Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 332

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 332
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Street board, (2) properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the HomeStreet board or (3) properly brought before the meeting by a HomeStreet shareholder who has delivered written notice to HomeStreet’s corporate secretary at HomeStreet’s principal executive offices within the Notice Period (as defined below), who was a HomeStreet shareholder at the time of such notice and as of the record date, and whose notice complies with HomeStreet’s bylaws.

Except as otherwise provided by law, HomeStreet’s articles of incorporation, or HomeStreet’s bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in compliance with HomeStreet’s bylaws, and if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with HomeStreet’s bylaws, to declare that such proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

The “Notice Period” is defined as that period not earlier than 5:00 pm Pacific Time on the 120th day and not later than 5:00 pm Pacific Time on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. As a result, the Notice Period for the 2026 Annual Meeting will start on January 29, 2026 and end on February 28, 2026. HomeStreet’s bylaws contain different notice submission date requirements in the event HomeStreet’s annual meeting is held more than 30 days before or 60 days after May 29, 2026.

In addition, HomeStreet shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than HomeStreet’s nominees must comply with the additional requirements of Rule 14a-19(b).

If a HomeStreet shareholder who has notified HomeStreet of his or her intention to appear in person or by representative at the meeting to propose the business specified in the notice at an annual meeting of the shareholders does not appear to present his or her proposal at such meeting, HomeStreet need not present the proposal for vote at such meeting.

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### HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS
SEC rules permit HomeStreet and intermediaries, such as brokers, to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy materials by delivering a single set of proxy materials to an address shared by two or more of HomeStreet shareholders, unless contrary instructions have been received in advance according to certain procedures. In cases of such contrary instructions,