Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 111

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 111
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Street special meeting, do not respond by proxy or do not provide your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee with instructions, as applicable, it will have no effect on such proposal, assuming a quorum is present.

**Proposal 5: HomeStreet adjournment proposal:**

Vote required : Whether or not a quorum is present at the meeting, approval of the HomeStreet adjournment proposal requires that the number of votes cast favoring the HomeStreet adjournment proposal exceeds the number of votes cast opposing the HomeStreet adjournment proposal at the HomeStreet special meeting. Approval of the HomeStreet adjournment proposal is not a condition to the completion of the merger.

Effect of abstentions, broker non-votes and failure to vote : If you are present at the HomeStreet special meeting and abstain from voting, or respond by proxy with an “ABSTAIN,” it will have no effect on such proposal. If you are not present at the HomeStreet special meeting, do not respond by proxy or do not provide your bank, broker, trustee or other nominee with instructions, as applicable, it will have no effect on the vote count for such proposal.

#### Attending the Virtual Special Meeting
The meeting webcast on August 21, 2025 will begin promptly at 10:00 AM, Pacific Time. You are encouraged to access the meeting prior to the start time. Online check-in will begin at 9:45 AM, Pacific Time, and you should allow ample time for the check-in procedures.

Only HomeStreet shareholders or their duly authorized and constituted proxies may virtually attend the HomeStreet special meeting. The control number printed on your proxy card or voting instruction materials is required to virtually attend the HomeStreet special meeting through the website at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HMST2025SM regardless of whether you are a registered shareholder or a beneficial shareholder. HomeStreet has been advised that Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers will give the best user experience for participation in the virtual meeting.

HomeStreet’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer is expected to lead the meeting, and members of the HomeStreet board of directors are expected to be present during the HomeStreet special meeting. During the HomeStreet special meeting, you will be able to hear the business of the meeting as it is conducted, vote your shares if you have not already done so, access information that would normally be available at an in-person meeting, including the list of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, and submit questions to be answered by Home