Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 32

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 32
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 Mechanics shareholder approval required under the merger agreement.

| Q: | Who is entitled to give a written consent? |

| A: | Holders of Mechanics voting common stock who hold such shares as of sixty (60) days before the action by written consent (the “consent record date”) are entitled to execute and deliver written consents with respect to this consent solicitation. Holders of Mechanics voting common stock on the consent record date will be entitled to give or withhold a consent using the written consent furnished with this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement. |

| Q: | How can I return my written consent? |

| A: | If you hold shares of Mechanics voting common stock as of the consent record date and you wish to submit your consent, you must fill out the enclosed written consent, date and sign it, and promptly return it to Mechanics by mailing it to Mechanics at 1111 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, attention: Corporate Secretary or emailing a pdf copy to consents@mechanicsbank.com. Mechanics will not call or convene any meeting of its shareholders in connection with the merger proposal. |

| Q: | What happens if I do not return my written consent? |

| A: | If you hold shares of Mechanics voting common stock as of the consent record date and you do not return your written consent, that will have the same effect as a vote against the Mechanics merger proposal. However, under |

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the key shareholder voting agreements, each of the key shareholders has agreed, promptly (and in any event within five (5) business days) after the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement forms a part is declared effective under the Securities Act by the SEC, to execute and deliver written consents approving the Mechanics merger proposal with respect to all of such key shareholder’s shares of Mechanics common stock entitled to act by written consent with respect thereto. The shares of Mechanics voting common stock that are owned by the key shareholders and subject to the key shareholder voting agreements represent approximately [90.4%] of the Mechanics voting common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement. The execution and delivery of written consents by the Ford Entities, who are key shareholders, will constitute receipt by Mechanics of the shareholder approval required for the Mechanics merger proposal and, therefore, Mechanics expects to receive a number of written consents sufficient to constitute receipt of