Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 506

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 506
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 a Party’s shareholders approving this Agreement shall mean approving and adopting this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that Parent’s shareholders shall not be required to approve or adopt this Agreement to the extent not required by law but shall vote upon those matters as specified herein), (vii) the terms “ transactions contemplated hereby ” and “ transactions contemplated by this Agreement ” shall include the Merger, Parent Articles Amendment, Parent Share Issuance and entrance into the Registration Rights Agreement and Support Agreement by the applicable parties

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thereto, as applicable, and (viii) the term “ law ” or “ laws ” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign or provincial law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, policy, guideline or agency requirement of or undertaking to or agreement with any Governmental Entity, including common law. Unless the context otherwise requires, each of Parent and Parent Bank are part of the same “Party” for purposes of references to a “Party” or the “other Party”. The Company Disclosure Schedule and the Parent Disclosure Schedule, as well as all other schedules and all exhibits hereto, shall be deemed part of this Agreement and included in any reference to this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall require any Party or person to take any action in violation of applicable law. All references to “ dollars ” or “ $ ” in this Agreement are to United States dollars.

9.7

#### Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties, it being understood that all Parties need not sign the same counterpart.

9.8

#### Entire Agreement
. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) together with the Confidentiality Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

9.9

#### Governing Law; Jurisdiction
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(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any applicable conflicts of law principles (except that matters relating to the fiduciary duty of the Board of Directors of Parent shall be subject to the laws of the State of Washington).

(b) Each Party agrees that it will bring any action