Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000007789-25-000025
Chunk: 128

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 128
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that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to an Award, such right

shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary.

14.15. No Right to Continued Employment or Awards . No Eligible Person shall have the right to be selected to receive an

Award under this Plan or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award. The grant of an Award shall not be

construed as giving a Grantee the right to be retained in the employ or as a service provider of the Company or any Subsidiary

or to be retained as a director of the Company or any Subsidiary. Further, the Company or a Subsidiary may at any time

terminate the employment or services of a Grantee free from any liability, or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise

expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement.

14.16. Military Service . Awards shall be administered in accordance with Code Section 414(u) and the Uniformed Services

Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.

14.17. Construction . The following rules of construction will apply to the Plan: (a) the word “or” is disjunctive but not

necessarily exclusive and (b) words in the singular include the plural, words in the plural include the singular, and words in the

neuter gender include the masculine and feminine genders and words in the masculine or feminine genders include the neuter

gender. The headings of sections and subsections are included solely for convenience of reference, and if there is any conflict

between such headings and the text of this Plan, the text shall control.

14.18. No Fractional Shares . No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the

Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional

Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

14.19. Plan Document Controls . This Plan and each Award Agreement constitute the entire agreement with respect to the

subject matter hereof and thereof; provided , however , that in the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and such Award

Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall control.

14.20. Compensation Limitations . Notwithstanding