Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000007789-25-000025
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Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
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| WHO CAN VOTE |

The Board has fixed the close of business on March 7, 2025, as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. Each share of Associated’s common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”), is entitled to one vote on each matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting. No other class of securities will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

| QUORUM AND SHARES OUTSTANDING |

The presence, in person or by proxy, of the majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. There were 165,639,127 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date.

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| REQUIRED VOTES |

The number of affirmative votes required to approve each of the proposals to be considered at the Annual Meeting is as follows: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors The 13 nominees who receive the largest number of affirmative votes cast at the Annual Meeting will be elected as directors. Under Associated’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, any nominee in an uncontested election who receives a greater number of votes “withheld” from than votes “FOR” his or her election is required to tender his or her resignation following certification of the shareholder vote. The Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Committee is required to make a recommendation to the Board with respect to any such letter of resignation, and the Board is required to take action with respect to this recommendation and to disclose its decision and decision-making process. Other Proposals The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast is required to approve each of the other proposals.

| ABSTENTIONS AND BROKER NON-VOTES |

Abstentions will be treated as shares that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but as unvoted for purposes of determining the approval of any matter submitted to shareholders for a vote. However, in accordance with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), abstentions will be counted as “votes cast” for purposes of the approval of the Associated Banc-Corp 2025 Equity Incentive Plan, giving them the effect of votes against the approval of this proposal. If a broker indicates on