Mechanics Bancorp — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 15, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HomeStreet, Inc. (HMST)
CIK: 0001518715
Period of Report: 2012-02-10

Reporting Person: BENNION RICHARD W H (EVP - Res. Lending Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-10	Common Stock	P	1100	$44.00	Acquired	3617.6	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	9369.966	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option To Buy	$3.00	2020-11-19	Common Stock (4000)	0	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Participants in HomeStreet Inc.'s Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP, have the authority to direct voting of shares they hold through the ESOP only in certain circumstances.

F2: 50% of this option is vested as of the date of this filing, the remaining 50% vests as follows: (a) 25% on the earlier of the two year anniversary of the date of grant or the termination of certain regulatory orders pertaining to HomeStreet, Inc. and HomeStreet Bank, and (b) 25% on the three year anniversary of the date of grant.

F3: shares purchased in the directed share program of the initial public offering.