Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 205

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 205
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able Securities in such registration or Underwritten Offering, as applicable, on the same terms and conditions as applicable to Parent’s or such holder’s shares of Parent Common Stock (a
“”); , , that if at any time after giving written notice of such proposed filing or Underwritten Offering, as applicable, and prior to the effective date of the Registration
Statement filed in connection with such registration, or the consummation of such Underwritten Offering, as applicable, Parent

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shall determine for any reason not to proceed with the proposed registration or disposition, as applicable, of the Parent Common Stock, then Parent may, at its election, give written notice of
such determination to such Shareholders and, thereupon, will be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration, or dispose of any Registrable Securities in connection with such Underwritten
Offering, as applicable. Such Shareholders shall, subject to Section 2.06(b), enter into a customary underwriting agreement with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected by Parent with respect to any Registrable Securities sold by such
Shareholders pursuant to this Section 2.03. No registration of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to a request under this Section 2.03 shall relieve Parent of its obligations under Section 2.01 or Section 2.02.

Section 2.04. . A Shareholder
will be permitted to rescind a request for an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement or a request for a Demand Registration or request the removal of any Registrable Securities held by it from any such request at any time
without having to reimburse Parent for any expenses; provided that should Shareholders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities that previously made such request rescind such request, each such rescinding Shareholder shall promptly reimburse
Parent for the reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by Parent in connection with such request on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of Registrable Securities that each such Shareholder originally intended to be
offered, and following such reimbursement such request will not count as a request for an Underwritten Offering or Demand Registration for purposes of determining when future Underwritten Offerings or Demand Registrations may be requested by
Shareholders pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.02.

Section 2.05. . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the lead Underwriter(s) of an Underwritten Offering advises Parent in writing that, in its