Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 138

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 138
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entures, notes or other indebtedness that have the right to vote on any matters on which shareholders of Parent may vote are issued or outstanding.

(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies
or other agreements in effect pursuant to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has a contractual or other obligation with respect to the voting or transfer of the Parent Common Stock or other equity interests of Parent.

(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity ownership interests of each Parent Subsidiary, free and clear of any Liens, and all of such shares or equity ownership interests are duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof. No Parent Subsidiary has or is bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any
character calling for the purchase or issuance of any shares of capital stock or any other equity security of such Subsidiary or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any shares of capital stock or any other equity
security of such Subsidiary.

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4.3 .

(a) Parent has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger have been duly and validly approved by the board of directors of Parent. The board of directors of Parent has determined that the Merger, on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, is advisable and in the best interests of Parent and its shareholders. Except for the adoption and approval of the Bank Merger Agreement by the board of directors of Parent Bank and Parent as its sole
shareholder, no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as such enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability
Exceptions). The shares of Parent Common