Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 586

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 586
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 Board, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled as soon as practicable, either (a) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board or (b) by the shareholders at an annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, unless either the Board or the shareholders elect not to fill such vacancy and to decrease the size of the Board in accordance with these Bylaws. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders meeting at which directors are elected.

#### 2.12 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL.
Any director of the corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chair, the President or the Secretary. Any director resignation is effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date. A director may be removed by shareholders only at a special meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose.

#### 2.13 COMPENSATION.
A director may receive, by affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors, reasonable compensation for (a) attendance at meetings of the Board; (b) service as an officer of the corporation, provided that his or her duties as an officer require and receive his or her regular and faithful attendance at the corporation; (c) service in appraising real property for the corporation; and (d) service as a member of a committee of the Board; provided that a director receiving compensation for service as an officer pursuant to clause (b) shall not receive any additional compensation for service under clauses (a), (c) or (d).

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#### 2.14 PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT.
A director of the corporation present at a Board meeting at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless:

(a) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting;

(b) the director’s dissent or abstention from the action is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or

(c) the director delivers written notice of his or her dissent or abstention to such action to the presiding officer of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or to the corporation within a reasonable time after the adjournment of the meeting.

A director