Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 498

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 498
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 such payment, Company commences a suit which results in a judgment against Parent for the Termination Fee or any portion thereof, Parent shall pay the costs and expenses of Company (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with such suit. In addition, if Parent fails to pay the amounts payable pursuant to this Section 8.2 when due, then Parent shall pay interest on such overdue amounts at a rate per annum equal to the “prime rate” published in the Wall Street Journal on the date on which such payment was required to be made plus three percent (3%), or such lesser rate per annum that is the maximum permitted under applicable law, for the period commencing as of the date that such overdue amount was originally required to be paid and ending on the date that such overdue amount is actually paid in full.

## Article IX

### GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1

#### Amendment
. Subject to compliance with applicable law, this Agreement may be amended by the Parties at any time before or after the receipt of the Requisite Parent Vote or the Requisite Company Vote; provided that after the receipt of the Requisite Parent Vote or the Requisite Company Vote, there may not be, without further approval of the shareholders of Parent or Company, as applicable, any amendment of this Agreement that requires such further approval under applicable law. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

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#### TABLE OF CONTENTS
9.2

#### Extension; Waiver
**. At any time prior to the Effective Time, each of the Parties may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party contained in this Agreement, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other Party contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered by such other Party pursuant to this Agreement, and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or satisfaction of any conditions for such Party’s benefit contained in this Agreement; provided that after the receipt of the Requisite Parent Vote or the Requisite Company Vote, there may not be, without further approval of the shareholders of Parent or Company, as applicable, any extension or waiver of this Agreement or any portion of this Agreement that requires such further approval under applicable law. Any agreement on the part of a Party to any such