Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 214

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 214
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 Section 2.08(a), Parent shall furnish to the
Shareholders a written notice setting forth the estimated length of the anticipated delay. Parent will use reasonable best efforts to limit the length of any Suspension Period and shall notify the Shareholders promptly upon the termination of the
Suspension Period. Notice of the commencement of a Suspension Period shall simply specify such commencement and shall not contain any facts or circumstances relating to such commencement or any material
non-public information. Parent shall respond promptly to reasonable inquiry by a Shareholder as to such facts and circumstances. Upon notice by Parent to the Shareholders of any determination to commence a
Suspension Period, the Shareholders shall keep the fact of any such Suspension Period strictly confidential, and during any Suspension Period, promptly halt any offer, sale, trading or transfer of any Parent Common Stock pursuant to such Prospectus
for the duration of the Suspension Period until (x) the Suspension Period has expired or, if earlier (y) Parent has provided notice that the Suspension Period has been terminated.

(b) After the expiration of any Suspension Period and without any further request from a Shareholder, Parent shall as promptly as reasonably
practicable prepare a Registration Statement or post-effective amendment or supplement to the applicable shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, if necessary so that 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