Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000007789-25-000025
Chunk: 99

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 99
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 . Any action of the Committee with respect to the Plan shall

be final, conclusive and binding on all Persons, including the Company, Subsidiaries, any Grantee, any Eligible Person, any

Person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any Grantee, and shareholders, except to the extent the Committee

may subsequently modify, or take further action not consistent with, its prior action. If not specified in the Plan, the time at

which the Committee must or may make any determination shall be determined by the Committee, and any such determination

may thereafter be modified by the Committee. The express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any

action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee.

3.4. Quorum . Unless otherwise established by the Board or in any charter of the Committee, a majority of the Committee

shall constitute a quorum and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and

acts approved in writing by all members of the Committee in lieu of a meeting, shall be deemed the acts of the Committee.

Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that

member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, the Company’s independent certified public

accountants, or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the

administration of the Plan.

3.5. Decisions of the Committee and Board . All determinations of the Committee shall be made by a majority of its

members; provided, however, that any determination affecting any Awards made or to be made to a member of the Committee

may, at the Board’s election, be made by the Board.

**Section 4.

Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan; Adjustments**

4.1. Number of Shares Available for Grants .

(a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, the aggregate number of Shares which may be delivered

under the Plan shall not exceed the sum of (i) 1,672,000, plus (ii) the total number of remaining Shares that have not been

issued under the 2020 Plan as of the Effective Date, plus (iii) the number of Shares that become available under the 2020 Plan

after the Effective Date pursuant to forfeiture, termination, lapse, or satisfaction of an