Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 30

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 30
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 or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents to the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof or similar governing body of any Company Subsidiary or any
committee thereof, or, to the knowledge of the Company, to any director or officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

(d) The
books and records kept by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are maintained in all material respects in accordance with applicable laws and accounting requirements and, to the knowledge of the Company, are, in the aggregate, complete and
accurate in all material respects.

(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to become a
party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar contract or arrangement (including any contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the Company
and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose person, on the other hand, or any “off-balance sheet
arrangement”), where the result, purpose or intended effect of such contract or arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company’s
or such Subsidiary’s financial statements.

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3.7 . Except for (a) those liabilities that
are set forth in the Company Financial Statements, and (b) liabilities incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and that are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the
Company and its Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due), whether or not the same would have been
required to be reflected on the Company Financial Statements if it had existed on or before the Balance Sheet Date.

3.8
. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor any of their respective officers or directors has employed any broker, finder or financial advisor or incurred any liability for any broker’s fees,
commissions or finder’s fees in connection with the Merger or related transactions contemplated by this Agreement other than Piper Sandler & Co. A true and complete copy of the engagement letter with Piper S