Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 92

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 92
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 the Effective Time, all assets of the Company as they exist at the
Effective Time shall pass to and vest in the Surviving Corporation without any conveyance or other transfer, the Surviving Corporation shall be responsible for all liabilities of every kind and description of the Company as they exist as of the
Effective Time, and the Merger shall have the effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the WBCL and the NMBCA and this Agreement.

1.5 . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of Parent, the Company, or the holder of any of the following securities:

(a) Subject to Section 2.2(e), each
share of the Company Common Stock (as defined below) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, except for shares of Company Common Stock owned by the Company as treasury stock or otherwise owned by the Company or Parent (in
each case other than shares of Company Common Stock (A) held in trust accounts, managed accounts, mutual funds and the like, or otherwise held in a fiduciary or agency capacity that are beneficially owned by third parties, and (B) held,
directly or indirectly, in respect of debts previously contracted (collectively, the “”)), shall be converted, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Agreement, into the right to receive 36.250
(the “”) shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Parent (the “” and such consideration, the “”).

(b) All of the shares of Company Common Stock converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Article I shall no
longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist as of the Effective Time, and each certificate (each, an “,” it being understood

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that any reference herein to “Old Certificate” shall be deemed to include reference to book-entry account statements relating to the ownership
of shares of Company Common Stock) previously representing any such shares of Company Common Stock shall thereafter represent only the right to receive (i) the Merger Consideration, (ii) cash in lieu of a fractional share which the shares
of Company Common Stock represented by such Old Certificate would have otherwise been converted into the right to receive pursuant to this Section 1.5 and Section 2.2(e), and (iii) any dividends or distributions which the holder
thereof has the right to receive pursuant to Section 2