Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 290

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 290
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 shares necessary to obtain the requisite HomeStreet shareholder approval or (C) as required by applicable law in order to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the proxy statement that the board of directors of HomeStreet has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel is required by applicable law is provided to the holders of HomeStreet common stock a reasonable amount of time prior to such meeting.

After the Form S-4 is declared effective and the consent solicitation statement is delivered to Mechanics’ shareholders, Mechanics is required to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its shareholders’ consent in favor of the merger approvals to the extent required by law.

For purposes of the merger agreement, an “acquisition proposal” means, other than the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, any offer, proposal or inquiry relating to, or any third-party or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) indication of interest in, (i) any acquisition or purchase, direct or indirect, of 25% or more of the consolidated assets of HomeStreet and its subsidiaries or 25% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of HomeStreet or its subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of HomeStreet, (ii) any tender offer (including a self-tender offer) or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in such third party or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) beneficially owning 25% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of HomeStreet or its subsidiaries whose

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assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of HomeStreet or (iii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving HomeStreet or its subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 25% or more of the consolidated assets of HomeStreet.

For purposes of the merger agreement, a “superior proposal” means a bona fide written acquisition proposal that the board of directors of HomeStreet determines in good faith, after taking into account all (i) legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such proposal and the person making the proposal and (ii) any revisions to the merger agreement made or offered in writing by Mechanics prior to such determination, and after consulting with its financial