Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 599

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 599
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 action, enter into contracts with any director or officer of the corporation in furtherance of the provisions of this Article 9 and may create trust funds, grant security interests in corporate assets, provide letters of credit, and use such other means as the corporation deems necessary or appropriate to ensure that indemnification is provided under this Article 9 .

**9.6 INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF THE CORPORATION.**

The corporation may, by action of the Board from time to time, provide indemnification and pay expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding to or on behalf of employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the provisions of this Article 9 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the corporation or pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the Washington Business Corporation Act or otherwise.

## ARTICLE 10.

### MISCELLANEOUS

#### 10.1 RULES OF ORDER.
All meetings of the shareholders and directors shall be conducted in the manner determined by the person acting as chair of the meeting, to the extent not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, or special rules of order of the corporation.

#### 10.2 SHARES OF ANOTHER CORPORATION.
Shares of another corporation held by this corporation may be voted in person or by proxy by the President, the Chief Executive Officer or an Executive Vice President specifically authorized to do so by resolution of the Board.

#### 10.3 ORAL, WRITTEN AND ELECTRONIC NOTICE.
For purposes of notice required under these Bylaws the following provisions shall apply.

Oral notice may be communicated in person or by telephone, wire or wireless equipment that does not transmit a facsimile of the notice. Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.

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Written notice may be transmitted by mail, private carrier, or personal delivery; or telephone, wire, or wireless equipment that transmits a facsimile of the notice and provides the transmitter with an electronically generated receipt. Written notice is effective at the earliest of the following: (a) when received; (b) five (5) days after its deposit in the U.S. mail if mailed with first-class postage to the address as it appears on the current records of the corporation; (c) on the date shown on the return receipt, if sent