Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 324

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 324
---
 must be delivered no fewer than 20 days nor more than 60 days before the meeting date.                                                                                                             |
| Shareholder Proposals and Nominations; Shareholder Requests for Special Meetings |     | The Mechanics bylaws provide that requests for special meetings of the shareholders by Mechanics shareholders must be in writing, specify the time of the special meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Nominations, other than those made by or on behalf of the existing management of the Mechanics, must be in writing and made not less than 14 days or more than 50 days prior to any meeting called for the election of the directors. If less than 21 days’ notice of the meeting is given, a nomination must be in writing not later than the close of business on the seventh day following the day on which the notice of the meeting was mailed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 Such nomination must contain: (i) the name and address of each proposed nominee; (ii) the principal occupation of each proposed nominee; (iii) the total number of shares of Mechanics capital stock that will be voted for each proposed nominee; (iv) the name and address of the notifying shareholder; (v) the number of shares of capital stock of Mechanics owned by the notifying shareholder; and (vi) with the written consent of the proposed nominee, a copy of which must be furnished with the notification, whether the proposed nominee has ever been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to any criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust, filed a petition in bankruptcy, or been adjudged bankrupt. |     | Requests for a special or annual meeting relating to any business other than the nomination of directors, must additionally contain a description of the proposed business, the text of the proposed business and the text and a description of all agreements, arrangement and understandings which the shareholder is a party that relates to the proposed business.                                                                                                                 
 The amended and restated bylaws provide that requests for all special meetings of the shareholders by HomeStreet shareholders must follow a request for record date to be fixed by the board, be made by a shareholder or group of shareholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of all votes entitled to be cast on the issue proposed, be in writing, bear the signature of the proposing shareholder and state any material interest in the proposed business of the shareholder. 
 Requests regarding the business of the nomination of directors must contain, among other things, all information required to be disclosed in a proxy statement, form of