Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 136

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 136
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disclosures of risks set forth in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or any other statements that are similarly non-specific or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), Parent
hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

4.1 .

(a) Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or local equivalent) under the laws of the State of
Wisconsin and is a bank holding company duly registered under the BHC Act. Parent has the corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted in all
material respects. Parent is duly licensed or qualified to do business and in good standing (or local equivalent) in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and assets
owned, leased or operated by it makes such licensing, qualification or standing necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified or to be in good standing (or local equivalent) would not, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. True and complete copies of the amended and restated articles of incorporation of Parent, as amended (“”), and amended and restated bylaws of Parent
(“”), as in effect as of the date of this Agreement, have previously been made available by Parent to the Company.

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(b) Except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) below only, as would not reasonably
be likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, each Subsidiary of Parent (a “”) (i) is duly organized, licensed and validly existing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization, (ii) is duly qualified to do business and, where such concept is recognized under applicable law, in good standing (or local equivalent) in all jurisdictions (whether federal, state, local or foreign) where its
ownership, leasing or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing (or local equivalent) and (iii) has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted. There are no restrictions on the ability of any Subsidiary of Parent to pay dividends or distributions, except, in the case of a Subsidiary that