Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001140361-25-025920
Chunk: 484

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-15
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 484
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, on or prior to the Closing Date, provide Parent with a properly executed certificate, together with the required notice to the IRS, each in accordance with Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, stating that the Company (and any interest therein) is not, and has not been within the applicable period set forth in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.

**6.7 Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance .**

(a) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Entity to, indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each case to the fullest extent that (i) Company or its respective Subsidiaries would have been permitted by applicable law, the Company Articles, the Company Bylaws and the

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governing or organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary, and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 6.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director, officer and employee of Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Company Indemnified Parties ”) or (ii) Parent or its respective Subsidiaries (prior to the Effective Time) would have been permitted by applicable law, the articles of incorporation of Parent as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Parent as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and the governing or organizational documents of any Parent Subsidiary, and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date of this Agreement and disclosed in Section 6.7(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director, officer and employee of Parent and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Parent Indemnified Parties ”, and together with the Company Indemnified Parties, the “ Indemnified Parties ”), in each case against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before