Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 501

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 501
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 Parent Bank, Company, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of the officers or directors of any of them shall have any liability of any nature whatsoever hereunder, or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that (i) Section 6.2(b) ( Access to Information; Confidentiality ), Section 6.12 ( Public Announcements ), this Section 8.2 and Article IX ( General Provisions ) shall survive any termination of this Agreement, and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither Parent, Parent Bank nor Company shall be relieved or released from any liabilities or damages arising out of its willful and material breach of any provision of this Agreement.

(b) (i) In the event that after the date of this Agreement and prior to the termination of this Agreement, a bona fide Acquisition Proposal shall have been communicated to or otherwise made known to the Board of Directors or senior management of Parent or shall have been made directly to the shareholders of Parent or any person shall have publicly announced (and not withdrawn at least two (2) business days prior to the Parent Meeting) an Acquisition Proposal and (A) thereafter this Agreement is terminated by (x) either the Parent Parties or Company pursuant to Section 8.1(e)(i) (Requisite Parent Vote ), (y) either the Parent Parties or Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c) ( Termination Date ) without the Requisite Parent Vote having been obtained (and all other conditions set forth in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 were satisfied or were capable of being satisfied prior to such termination) or (z) Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d) ( Breach of Representations or Covenants ) as a result of a willful breach and (B) prior to the date that is twelve (12) months after the date of such termination, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including any successors) enter into a definitive agreement or consummates a transaction with respect to an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not the same Acquisition Proposal as that referred to above), then Parent shall, on the earlier of the date it enters into such definitive agreement and the date of consummation of such transaction, pay Company, by wire transfer of same-day funds, a fee equal to $10,000,000 (the “ Termination Fee ”); provided that for purposes of this Section 8.2(b)(i) , all references in the definition of Acquisition