Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 127

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 127
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 where it is not then so subject;

(iv) notify the relevant Shareholders at any time when a Prospectus relating to Registrable Securities is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which Parent becomes aware that the Prospectus included in a Registration Statement or the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement relating to such
Registrable Securities contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and Parent will promptly prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus and Registration Statement so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus and
Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading;

(v) advise the Underwriter(s), if any, and the relevant Shareholders promptly and, if requested by
such persons, confirm such advice in writing, of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the
qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes. If at any time the SEC shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Registrable Securities under state securities or “blue sky”
laws, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order as promptly as practicable;

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(vi) enter into customary agreements (including underwriting agreements) and
use reasonable best efforts to take such other actions as are reasonably requested by the relevant Shareholders in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.01(d)(i) with respect to Underwritten Offerings, preparing for and participating in a road show and other customary selling efforts as the Underwriters, if any, or such Shareholders reasonably request in order to expedite or
facilitate such disposition;

(vii) if requested by the relevant Shareholders or the