Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
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Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
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 promptly return it to Mechanics by mailing it to Mechanics at 1111 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, attention: Corporate Secretary or emailing a pdf copy to consents@mechanicsbank.com. Mechanics will not call or convene any meeting of its shareholders in connection with the merger proposal. |

| Q: | What happens if I do not return my written consent? |

| A: | If you hold shares of Mechanics voting common stock as of the consent record date and you do not return your written consent, that will have the same effect as a vote against the Mechanics merger proposal. However, under the key shareholder voting agreements, each of the key shareholders has agreed, promptly (and in any event within five (5) business days) after the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement forms a part is declared effective under the Securities Act by the SEC, to execute and deliver written consents approving the Mechanics merger proposal with respect to all of such key shareholder’s shares of Mechanics common stock entitled to act by written consent with respect thereto. The shares of Mechanics voting common stock that are owned by the key shareholders and subject to the key shareholder |

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voting agreements represent approximately [ ]% of the Mechanics voting common stock issued and outstanding as of the consent record date. The execution and delivery of written consents by the Ford Entities, who are key shareholders, will constitute receipt by Mechanics of the shareholder approval required for the Mechanics merger proposal and, therefore, Mechanics expects to receive a number of written consents sufficient to constitute receipt of the requisite Mechanics shareholder approval required under the merger agreement.

| Q: | What is the deadline for returning my written consent? |

| A: | The deadline for executing and returning the written consent to Mechanics is the earlier of [ ], 2025, which is the 60th and last day that a written consent may be delivered under California law to approve an action with a record date of [ ], or the closing date for the merger (the “consent deadline”). |

| Q: | Can I change or revoke my written consent? |

| A: | Yes. You may change or revoke your consent to the Mechanics merger proposal at any time before the earlier of the consent deadline and the receipt of the requisite Mechanics shareholder approval. If you wish to change or revoke a previously given consent, you may do so by mailing a notice of revocation or a new written consent with a later date to