Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 298

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 298
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 waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

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#### Governing Law
The merger agreement is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any applicable conflicts of law principles (except that matters relating to the fiduciary duty of the HomeStreet board are subject to the laws of the State of Washington).

#### Specific Performance
The HomeStreet Parties and Mechanics will be entitled to specific performance of the terms of the merger agreement, including the ability to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of the merger agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions of the merger agreement (including the parties’ obligations to consummate the merger), in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the HomeStreet Parties and Mechanics waives any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and any requirement under any law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

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### KEY SHAREHOLDERS VOTING AGREEMENTS
The following section summarizes material provisions of the key shareholder voting agreements, which are included in this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement as

#### Annex F
and

#### Annex G
, are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety, and qualify the following summary in its entirety. The rights and obligations of HomeStreet and the key shareholders are governed by the key shareholder voting agreements, as applicable, and not by this summary or any other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement. HomeStreet shareholders and Mechanics shareholders are urged to read the key shareholder voting agreements carefully and in their entirety, as well as this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement and the information incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement.

Shortly after the execution of the merger agreement, HomeStreet entered into (a) a voting and support agreement with EB Acquisition Company LLC, EB Acquisition Company II LLC, Ford Financial Fund II, L.P. and Ford Financial III, L.P. (the parties, the “Ford Entities,” and the agreement, the “Ford Entities voting agreement”) and (b) a voting and support agreement with Rabobank International Holding B.V. (“Rabobank”, together with the