Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001140361-25-024872
Chunk: 493

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: S-4
Chunk 493
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 statements made after the date of this Agreement in compliance with this Section 6.12 .

6.13

#### Change of Method
. Company and Parent shall be empowered, upon their mutual agreement, at any time prior to the Effective Time, to change the method or structure of effecting the combination of Company, Parent Bank and/or Parent (including the provisions of Article I ), if and to the extent they both deem such change to be necessary, appropriate or desirable; provided that, unless this Agreement is amended by agreement of each Party accordance with Section 9.1 , no such change shall (i) alter or change the Exchange Ratio, the Non-Voting Exchange Ratio or the number of shares of Parent Common Stock received by holders of Company Common Stock in exchange for each share of Company Common Stock, (ii) adversely affect the Tax treatment of Company’s shareholders or Parent’s shareholders pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) adversely affect the Tax treatment of Company or Parent pursuant to this Agreement or (iv) materially impede or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a timely manner. The Parties agree to reflect any such change in an appropriate amendment to this Agreement executed by the Parties in accordance with Section 9.1 .

6.14

#### Takeover Restrictions
. None of Company, any Parent Party or their respective Boards of Directors shall take any action that would cause any Takeover Restriction to become applicable to this Agreement, the Merger, or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and each shall take all necessary steps to exempt (or ensure the continued exemption of) the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement from any applicable Takeover Restriction now or hereafter in effect. If any Takeover Restriction may become, or may purport to be, applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Party and the members of their respective Boards of Directors will grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of any Takeover Restriction on any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any Takeover Restrictions that may become or purport to become applicable with respect to the Company shareholders party the Support Agreement and their affiliates (including Section 23B.19.040(1) of the WBCA), including, if necessary, challenging the validity or applicability of any such Takeover Restriction.

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