Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 144

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 144
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 thereof or similar governing body of any Parent Subsidiary or any
committee thereof, or, to the knowledge of Parent, to any director or officer of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary.

4.7 . Except as would not reasonably be likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due), except for those liabilities
that are reflected or reserved against on the consolidated balance sheet of Parent included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025 (including any notes
thereto) and for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since September 30, 2025, or in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

4.8 . Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary nor any of their respective
officers or directors has employed any broker, finder or financial advisor or incurred any liability for any broker’s fees, commissions or finder’s fees in connection with the Merger or related transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, other than any such fee that will be payable solely by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary.

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4.9 . Since
December 31, 2024, there has not been any effect, change, event, circumstance, condition, occurrence or development that has had or would reasonably be likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent.

4.10 .

(a) Except as set forth in Section 4.10 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or, since
January 1, 2023, has been, a party to any, and there are not and have not been since January 1, 2023, any pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened, legal, administrative, arbitral or other proceedings, claims, actions or
governmental or regulatory investigations of any nature against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their current or former directors or executive officers (i) that would reasonably be likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or (ii) of a material nature challenging the validity or propriety of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) There