Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 773

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 773
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 therewith); (iv) all costs and expenses of printing prospectuses; (v) all transfer agent’s and registrar’s fees; (vi) all fees and expenses of counsel to the Company; and (vii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s independent public accountants (all such costs, fees and expenses, “ Registration Expenses ”). (A) Rabobank and each Rabobank Party and (B) each Ford Shareholder shall be fully responsible for the Selling Expenses associated with any registration or sale of its respective Registrable Equity Interests pursuant to this Agreement (other than the fees of underwriters’ counsel, which shall be the responsibility of the relevant underwriters); it being understood that any Selling Expenses that may be considered joint expenses of the offering will be allocated pro rata between the Rabobank Parties and the Ford Shareholders based on the relative number of shares included in the offering (it being understood that each share of Class B Common Stock shall be deemed to be a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Deemed Conversion Ratio for purposes of calculating the foregoing).

(b) The obligation of the Company to bear and pay the Registration Expenses shall apply irrespective of whether a registration, once properly demanded or requested, becomes effective or is withdrawn or suspended; provided , that the Registration Expenses for any registration statement withdrawn at the request of (i) one or more Rabobank Parties shall be borne by Rabobank and such Rabobank Parties and (ii) the Ford Shareholders shall be borne by the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