Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 298

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 298
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 provisions of the key shareholder voting agreements, which are included in this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement as

#### Annex F
and

#### Annex G
, are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety, and qualify the following summary in its entirety. The rights and obligations of HomeStreet and the key shareholders are governed by the key shareholder voting agreements, as applicable, and not by this summary or any other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement. HomeStreet shareholders and Mechanics shareholders are urged to read the key shareholder voting agreements carefully and in their entirety, as well as this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement and the information incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement.

Shortly after the execution of the merger agreement, HomeStreet entered into (a) a voting and support agreement with EB Acquisition Company LLC, EB Acquisition Company II LLC, Ford Financial Fund II, L.P. and Ford Financial III, L.P. (the parties, the “Ford Entities,” and the agreement, the “Ford Entities voting agreement”) and (b) a voting and support agreement with Rabobank International Holding B.V. (“Rabobank”, together with the Ford Entities, the “key shareholders,” and the agreement, the “Rabobank voting agreement,” and together with the Ford Entities voting agreement, the “key shareholder voting agreements”).

The key shareholder voting agreements provide, among other things, that each key shareholder will (i) following the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement forms a part, promptly (and in any event within five (5) business days) execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to Mechanics a written consent approving the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, with respect to all of such key shareholder’s shares of Mechanics capital stock entitled to act by written consent thereto, and (ii) vote or cause to be voted (including by written consent) all of such key shareholder’s shares of Mechanics capital stock against any actions, agreement or transaction involving Mechanics that is intended, or would reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, adversely affect or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the merger, in any material respect. Additionally, the key shareholder voting agreements contain customary transfer restrictions restricting the key shareholders from transferring their shares of Mechanics