Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 475

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 475
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(b) Each of Parent and Parent Bank, on the one hand and Company, on the other hand, shall hold all information furnished by or on behalf of the other Party (or Parties, as applicable) or any of such Party’s (or Parties’, as applicable) Subsidiaries or representatives pursuant to Section 6.2(a) in confidence to the extent required by, and in accordance with, the provisions of the confidentiality agreement, dated January 13, 2025, between Parent, Company and the other parties thereto (the “ Confidentiality Agreement ”).

(c) No investigation by either of the Parties or their respective representatives shall affect or be deemed to modify or waive the representations and warranties of the other set forth in this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give either Party, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the other Party prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, each Party shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.

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6.3

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(a) Within twenty-four (24) hours following the date of this Agreement, Company shall deliver to Parent duly executed counterparts of Support Agreement(s) executed by the shareholders listed on Exhibit C obligating certain of such shareholders to deliver written consents approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and the principal terms thereof, following the effectiveness of the S-4, which written consents shall constitute the Requisite Company Vote. Following the delivery of the Consent Solicitation Statement to its shareholders, Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from all of its shareholders consent in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, to the extent required by applicable law.

(b) Parent shall call a special meeting of its shareholders (the “ Parent Meeting ”) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act and the Proxy Statement is mailed, for the purpose of (i) obtaining the Requisite Parent Vote, (ii) obtaining the approval and adoption of an equity compensation plan to be effective as of or prior to the Effective Time, on such terms and in such form as shall be determined in good faith jointly by Parent and Company and shall be market-appropriate for the anticipated post