Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-307510
Chunk: 101

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-04
Form: 425
Chunk 101
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 of a termination by the Company, or by its nature or timing cannot be cured during such period; or

(e) by Parent if the Company fails to deliver to Parent a copy of the duly executed and delivered Written Consent executed by all holders of
Company Voting Stock not later than 5:00 p.m., Central Standard Time, on the day following the date hereof.

The party desiring to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 8.1 shall give written notice of such termination to the other party in accordance with Section 9.5, specifying the provision or provisions hereof pursuant to which
such termination is effected.

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8.2 . In the event of termination of this Agreement by either
Parent or the Company as provided in Section 8.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, and none of Parent, the Company, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of the officers or directors of any of them shall have
any liability of any nature whatsoever hereunder, or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, except that (i) Section 6.2(b), Section 6.11, this Section 8.2 and Article IX shall survive any termination of this
Agreement, and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither Parent nor the Company shall be relieved or released from any liabilities or damages arising out of its fraud or willful and material breach of
any provision of this Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS

9.1
. None of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement (other than the Confidentiality
Agreement, which shall survive in accordance with its terms) shall survive the Effective Time, except for Sections 6.7 and 6.15, and for those other covenants and agreements contained herein and therein which by their terms apply or are to be
performed in whole or in part after the Effective Time.

9.2 . Subject to compliance with applicable law, this Agreement
may be amended by the parties hereto at any time before or after the receipt of the Written Consent. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in
writing signed on behalf of each of the parties.

9.3 . At any time