Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 174

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 174
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 Closing Date to the extent permitted under applicable law at a “more likely than not” or higher
level of confidence, and all Tax Returns will be prepared consistent with such treatment. The Voting Shareholders shall pay or reimburse, as applicable, the fees and reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Company Tax Representative incurred
pursuant to this Section 6.16(a).

(b) . Parent shall notify the Company Tax Representative
within fifteen (15) days upon the receipt of any notice, or becoming aware, of any audit or other similar examination with respect to a Pass-Through Tax Return of Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any
Pre-Closing Tax Period (a “”). The Company Tax Representative shall control (with representatives of its choosing), at the Voting Shareholders’ expense, any Tax
Contest; that (i) Parent shall be kept fully informed as to the conduct of such Tax Contest, (ii) Parent shall have the right to participate in any such Tax Contest with counsel of its own choosing at its own expense, and
(iii) the Company Tax Representative shall not settle or compromise any such Tax Contest without the prior written consent of Parent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

(c) . Without the prior written consent of the Company Tax Representative (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned, or delayed), unless otherwise required by applicable law, Parent will not, and will not cause or permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to take, any of the following actions: (i) file, or cause to be filed, any
restatement or amendment of, modification to, or claim for refund relating to, any Pass-Through Tax Return of Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, (ii) make or change any Tax
election on any Pass-Through Tax Return of Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, (iii) extend or waive any statute of limitations with respect to Pass-Through Tax Returns of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries for a Pre-Closing Tax Period, (iv) file Pass-Through Tax Returns for Company or any of its Subsidiaries for a Pre-Closing Tax
Period in a jurisdiction in which such Company or Company Subsidiary has not historically filed Tax Returns, (v) initiate discussions or examinations with a taxing authority or make any voluntary disclosures with respect to Pass-Through