Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 171

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 171
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, share exchange or other business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or its Subsidiaries whose assets,
individually or in the aggregate, constitute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated assets of the Company.

6.11 . The parties hereto agree that the initial press release with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall be a release mutually agreed to by the Company and Parent. Thereafter, each of the
parties agrees that no public release, statement or announcement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by any party without the prior 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