Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 92

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 92
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 written consent of the other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except as
required by applicable law, or any listing agreement with or rule of any national securities exchange or association, or the rules or regulations of any applicable Governmental Entity to which the relevant party is subject, in which case the party
required to make the release, statement or announcement shall consult with the other party about, and allow the other party reasonable time to comment on such release, statement or announcement in advance of such issuance.

6.12 . Parent may at any time change the method of effecting the Merger if and to the extent reasonably requested by
Parent, and the Company agrees to enter into such amendments to this Agreement as Parent may reasonably request in order to give effect to such restructuring; , , that no such change or amendment shall (a) alter or
change the amount or kind of the Merger Consideration, (b) adversely affect the Tax treatment of the Merger with respect to the Company’s shareholders or (c) be reasonably likely to cause the Closing to be materially delayed or the
receipt of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals to be prevented or materially delayed. The parties agree to reflect any such change in an appropriate amendment to this Agreement executed by both parties in accordance with Section 9.2.

6.13 . The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not take any action that would cause any Takeover Restriction
to become applicable to this Agreement, the Merger, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall take all necessary steps to exempt (or ensure the continued exemption of) the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby from any applicable Takeover Restriction now or hereafter in effect. If any Takeover Restriction may become, or may purport to be, applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company will grant such
approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of any
Takeover Restriction on any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, if necessary, challenging the validity or applicability of any such Takeover Restriction.

6.14 . Each of Parent and the Company shall, to the extent permitted under applicable law and regulation, promptly
notify the other party in writing of any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation,