Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 502

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 502
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 Proposal to “twenty-five percent (25%)” shall instead refer to “fifty percent (50%).”

(i) In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Company pursuant to Section 8.1(f)(i) ( Recommendation Change ) or Section 8.1(f)(ii) ( Breach of Certain Covenants ), then Parent shall pay Company, by wire transfer of same-day funds, the Termination Fee within two (2) business days of the date of termination.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, but without limiting the right of any Party to recover liabilities or damages to the extent permitted in this Agreement, in no event shall Parent be required to pay the Termination Fee more than once.

(d) Parent acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 8.2 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these agreements, Company would not enter into this Agreement; accordingly, if Parent fails promptly to pay the amount due pursuant to this Section 8.2 , and, in order to obtain such payment, Company commences a suit which results in a judgment against Parent for the Termination Fee or any portion thereof, Parent shall pay the costs and expenses of Company (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with such suit. In addition, if Parent fails to pay the amounts payable pursuant to this Section 8.2 when due, then Parent shall pay interest on such overdue amounts at a rate per annum equal to the “prime rate” published in the Wall Street Journal on the date on which such payment was required to be made plus three percent (3%), or such lesser rate per annum that is the maximum permitted under applicable law, for the period commencing as of the date that such overdue amount was originally required to be paid and ending on the date that such overdue amount is actually paid in full.

## Article IX

### GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1

#### Amendment
. Subject to compliance with applicable law, this Agreement may be amended by the Parties at any time before or after the receipt of the Requisite Parent Vote or the Requisite Company Vote; provided that after the receipt of the Requisite Parent Vote or the Requisite Company Vote, there may not be, without further approval of the shareholders of Parent or Company, as applicable, any amendment of this Agreement that requires such further approval under applicable law. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or