Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 785

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 785
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 of any consolidation or merger of such party, and no consent shall be required in the case of the

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Company and the Bank in connection with the Merger (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (including any change in the legal name of the Company), and no express assumption shall be required in connection therewith. Any purported direct or indirect transfer, assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 7.7 shall be void and of no force or effect.

Section 7.8 Amendment; Waiver . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed (a) in the case of an amendment, by the Ford Shareholders, the Company, the Bank and the Rabobank Representative, or (b) in the case of a waiver, by the Rabobank Representative, if the waiver is to operate against any of the Rabobank Parties, by the Company, if the waiver is to operate against the Company or Bank, or by the Ford Shareholders, if the waiver is to operate against the Ford Shareholders. No failure or delay by any party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

Section 7.9 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and wholly to be performed in such state.

Section 7.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AT THE TIME OF INSTITUTION OF THE APPLICABLE LITIGATION, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT: (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT