Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-09-02
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001140361-25-033560
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Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-09-02
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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18 months, and (iii) immediate vesting of all
unvested equity awards.

(c)

On September 2, 2025, the Board appointed C. J. Johnson as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Nathan Duda as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, Chris Pierce as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of the Company and Fernando Pelayo as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.

C. J. Johnson, age 42, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Mechanics Bank since January 2025, a role which he had performed on an interim basis since February 2024. C. J. also previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Mechanics Bank. C. J. has held a variety of leadership roles in financial services for nearly 20 years. He is a Partner of Ford Financial Fund, which he has been a part of since June 2013, and previously served as Senior Vice President
and Director of Financial Planning at Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, which he joined in 2010. C. J. joined Santa Barbara Bank & Trust from Flexpoint Ford, at which he was an Associate, and had previously started his career as an investment
banking Analyst at Credit Suisse. He holds a B. A. in Economics, with highest distinction and honors, from the University of Michigan.

Nathan Duda, age 47,
has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mechanics Bank since June 2016. Prior to his role as Chief Financial Officer of Mechanics Bank, Nathan served as Mechanics Bank’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining
Mechanics Bank, Nathan was Chief Accounting Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance at Banc of California. He has also held senior positions at Union Bank, Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, OneWest Bank and Affinity Bank. He is a graduate of
the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Business Economics and is also a licensed CPA.

Chris Pierce, age 53, was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of Mechanics Bank in December 2019. He joined Mechanics Bank in 2016 in the role of Chief Administrative Officer. Chris has over 25 years of banking experience, beginning
his career as a consultant for a regional consulting firm specializing in core data processing conversions and bank migrations, where he completed more than 140 data processing conversions/mergers. Previously, he has held positions with
California Republic Bank, including as Chief