Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001518715-25-000066
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Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
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 recommended by shareholders or by other means, the N&G Committee will review the qualifications of any such candidate, which review may, in the N&G Committee’s discretion, include interviewing references for the candidate, direct interviews with the candidate, requesting additional information to be shared with our regulators or other actions that the N&G Committee deems necessary or proper.

• In evaluating and identifying candidates, the N&G Committee has the authority to retain and terminate any third-party search firm that is used to identify director candidates and has the authority to approve the fees and retention terms of any search firm.

• The N&G Committee will apply these same principles when evaluating Board candidates who may be elected initially by the full Board to fill vacancies or add additional directors prior to the annual meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected.

• After completing its review and evaluation of director candidates, the N&G Committee recommends the director nominees to the full Board.

Attendance at Annual Meetings of Shareholders by the Board of Directors

Our Principles of Corporate Governance provide that, absent unusual circumstances, our directors are expected to attend our annual meeting of shareholders. All eight of our directors then serving on our Board virtually attended our 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.

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Insider Trading Policy and Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

HomeStreet has adopted an Insider Trading Policy applicable to our directors, officers, employees and consultants. Our Insider Trading Policy prohibits, among other things, short-term trading, short sales, transactions involving derivative securities relating to our common stock and hedging transactions. Under our Insider Trading Policy, directors, officers, employees and consultants are prohibited from trading in Company stock when in possession of material nonpublic information about the Company. In addition, the policy provides that the Company will not transact in its own securities, except in compliance with applicable securities laws. Furthermore, our Insider Trading Plan includes guidelines regarding the use of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans which require them to be compliant with Rule 10b5-1, as amended in 2022.

#### Contacting the Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors has adopted the HomeStreet, Inc. Shareholder Engagement Practices and Procedures, a copy of which can be found on our investor relations website: http://ir.homestreet.com . Shareholders who desire to contact our non-employee directors may do so by writing HomeStreet’s Corporate Secretary at HomeStreet, Inc., 601 Union Street, Suite 2000, Seattle, Washington 98101