Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 530

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 530
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” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (b) the words “date hereof”, when

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used in this Agreement, shall refer to the date set forth in the Preamble; (c) the terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa; (d) the terms defined in the present tense have a comparable meaning when used in the past tense, and vice versa; (e) any references herein to a specific Section, Schedule, Annex or Exhibit shall refer, respectively, to Sections, Schedules, Annexes or Exhibits of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly stated; (f) wherever the word “include”, “includes”, or “including” is used in this Agreement, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (g) a “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in the State of Washington or California are authorized by law or executive order to be closed; and (h) the word “or” shall not be exclusive.

2. Agreement to Consent and Approve . From the date hereof until the Expiration Time, the Shareholder shall (a) promptly (and in any event within five (5) business days) after the S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, execute and deliver to Company a written consent approving the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (including the Merger), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , with respect to all of its Company Common Stock entitled to act by written consent thereto and in accordance with such procedures relating thereto so as to ensure that it is duly counted for purposes of recording the results of such consent, and (b) vote (including by written consent) all of its Company Common Stock against any actions, agreement or transaction involving Company that is intended, or would reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, adversely affect or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, in any material respect.

3. Agreement Not to Transfer or Encumber . From the date hereof until the Expiration Time, the Shareholder shall not, (a) directly or indirectly Transfer any Company Common Stock (or