Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 220

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 220
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 a final judicial adjudication determines that such person breached a duty owed to Associated which constituted a willful failure to deal fairly in a matter with a conflict of interest, violated criminal law, derived improper personal profit from a transaction, or engaged in willful misconduct. Unless provided otherwise by a written agreement with such director, officer, employee or agent, such person’s right to indemnification is determined in accordance with Section 180.0855 of the WBCL or any successor thereto. In addition, the Associated bylaws provide that Associated may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is a director, officer, employee or agent of Associated against any liability asserted against or incurred by the individual in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, regardless of whether Associated is required or authorized to indemnify or allow expenses to the individual. The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Wisconsin law and Associated’s articles of incorporation and bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of those Sections of the WBCL referenced above and the Associated charter and Associated bylaws. Certain rules of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limit the ability of certain depository institutions, their subsidiaries and their affiliated depository institution holding companies to indemnify affiliated parties, including institution directors. In general, subject to the ability to purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and to advance professional expenses under certain circumstances, the rules prohibit such institutions from indemnifying a director for certain costs incurred with regard to an administrative or enforcement action commenced by any federal banking agency that results in a final order or settlement pursuant to which the director is assessed a civil money penalty, removed from office, prohibited from participating in the affairs of an insured depository institution or required to cease and desist from or take an affirmative action described in Section 8(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1818(b)). The Associated articles and Associated bylaws were previously filed with the SEC and are incorporated by reference into this registration statement. II-1

| Item 21. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |

| (a) | The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference: |

| Exhibit No. 
 2.1         |     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 30, 2025, by and between Associated Banc-Corp and