Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000007789-25-000025
Chunk: 19

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 of Associated beneficially owned (as defined by Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) and any other ownership interest in the shares of Associated, whether economic or otherwise, including derivatives and hedges, by each proposed nominee; (3) any other information regarding such proposed nominee that would be required to be disclosed in a definitive proxy statement prepared in connection with an election of directors pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; (4) the name and address (business and residential) of the shareholder making the recommendation; and (5) the number of shares of Associated beneficially owned (as defined by Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) and any other ownership interest in the shares of Associated, whether economic or otherwise, including derivatives and hedges, by the shareholder making the recommendation. Associated may require any proposed nominee to furnish additional information as may be reasonably required to determine his or her qualifications to serve as a director of Associated.

| COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN SHAREHOLDERS, INTERESTED PARTIES AND THE BOARD |

Associated’s Board provides a process for shareholders and other interested parties to send communications to the Board or any of the directors. Shareholders and other interested parties may send written communications to the Board or any of the individual directors by mail, c/o Corporate Secretary, Associated Banc-Corp, 433 Main Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301. All communications will be compiled by Associated’s Corporate Secretary and submitted to the Board or the individual director, as applicable, on a regular basis unless such communications are considered, in the reasonable judgment of the Corporate Secretary, to be improper for submission to the intended recipient(s). Examples of communications that would be considered improper for submission include, without limitation, customer complaints, solicitations, communications that do not relate directly or indirectly to Associated or Associated’s business, or communications that relate to improper or irrelevant topics.

| COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION |

There are no Compensation and Benefits Committee interlocking relationships, as defined by the rules adopted by the SEC, and no Associated officer or employee is a member of the Compensation and Benefits Committee.

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STOCK OWNERSHIP

| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS |

The following table presents information regarding the beneficial ownership of Common Stock by each person who, to our knowledge, was the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding Common Stock on February 14, 202