Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 149

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 149
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 five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (or any of such person’s immediate family members or affiliates) (other than Subsidiaries of Parent), on the other
hand, of the type required to be reported in any Parent Report pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act that have not been so reported on a timely basis.

4.18 . Parent’s board of directors has approved this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby as required to render inapplicable to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby any Takeover Restrictions.

4.19 .

(a) Except as would not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has good title
to all securities and commodities owned by it (except those sold under repurchase agreements or held in any fiduciary or agency capacity), free and clear of any Lien, except (i) as set forth in Parent’s financial statements and
(ii) to the extent such securities or commodities are pledged in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations of Parent or its Subsidiaries. Such securities and commodities are valued on the books of Parent in accordance with GAAP in
all material respects.

(b) Parent and its Subsidiaries employ, to the extent applicable, investment, securities, risk management and
other policies, practices and procedures that Parent believes are prudent and reasonable in the context of their respective businesses, and Parent and its Subsidiaries have, since January 1, 2023, been in compliance with such policies,
practices and procedures in all material respects.

4.20 .

(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to Parent, each Loan of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is evidenced
by notes, agreements or other evidences of indebtedness that are true, genuine and what they purport to be, (ii) to the extent carried on the books and records of Parent and its Subsidiaries as secured Loans, has been secured by valid charges,
mortgages, pledges, security interests, restrictions, claims, liens or encumbrances, as applicable, which have been perfected and (iii) is, to Parent’s knowledge, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor named therein,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

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(b) Except as would not reasonably be material to Parent,