Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 99

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 99
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 respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as
of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date). All other representations and warranties of Parent set forth in this Agreement (read without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect set forth in
such representations or warranties) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as
of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date); , , that for purposes of this sentence, such representations and warranties shall be deemed to be true and correct unless the failure or failures of such
representations and warranties to be so true and correct, either individually or in the aggregate, and without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect set forth in such representations or warranties, has had
or would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.

(b) . Parent shall
have performed in all material respects the obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) . The Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by an executive
officer of Parent stating that the conditions specified in Sections 7.3(a) and 7.3(b) have been satisfied.

(d) . Parent shall not be in breach of and shall not have stated in writing any intention to breach either of the Consulting Agreement or the Personal Effects Side Letter.

(e) . The Company shall have received the opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the Merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, counsel may require and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of Parent and the Company reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such counsel.

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ARTICLE VIII

TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

8.1
. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after receipt of the Written Consent: