Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 98

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 98
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 be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been
paid to the person in respect of which the deduction and withholding was made by Parent, the Exchange Agent or such other applicable withholding agent, as the case may be.

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(h) In the event any Old Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Old Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Parent or the Exchange Agent may
determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Old Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Old Certificate the Merger Consideration
and any cash in lieu of fractional shares and any unpaid dividends and distributions on the Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.2(b) deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as disclosed in a corresponding section of the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Parent
concurrently herewith (the “”); , (a) no disclosure is required to be made as an exception to a representation or warranty if its absence would not result in the related
representation or warranty being deemed untrue or incorrect, (b) the mere inclusion of a disclosure in the Company Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a representation or warranty shall not be deemed an admission by the Company that such
item represents a material exception or fact, event or circumstance or that such item is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (c) any disclosures made with respect to a section of this Article III shall be deemed to
qualify (1) any other section of this Article III specifically cross-referenced and (2) other sections of this Article III to the extent it is reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure that such disclosure applies to such other
sections notwithstanding the absence of a specific cross reference, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:

3.1 .

(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
(or local equivalent) under the laws of the State of Nebraska and is a bank holding company duly registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (“”) that has elected to be treated as a financial holding
company under the BHC Act. The Company