Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 177

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 177
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 the obligations, covenants and
agreements required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) . Parent shall have
received the opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth or referred
to in such opinion, the Merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, counsel may require and rely upon representations contained in certificates of
officers of Parent and the Company reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such counsel.

(d) . Parent
shall have received from the Company a properly executed Foreign Investment and Real Property Tax Act of 1980 notification letter, which shall state that shares of capital stock of the Company do not constitute “United States real property
interests” under Section 897(c) of the Code, for purposes of satisfying Parent’s obligations under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c)(3). In addition, simultaneously with delivery
of such notification letter, the Company shall have provided to Parent, as agent for

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the Company, a form of notice to the IRS in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2) along with written
authorization for Parent to deliver such notice form to the IRS on behalf of the Company upon the Closing.

(e) . No Requisite Regulatory Approval shall have resulted in the imposition of any Materially Burdensome Regulatory Condition.

(f) . Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer of
the Company stating that the conditions specified in Sections 7.2(a) and 7.2(b) have been satisfied.

(g) . Neither Company Bank nor any applicable Depositor (as defined under an applicable Deposit Noncompetition Agreement) shall be in breach of and shall not have stated in writing any intention to breach any Deposit Noncompetition
Agreement.

7.3 . The obligation of the Company to effect
the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

(a)
. The representations and warranties of Parent set forth in (i) Sections 4.2(a) and 4.9 shall be true and correct (other than, in the case of Section 4.2