Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000007789-25-000025
Chunk: 87

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 87
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 Severability................................................................................................................................   | A-17 |
|             | 14.3.  | Successors..................................................................................................................................   | A-17 |
|             | 14.4.  | Requirements of Law.................................................................................................................           | A-17 |
|             | 14.5.  | Securities Law Compliance.......................................................................................................               | A-17 |
|             | 14.6.  | Clawback...................................................................................................................................    | A-18 |
|             | 14.7.  | Deferrals of Payment.................................................................................................................          | A-18 |
|             | 14.8.  | Section 409A.............................................................................................................................      | A-18 |
|             | 14.9.  | Mitigation of Excise Tax...........................................................................................................            | A-18 |
|             | 14.10. | No Rights as a Shareholder........................................................................................................             | A-19 |
|             | 14.11. | Awards Not Taken into Account for Other Benefits.................................................................                              | A-19 |
|             | 14.12. | Services Agreement Supersedes Award Agreement.................................................................                                 | A-19 |
|             | 14.13. | Non-Exclusivity of Plan............................................................................................................            | A-19 |
|             | 14.14. | No Trust or Fund Created..........................................................................................................             | A-19 |
|             | 14.15. | No Right to Continued Employment or Awards.......................................................................                              | A-19 |
|             | 14.16. | Military Service.........................................................................................................................      | A-19 |
|             | 14.17. | Construction...............................................................................................................................    | A-19 |
|             | 14.18. | No Fractional Shares..................................................................................................................         | A-19 |
|             | 14.19. | Plan Document Controls............................................................................................................             | A-19 |
|             | 14.20. | Compensation Limitations.........................................................................................................              | A-19 |

**A-1

Associated Banc-Corp

2025 Equity Incentive Plan

Section 1.

Establishment, Purpose and Duration**

1.1. Effective Date and Purpose . Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby establishes the

Associated Banc-Corp 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”). The Plan is intended to (a) align the interests