Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 779

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 779
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 or repurchase pro rata (based on their Pro Rata Share or such greater amount as may be required to avoid a Company Control Effect or as may be required under the Non-Control Determination or other regulatory requirement), it being agreed that each of the Rabobank Parties shall promptly and within fifteen (15) days of being notified of such action inform the Company of its

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determination as to whether to participate and, if it does not participate, it shall promptly dispose of a number of Company Equity Interests necessary to avoid a Company Control Effect arising from such redemption, recapitalization or repurchase (in one or more transfers which comply with the terms of this Agreement).

Section 5.2 Company Control Effect Remedies . If at any time a Rabobank Party reasonably determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company and its outside counsel, that (i) the Rabobank Parties’ ownership of the Company Equity Interests has become illegal or in contravention of any order or judgment by a Governmental Authority or the Non-Control Determination or (ii) a Company Control Effect has otherwise occurred, then, provided the Rabobank Parties have complied with their obligations under Section 5.1, if, despite the Rabobank Parties’ compliance with their obligations set forth in Section 5.1, such illegality, contravention or Company Control Effect cannot be cured, the parties shall cooperate in good faith to take such actions as are mutually agreeable to cure such illegality, contravention or Company Control Effect in a manner that best preserves the parties’ economic expectations under this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if reasonably required in order to cure either (i) or (ii) above, such Rabobank Parties shall be entitled to effect a transfer of the portion of their Company Equity Interests to the extent necessary to cure such illegality, contravention or Company Control Effect.

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Section 6.1 Board Observer .

(a) As long as the Rabobank Parties beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least 4.9% of the Outstanding Company Equity Interests, the Rabobank Parties shall have the right to appoint one (1) observer (the “ Observer ”) to the Board of Directors on the terms set forth below:

(i)