Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 526

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 526
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2025 (the “ Merger Agreement”), by and among the Corporation, HomeStreet, Inc., a Washington corporation (“ Parent”), and HomeStreet Bank, a Washington state-chartered commercial bank and a direct and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Parent Bank”), a copy of which has been provided to the undersigned Consenting Holders and is attached hereto as Annex B(capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement), and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger (collectively, the “ Transactions”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (b) determined that the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions are advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its Shareholders, (c) approved the execution, delivery and performance by the Corporation of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, (d) recommended that the Shareholders approve the Merger Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger), and the principal terms thereof, and (e) directed that the Merger Agreement be submitted to its Shareholders for approval;

WHEREAS , the Merger Agreement provides for the Merger of Parent Bank with and into the Corporation, whereby the separate corporate existence of Parent Bank will cease and the Corporation will continue as the surviving corporation after the Merger, as a banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of California;

WHEREAS , the S-4 has been filed by Parent with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which S-4 contains the Proxy Statement of Parent and the Consent Solicitation Statement, and has become effective;

WHEREAS , the Board seeks this written consent of the Shareholders (“ Written Consent”), in lieu of a meeting of the Shareholders, to approve the Merger Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger);

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 1201 and Section 152 of the CCC, the principal terms of the Merger must be approved by the affirmative vote or the execution and delivery of a written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock entitled to vote thereon; and

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 603 of the CCC and Section 2.11 of the Bylaws of the Corporation, the Shareholders may act by written consent;

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