Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 501

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 501
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 day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in the State of Washington or California are authorized by law or executive order to be closed, (iii) an “ affiliate ” of a specified person is any person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person, in each case as of the date on which, or at any time during the period for which, the determination of affiliation is being made; provided that for the avoidance of doubt Hilltop Holdings Inc. and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be an “affiliate” of Company, EB Acquisition Company LLC or EB Acquisition Company II LLC or any of their respective affiliates, (iv) any reference to any statute includes all amendments thereto and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (v) the term “ made available ” means any document or other information that was (a) provided by one Party or its representatives to the other Party and its representatives at least three (3) days prior to the date of this Agreement (with the receiving Party confirming receipt), (b) included in the virtual data room of a Party at least one (1) business day prior to the date of this Agreement or (c) filed by a Party with the SEC and publicly available on EDGAR at least one (1) business day prior to the date of this Agreement, (vi) references to a Party’s shareholders approving this Agreement shall mean approving and adopting this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that Parent’s shareholders shall not be required to approve or adopt this Agreement to the extent not required by law but shall vote upon those matters as specified herein), (vii) the terms “ transactions contemplated hereby ” and “ transactions contemplated by this Agreement ” shall include the Merger, Parent Articles Amendment, Parent Share Issuance and entrance into the Registration Rights Agreement and Support Agreement by the applicable parties

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thereto, as applicable, and (viii) the term “ law ” or “ laws ” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign or provincial law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, policy, guideline or agency requirement of or undertaking to or agreement with any Governmental Entity, including common law. Unless the context otherwise requires, each of Parent and Parent Bank are part of the same “Party” for purposes of references to a “Party” or the “other Party”. The Company Disclosure Schedule