Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 456

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 456
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 Reports, there are no transactions or series of related transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings, nor are there any currently proposed transactions or series of related transactions, between Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any current or former director or “executive officer” (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any person who beneficially owns (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (or any of such person’s immediate family members or affiliates) (other than Parent Subsidiaries), on the other hand, of the type required to be reported in any Parent Report pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act that have not been disclosed therein.

4.20

#### State Takeover Laws
. The Board of Directors of Parent has approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has taken all such other necessary actions as required to render inapplicable to such agreements and transactions the provisions of any potentially applicable Takeover Restrictions, including Section 23B.19.040(1) of the WBCA as it may become applicable or purport to become applicable to the Company shareholders party to the Support Agreement or any of their affiliates.

4.21

### Opinion of Financial Advisor
. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of Parent received an opinion (which if initially rendered orally, has been or will be confirmed by written opinion of the same date) from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. to the effect that as of the date of such opinion and based upon and subject to the assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other matters set forth in the written opinion, the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement is fair, from a financial point of view, to Parent. Such opinion has not been amended or rescinded as of the date of this Agreement.

4.22

#### Parent Information
. The information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries or that is provided by Parent or its Subsidiaries or their respective representatives for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, Consent Solicitation Statement, the S-4 or in any other document filed with any Regulatory Agency or Governmental Entity in connection with this Agreement, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to