Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 297

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 297
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, for purposes determining whether a termination fee is payable pursuant to this bullet, all references in the definition of acquisition proposal to “25%” will instead refer to “50%”); or |

| • | in the event that the merger agreement is terminated by HomeStreet pursuant to the seventh item under the section entitled “—Termination of the Merger Agreement” above. |

Expenses and Fees Except as otherwise provided in the merger agreement, the confidential disclosure schedules to the merger agreement and as described in the immediately following sentence, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby will be paid by the party incurring such expense. The merger agreement provides that the costs and expenses of printing and mailing this proxy statement/prospectus/consent solicitation statement and all filing and other fees paid to the SEC or any other governmental entity in connection with the merger will be borne equally by HomeStreet and Mechanics. Amendment, Waiver and Extension of the Merger Agreement Subject to compliance with applicable law, the merger agreement may be amended by the parties at any time before or after the receipt of the requisite HomeStreet shareholder approval or the requisite Mechanics shareholder approval, except that after the receipt of the requisite HomeStreet shareholder approval or requisite Mechanics shareholder approval, there may not be, without further approval of HomeStreet shareholders or Mechanics shareholders, as applicable, any amendment to the merger agreement that requires such further approval under applicable law. At any time prior to the closing of the merger, each of the parties may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party contained in the merger agreement or in any document delivered by such other parties pursuant to the merger agreement and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or satisfaction of any conditions for its benefit contained in the merger agreement, except that after the receipt of the requisite HomeStreet shareholder approval or the requisite Mechanics shareholder approval there may not be, without further approval of HomeStreet shareholders or Mechanics shareholders, as applicable, any extension or waiver of the merger agreement or any portion thereof that requires such further approval under applicable law. Any agreement on the part of either of the parties to any such extension or waiver will be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party, but such extension or waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition will not operate as a