Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 621

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 621
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 action, unless a greater number of affirmative votes is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation.

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(c) At any meeting of shareholders at which quorum exists, for the election of directors, the corporation elects to be governed by RCW 23B.10.205 as set forth in this Section 1.8(c) . In any election of directors that is not a contested election, the candidates elected are those receiving a majority of votes cast. For purposes of this Section 1.8(c) , a “

#### majority of votes cast
” means that the number of votes cast “for” a director nominee must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that director nominee. The following shall not be considered votes cast for this purpose: (i) a share whose ballot is marked as withheld, (ii) a share otherwise present at the meeting but for which there is an abstention, and (iii) a share otherwise present at the meeting as to which a shareholder of record gives no authority or direction. A nominee for director in an election that is not a contested election who does not receive a majority of votes cast, but who was a director at the time of the election, shall continue to serve as a director for a term that shall terminate on the date that is the earlier of (A) ninety (90) days from the date on which the voting results of the election are determined, (B) the date on which an individual is selected by the Board to fill the office held by such director, which selection shall be deemed to constitute the filling of a vacancy by the Board, or (C) the date on which the director’s resignation is accepted by the Board. In a contested election, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. For purposes of this Section 1.8(c) , a “

#### contested election
” is any meeting of the shareholders for which (1) the Secretary of the corporation receives a notice that a shareholder has nominated a person for election to the Board in compliance with the advance notice requirements for shareholder nominees for director set forth in Section 1.12 of these Bylaws, (2) such nomination has not been withdrawn by such shareholder on or prior to the last date that a notice of nomination for such meeting is timely as determined under Section 1.12 , and (3) the Board has not determined before the notice of meeting is given