---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001518715-26-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCHB"
cik: "0001518715"
company_name: "Mechanics Bancorp"
filed_at: "2026-06-01T20:02:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T20:10:27.056191+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mechanics Bancorp shareholders elect 8 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at 2026 meeting

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with majority of votes cast; range of ~193.6M to ~197.0M votes for each.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 196,110,106 for, 330,525 against (709,505 abstentions).
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for FY 2026 approved with 199,406,289 for, 54,009 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001518715-26-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCHB
- cik: 0001518715
- company_name: Mechanics Bancorp
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T20:02:14+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518715/000151871526000052/0001518715-26-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518715/000151871526000052/hmst-20260528.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001518715-26-000052.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 13ab4407b0daf49e55973e455b1f8e614accec05
  claim: Mechanics Bancorp shareholders approved Election of eight director nominees at the 2026-05-28 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1. Election of the eight director nominees: The Company’s directors were each elected by a majority of the votes cast. Accordingly, the following eight director nominees were elected, each for a term of one year expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Nominee For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Carl B. Webb 193,604,620 3,540,075 5,441 2,638,329 E. Michael Downer 197,024,341 120,066 5,029 2,638,329 Patricia Cochran 196,726,712 417,859 5,565 2,638,329 Adrienne Y. Crowe 195,662,831 1,481,444 5,861 2,638,329 Douglas Downer 197,036,529 107,895 5,712 2,638,329 Nancy D. Pellegrino 196,888,040 257,085 5,011 2,638,329 Kenneth D. Russell 195,865,339 1,280,041 4,756 2,638,329 Jon R. Wilcox 196,937,400 205,432 7,304 2,638,329
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518715/000151871526000052/0001518715-26-000052-index.htm
- claim_id: 3ee20bd4aed441a4af4201a989b38b749ee3985a
  claim: Mechanics Bancorp shareholders approved Ratification, on an advisory and non-binding basis, of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-28 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3. Ratification, on an advisory and non-binding basis, of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. Accordingly, this proposal was approved with the following vote: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 199,406,289 54,009 328,167 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518715/000151871526000052/0001518715-26-000052-index.htm
- claim_id: f95cb03062082051a2d291d9e95f0e245ae84500
  claim: Mechanics Bancorp shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory and non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement at the 2026-05-28 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2. Approval, on an advisory and non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement: The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. Accordingly, this proposal was approved with the following vote: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 196,110,106 330,525 709,505 2,638,329
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518715/000151871526000052/0001518715-26-000052-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.