Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 181

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 181
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 terms) shall survive the Effective Time, except for Sections 6.7 and 6.15, and for those other covenants and agreements contained herein and therein which by their terms apply or are to be
performed in whole or in part after the Effective Time.

9.2 . Subject to compliance with
applicable law, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time before or after the receipt of the Written Consent. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise,
except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties.

9.3 . At
any time prior to the Effective Time, the parties hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document delivered by the other party pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or satisfaction of any conditions for its benefit contained
herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party, but such extension or waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with
an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

9.4 . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, including in Section 8.2, all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated.

9.5 . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly
given on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or if by e-mail ( that no notice is received by the e-mail sender within twelve
(12) hours thereafter indicating that such e-mail was undeliverable or otherwise not delivered), (b) on the first (1st) business day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth (5th) business day following the date of mailing if delivered by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,