Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001518715-25-000066
Chunk: 14

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 14
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 Bylaws, any director nominee’s eligibility to serve as a director of the Company is subject to any required notification to, or approval, nonobjection or requirement of, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions or any other regulatory entity having jurisdiction over the Company.

The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by our Board, provided that a reduction in the number of directors may not shorten the term of an incumbent. Our Bylaws permit our Board to establish by resolution the authorized number of directors, which shall be between seven and thirteen directors. Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board may be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, unless otherwise provided by law or by resolution of the Board. All of our director nominees, except for Mr. Mason, satisfy the definition of “independent director” under the corporate governance rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”).

#### Key Qualifications
The following table sets forth certain key qualifications and skills of our Board. The lack of a mark for a particular item does not mean that the director does not possess that qualification, characteristic, skill or experience. We look to each director to be knowledgeable in these areas; however, the mark indicates that the item is a particularly prominent qualification, characteristic, skill or experience that the director brings to our Board. Our Board composition reflects our Board’s desire that directors have the broad expertise and perspective needed to govern our business and strengthen and support senior management.

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| Qualification                       |     | Mark  
 Mason |     | Scott 
 Boggs |     | Sandra    
 Cavanaugh |     | Jeffrey 
 Green   |     | Joanne  
 Harrell |     | James        
 Mitchell Jr. |     | Nancy      
 Pellegrino |     | S. Craig Tompkins |
| Financial Expertise Literacy        |     | ü     |     | ü     |     | ü         |     | ü       |     | ü       |     | ü            |     | ü          |     | ü                 |
| Corporate Governance                |     | ü     |     | ü     |     | ü         |     | ü       |     | ü       |     | ü            |     | ü          |     | ü                 |
| Public Company Board Experience     |     | ü     |     | ü     |     | ü