Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 778

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 778
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obank and such Rabobank Parties and (ii) the Ford Shareholders shall be borne by the Ford Shareholders.

Section 4.9 Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights .

(a) The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Equity Interests granted to the Rabobank Parties or Ford Shareholders by the Company under this Article IV may be assigned, and the related obligations may be delegated, by the Rabobank Parties or Ford Shareholders to a transferee or assignee in part or in full (including to any Affiliate or limited partner that acquires Registrable Equity Interests, directly or indirectly, as a result of a distribution in kind of Registrable Equity Interests by a Ford Shareholder or a Rabobank Party); provided , that Registrable Equity Interests constituting not less than 5% of the then Outstanding Company

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Equity Interests (or in the case of the Rabobank Parties, constituting not less than 100% of the Class B Common Shares held by them) are transferred to such transferee in connection with such assignment and delegation. The transferor shall give written notice to the Company at least five (5) business days prior to any such transfer, identifying each such transferee and identifying the Registrable Equity Interests with respect to which such rights are being assigned and delegated, and each such transferee shall execute a joinder, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, pursuant to which such transferee agrees to be bound by and subject to all of the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement.

## ARTICLE V
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Section 5.1 Additional Regulatory Matters .

(a) Each of the Ford Shareholders, the Company, the Bank and the Rabobank Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, use reasonable best efforts to comply with any requirements or requests of any Governmental Authority, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “ Federal Reserve ”), and to comply with all laws applicable to the Ford Shareholders, the Company, the Bank, the Rabobank Parties and their Affiliates, in each case, so that none of the Rabobank Parties nor any of their Affiliates has “control” of the Company or the Bank for purposes of the BHC Act or otherwise becomes required to file a notice under the Change in Bank