Company: ASB
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-337086
Chunk: 172

Company: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: S-4
Chunk 172
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, applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company will grant such approvals and

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take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to
eliminate or minimize the effects of any Takeover Restriction on any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, if necessary, challenging the validity or applicability of any such Takeover Restriction.

6.14 . Each of Parent and the Company shall, to the extent permitted under applicable
law and regulation, promptly notify the other party in writing of any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation, suit, subpoena or summons issued, commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any
Governmental Entity or arbitrator pending or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Company, as applicable, threatened against Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries that (a) questions or would reasonably be expected to
question the validity of this Agreement, the Bank Merger Agreement or the other agreements contemplated hereby or thereby or any actions taken or to be taken by Parent, the Company, or their respective Subsidiaries with respect hereto or thereto, or
(b) seeks to enjoin or otherwise restrain the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate, at Parent’s expense, in the Company’s defense or settlement of any shareholder
litigation against the Company and/or its directors or executive officers relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger and the Bank Merger. The Company agrees that it shall not settle or offer to settle any
litigation commenced prior to or after the date of this Agreement against the Company or its directors, executive officers or similar persons by any shareholder of the Company relating to this Agreement, the Merger, the Bank Merger or any other
transaction contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

6.15 . Effective as of the Effective Time, Parent shall take all appropriate action to
cause to be appointed as a director of Parent one Company Board Representative. If Parent’s board of directors will consist of greater than eleven (11) members following its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Parent shall take all
appropriate action to cause to be appointed effective immediately following such meeting a second Company Board Representative as a director of Parent, such that two