Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 95

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 95
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(a “”). The Company Tax Representative shall control (with representatives of its choosing), at the Voting Shareholders’ expense, any Tax Contest; that (i) Parent shall be kept fully
informed as to the conduct of such Tax Contest, (ii) Parent shall have the right to participate in any such Tax Contest with counsel of its own choosing at its own expense, and (iii) the Company Tax Representative shall not settle or
compromise any such Tax Contest without the prior written consent of Parent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

(c) . Without the prior written consent of the Company Tax Representative (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned, or delayed), unless otherwise required by applicable law, Parent will not, and will not cause or permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to take, any of the following actions: (i) file, or cause to be filed, any
restatement or amendment of, modification to, or claim for refund relating to, any Pass-Through Tax Return of Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, (ii) make or change any Tax
election on any Pass-Through Tax Return of Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, (iii) extend or waive any statute of limitations with respect to Pass-Through Tax Returns of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries for a Pre-Closing Tax Period, (iv) file Pass-Through Tax Returns for Company or any of its Subsidiaries for a Pre-Closing Tax
Period in a jurisdiction in which such Company or Company Subsidiary has not historically filed Tax Returns, (v) initiate discussions or examinations with a taxing authority or make any voluntary disclosures with respect to Pass-Through Tax
Returns of Company or any of its Subsidiaries for Pre-Closing Tax Periods, (vi) change any accounting method or adopt any convention for Company or any of its Subsidiaries that shifts taxable income from
a post-Closing Tax Period to a Pre-Closing Tax Period or shifts deductions or losses from a Pre-Closing Tax Period to a post-Closing Tax Period or (vii) take any
action after the Closing or the Closing Date outside the ordinary course of business (except as provided in this Agreement or any other accompanying document), in each case, to the extent such action would reasonably be expected to result in Tax
liability of