Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 780

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 780
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, the Bank the Ford Shareholders or any of their respective Affiliates shall take any action which it knows would or would reasonably be expected to cause a Company Control Effect; provided , that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit the Company, the Bank or any of its Affiliates from undertaking any redemption, recapitalization or repurchase of Company Equity Interests, Rights or other securities; provided , further , that if it is reasonably likely that such action would result in a Company Control Effect or cause the Rabobank Parties to violate the Non-Control Determination (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or other regulatory requirement, the Company shall give the Rabobank Parties the right to participate in such redemption, recapitalization or repurchase pro rata (based on their Pro Rata Share or such greater amount as may be required to avoid a Company Control Effect or as may be required under the Non-Control Determination or other regulatory requirement), it being agreed that each of the Rabobank Parties shall promptly and within fifteen (15) days of being notified of such action inform the Company of its

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determination as to whether to participate and, if it does not participate, it shall promptly dispose of a number of Company Equity Interests necessary to avoid a Company Control Effect arising from such redemption, recapitalization or repurchase (in one or more transfers which comply with the terms of this Agreement).

Section 5.2 Company Control Effect Remedies . If at any time a Rabobank Party reasonably determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company and its outside counsel, that (i) the Rabobank Parties’ ownership of the Company Equity Interests has become illegal or in contravention of any order or judgment by a Governmental Authority or the Non-Control Determination or (ii) a Company Control Effect has otherwise occurred, then, provided the Rabobank Parties have complied with their obligations under Section 5.1, if, despite the Rabobank Parties’ compliance with their obligations set forth in Section 5.1, such illegality, contravention or Company Control Effect cannot be cured, the parties shall cooperate in good faith to take such actions as are mutually agreeable to cure such illegality, contravention or Company Control Effect in a manner that best preserves the parties’ economic expectations under this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if