common stock were issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

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#### How many votes do I have?
Each share of common stock you owned on the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each director candidate. You may NOT cumulate votes relating to the election of directors. For the other matters presented at this meeting, you are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock you owned on the Record Date.

5. Who is a registered shareholder and who is a beneﬁcial shareholder?

Registered Shareholders: A “registered shareholder” is a person or entity whose name appears in the Company’s registered list of shareholders as an owner of one or more shares of the Company’s common stock. If you are a registered shareholder, the Notice of Internet Availability, proxy card or voting instruction are being sent directly to you and you are invited to virtually attend the Annual Meeting through the website for the meeting using the control number provided on your Notice of Internet Availability, proxy card or voting instruction materials.

Beneﬁcial Shareholders: A “beneﬁcial shareholder” is a person or entity whose shares of the Company’s common stock are held by a bank, broker or other nominee (a.k.a. in “street name”). Most holders of our common stock hold their shares beneficially through a bank, broker or other nominee rather than of record directly in their own name. If you are a beneficial shareholder, the Notice of Internet Availability, proxy card or voting instruction materials are being forwarded to you by your bank