Company: MCHB
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001140361-25-026051
Chunk: 787

Company: Mechanics Bancorp
Filing Date: 2025-07-16
Form: 424B3
Chunk 787
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 not intended to, and does not, confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.

Section 7.13 Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or entity or any circumstance, is found by a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable

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provision shall be substituted therefore in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other persons, entities or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability, of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

Section 7.14 Termination of Shareholders Agreement . In accordance with Section 8.1 of the Shareholders Agreement, Rabobank, the Bank, the Ford Shareholders and the Ford Funds hereby agree to terminate the Shareholders Agreement effective as of immediately prior to, and subject to, the effectiveness of this Agreement on the Effective Date; provided , that Section 5.8, 7.4 and Article VIII thereof shall not survive such termination, notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein.

Section 7.15 Counterparts and Facsimile Signature; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic means such as “.pdf” or “.jpg” files), each of which shall be deemed to constitute an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. Following the execution of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto, this Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date; provided , that if the Merger Agreement is terminated, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and be null and void and of no effect, and the Shareholders Agreement shall remain in full force and effect subject to the terms thereof.

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