HomeStreet Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 21, 2025
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | ||||
On August 21, 2025, HomeStreet, Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Company” or “HomeStreet”), held a special meeting of its shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) to consider certain proposals related to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 28, 2025 (the “merger agreement” and the transaction contemplated thereby, the “merger”), by and among the Company, HomeStreet Bank, a Washington state-chartered commercial bank and wholly owned subsidiary of HomeStreet, and Mechanics Bank, a California banking corporation.
As of July 11, 2025, the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting, there were 18,920,807.6 shares of common stock, no par value per share, of the Company (“HomeStreet common stock”) issued and outstanding.
At the Special Meeting, the following proposals were considered:
1.To approve the amendment of HomeStreet’s articles of incorporation, in the form attached as Annex B to the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement, required in connection with the merger agreement, to, among other things (i) change the name of HomeStreet from “HomeStreet Inc.” to “Mechanics Bancorp”, (ii) to increase the number of authorized shares of HomeStreet common stock from 160,000,000 to 1,900,000,000 and HomeStreet preferred stock from 10,000 to 120,000 and (iii) authorize shares of two (2) classes of HomeStreet common stock, 1,897,500,000 shares of which will be designated Class A common stock, no par value, and 2,500,000 shares of which will be designated Class B common stock, no par value (the “HomeStreet Articles Amendment Proposal”);
2.To approve the issuance of HomeStreet common stock required in connection with the merger, which will represent (i) more than 20% of the shares of HomeStreet common stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger and (ii) a change of control pursuant to applicable exchange listing rules (the “HomeStreet Share Issuance Proposal”);
3.To approve and adopt the HomeStreet 2025 Equity Incentive Plan in the form attached as Annex D to the proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement (the “HomeStreet New Equity Incentive Plan Proposal”);
4.To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the merger-related compensation payments that will or may be paid to the named executive officers of HomeStreet in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement (the “HomeStreet Merger-Related Compensation Proposal”); and
5.To approve an adjournment of the Special Meeting, if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the HomeStreet Articles Amendment Proposal or the HomeStreet Share Issuance Proposal, to permit further solicitation of proxies in favor of the HomeStreet Articles Amendment Proposal or the HomeStreet Share Issuance Proposal (the “HomeStreet Adjournment Proposal”).
For more information on each of these proposals, see the definitive proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2025.
Based on the certified voting report provided by the inspector of elections for the Special Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The number of votes cast for, against, and abstentions/withhold votes and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon are set forth below:
Proposal 1: The HomeStreet Articles Amendment Proposal
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 12,527,673 | 2,613,762 | 116,334 | — | ||||||||
Proposal 2: The HomeStreet Share Issuance Proposal
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 15,084,077 | 57,332 | 116,360 | — | ||||||||
Proposal 3: The HomeStreet New Equity Plan Proposal
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 14,493,198 | 697,683 | 66,888 | — | ||||||||
Proposal 4: The HomeStreet Merger-Related Compensation Proposal
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 14,449,706 | 749,398 | 58,665 | — | ||||||||
Proposal 5: The HomeStreet Adjournment Proposal
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 14,909,087 | 239,364 | 109,318 | — | ||||||||
Completion of the merger remains subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions set forth in the merger agreement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 22, 2025
| HomeStreet, Inc. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Godfrey B. Evans | ||||||||||
| Godfrey B. Evans | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||||||||