Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 159

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 159
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 by this Agreement (including the Merger and the Bank Merger), and to comply with the terms and conditions of all such permits, consents, approvals and
authorizations of all such third parties and Governmental Entities. Parent and the Company shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use reasonable best efforts to obtain each such Requisite Regulatory Approval and any approvals
required for the Merger as promptly as reasonably practicable and cooperate with each other in connection therewith (including the furnishing of any information that may be reasonably requested or required to obtain the Requisite Regulatory
Approvals) and shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, respond and comply as promptly as practicable to any requests by Governmental Entities for documents and information. Parent and the Company shall have the right to review in
advance, and, to the extent practicable, each will consult the other on, in each case subject to applicable laws relating to the exchange of information, all the information relating to the Company or Parent, as the case may be, and any of their
respective Subsidiaries, which appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the parties
hereto shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Each party will provide the other with copies of any applications and all correspondence relating thereto prior to filing and with sufficient opportunity to comment, other than any portions
of material filed in connection therewith that contain competitively sensitive business or other proprietary information or confidential supervisory information filed under a claim of confidentiality. The parties hereto agree that they will consult
with each other with respect to the obtaining of all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and Governmental Entities necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each party
will keep the other apprised of the status of matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated herein. Each party shall consult with the other in advance of any communication, meeting or conference with any Governmental Entity in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, give the other party and/or its counsel the opportunity to attend and participate in such communications, meetings and
conferences.

(c) In furtherance of the foregoing, each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) avoid
the entry of, or