Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 201

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 201
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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).

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 seasoned issuer but is
eligible to file a 415 Shelf Registration Statement, Parent will file, within ten (10) business days of the First Sale Date, a 415 Shelf Registration Statement useable for the resale of Registrable Securities under the Securities Act from and
after the First Sale Date, in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Shareholders

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and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such 415 Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act with forty-five (45) days of filing. Such 415 Shelf
Registration Statement shall contain any intended method of distribution of the Registrable Securities specified in writing by any Shareholder and contemplated hereby.

(b) . Until the earlier of (i) such time as all Registrable Securities cease to be Registrable Securities
or (ii) Parent is no longer eligible to maintain a Shelf Registration Statement, Parent will keep current and effective any Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.01(a), and file such supplements or amendments to such
Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary or appropriate in order to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective and useable for the resale of Registrable Securities under the Securities Act. In the event that