Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 133

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 133
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 the Prospectus will not include a material misstatement or omission or be not
effective and useable for resale of Registrable Securities.

Section 2.09. . Subject to
Section 2.04, all fees and expenses incurred by Parent in effecting any registration pursuant to this Article II, including all fees and expenses incurred in complying with securities or “blue sky” laws, printing expenses, any
registration or filing fees payable under any federal or state securities or “blue sky” laws, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any listing or quoting of the securities to be registered on any national securities exchange
or automated quotation system, fees of FINRA, fees and disbursements of counsel for Parent and fees and expenses of Parent’s independent registered certified public accounting firm, and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one
counsel selected by the Shareholders to represent all Shareholders in connection with such registration (up to a maximum of $75,000 for the term of this Exhibit A) will be borne by Parent; , , that the Shareholders will
bear and pay any underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and related fees and out of pocket expenses of any Underwriters and such Underwriters’ counsel and transfer taxes and any expenses required by applicable Law to be paid by a selling
shareholder, fees and disbursements of counsel for any Shareholder not addressed above, in each case with respect to Registrable Securities offered for its account pursuant to any Registration Statement.

Section 2.10. . Parent covenants that it will use reasonable best efforts to file the reports required to be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder and it will use reasonable best efforts to take any such further action as reasonably requested by the Shareholders, including
providing a written statement as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Shareholders to sell Registrable Securities
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rules 144 or 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC.

Section 2.11. . (a) In connection with any registration of
Registrable Securities or Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.01, Section