Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 119

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 119
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 of in accordance
with an effective Registration Statement covering it or (y) in the case of Covered Shares held by a Shareholder who is not an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of
Parent, they may immediately be sold under Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act without any volume or manner of sale restrictions.

“” means any registration statement of Parent that covers Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such
registration statement.

“” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such rule.

“” means each Shareholder as defined in the Agreement
and such Shareholder’s Permitted Transferees.

“” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(b).

“” means an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement or a 415 Shelf Registration Statement.

“” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(a).

“” means, with respect to any Underwritten Offering, a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as a principal
in connection with a distribution of such Registrable Securities.

“” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(c) of this Exhibit A.

“” means a public offering of securities registered under the Securities
Act in which an Underwriter participates in the distribution of such securities.

“” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.01(d).

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ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 2.01. .

(a) . Subject to Section 2.08,

(i) if on the Closing Date, Parent is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), Parent will
file, within three (3) business days of the sixty-first (61st) day following the Closing Date (the “”), an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement useable for the resale of Registrable Securities under the
Securities Act, in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Shareholders. Such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement shall contain any intended method of distribution of the Registrable Securities specified in writing by any
Shareholder and contemplated hereby.

(ii) if on the First Sale Date, Parent is not a well-known