Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 114

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 114
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withstanding the foregoing, this Article III shall cease to apply following a Parent Change of Control Transaction.

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ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.1 . Each Shareholder, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:

(i) Such Shareholder has the requisite capacity and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized (to the extent authorization is required), executed and delivered by such Shareholder and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Parent, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Shareholder, enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Shareholder does not, and the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations
under this Agreement will not, (a) violate any law applicable to the Shareholder or the Covered Shares or (b) conflict with, or result in a breach or default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Shareholder is a party, except
where such conflict, breach or default would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a materially adverse effect on the Shareholder’s ability to satisfy its obligations hereunder.

(iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Shareholder does not, and the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations
under this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require such Shareholder to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or to make any filing with or notification to, any Governmental
Entity.

(iv) Each Shareholder is acquiring the Parent Common Stock to be issued by Parent to the Shareholders under the Merger Agreement
solely for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or in connection with, any sale or offering for sale of such shares of Parent Common Stock, in whole or in part, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act,
and no Shareholder has a present arrangement or agreement to effect any sale or offering for sale of any such shares of Parent Common Stock to or through any person. Each Shareholder has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Parent Common Stock and is capable of bearing the economic risks