Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 189

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 189
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 forth in the Merger Agreement, Parent will issue shares of Parent Common Stock (as defined in the Merger Agreement; all
capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement) to each of the Shareholders;

WHEREAS, as a condition to the willingness of Parent to enter into the Merger Agreement, the parties are entering into this Agreement
concurrently with entering into the Merger Agreement; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement will become effective automatically upon the Closing.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“” by a person of any securities includes ownership by any person who, directly or indirectly, through
any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to
dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such security; and shall otherwise be interpreted in accordance with the term “beneficial ownership” as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the SEC under the
Exchange Act; that for purposes of determining Beneficial Ownership, a person shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities which may be acquired by such person pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding
or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, irrespective of whether the right to acquire such securities is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, including the passage of time
in excess of sixty (60) days, the satisfaction of any conditions, the occurrence of any event or any combination of the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, this expanded interpretation shall apply even if such rights are contingent,
conditional, or subject to future events beyond the sixty (60)-day period referenced in Rule 13d-3. For purposes of this Agreement, a person shall be deemed to
Beneficially Own any securities Beneficially Owned by its Permitted Transferees or any Group of which such person or its Permitted Transferees is or becomes a member. The terms “” and “” shall have correlative meanings.

“” means the Board