Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 705

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 705
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 statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

8. Termination . Other than this Section 8 and Section 10 , which shall survive any termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate and shall have no further force or effect immediately as of and following the Expiration Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall relieve any Party hereto from liability for any willful and material breach of this Agreement that occurred prior to such termination.

9. No Ownership Interest . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in Parent any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to the Voting Company Common Stock. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Voting Company Common Stock shall remain vested in and belong to the Acquisition Entities or Fund Entities, as applicable, and Parent shall not have the authority to direct such Party in the voting or disposition of any Voting Company Common Stock, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

10. Miscellaneous .

10.1 Specific Performance . The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and, accordingly, that the Parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties hereby further waives (a) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any requirement under any law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

10.2 Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries . Except as otherwise provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the Parties (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided , that no such consent shall be required in connection with the Merger. Any purported assignment in contravention of this Section 10.2 shall be null and void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement is not intended to confer upon any Person other than