As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 1995
Registration No. 33-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Associated Banc-Corp
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin 39-1098068
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
112 North Adams Street
P.O. Box 13307
Green Bay, WI 54307-3307
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Associated Banc-Corp
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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Brian R. Bodager, Esq.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Associated Banc-Corp
112 North Adams Street
P.O. Box 13307
Green Bay, WI 54307-3307
(414) 433-3166
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of each Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
class of securities registered offering price aggregate registration
to be registered per unit (1) offering price(1) fee
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Common Stock....... 100,000 $ 36.50 $3,650,000.00 $1,259.00
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 on
the basis of the average of the high ($36.75) and low ($36.25) prices of
the Registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on
October 12, 1995.
This Registration Statement is being filed to register additional shares for
the Associated Banc-Corp Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Pursuant to instruction
E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, the contents of Registration
Statement Nos. 33-67436 and 33-24822 are incorporated by reference.
Accordingly, the only information contained herein is information currently
required by Form S-8 which was not required at the date that Registration
Statement No. 33-67436 became effective.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
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* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(hereinafter, the "Securities Act") and the "Note" to Part I of Form
S-8).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Associated Banc-Corp (the "Registrant") are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K of Associated Banc-Corp for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994, dated March 23, 1995.
(b) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1995, dated August 11, 1995.
(c) The description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in the
Registrant's registration statement pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any
such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) and (c) of the Exchange Act and any definitive proxy or information
statements filed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act in connection with
any subsequent shareholders' meeting and any reports filed pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities that have not been sold, will be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business
Corporation Law (the "WBCL"). Under Section 180.0851 of the WBCL the
Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer, to the extent such person is
successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding, for all
reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding, if such person was a party to
such proceeding because he or she was a director or officer of the Registrant.
In all other cases, the Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer
against liability incurred in a proceeding to which such person was a party
because he or she was a director or officer of the Registrant, unless liability
was incurred because he or she breached or failed to perform a duty owed to the
Registrant and such breach or failure to perform constitutes: (i) a willful
failure to deal fairly with the Registrant or its shareholders in connection
with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of
interest; (ii) a violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (iii) a transaction from
which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (iv)
willful misconduct. Section 180.0858 of the WBCL provides that subject to
certain limitations, the mandatory indemnification provisions do not preclude
any additional right to indemnification or allowance of expenses that a
director or officer may have under the Registrant's articles of incorporation,
bylaws, a written agreement, or a resolution of the Board of Directors or
adopted by majority vote of the Registrant s shareholders.
Section 180.0859 of the WBCL provides that it is the public policy of
the State of Wisconsin to require or permit indemnification, allowance of
expenses, and insurance to the extent required or permitted under Sections
180.0850 to 180.0858 of the WBCL for any liability incurred in connection with
a proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule, or regulation
regulating the offer, sale, or purchase of securities.
The Registrant's Articles of Incorporation contain no provisions in
relation to the indemnification of directors and officers of the Registrant
consistent with the description of the indemnification provisions in Section
180.0851 of the WBCL as described above. Article XI of the Registrant's Bylaws
("Article XI") authorizes indemnification of officers and directors of the
Registrant. Article XI provides that the Registrant shall indemnify a
director, officer, employee, or agent of the Registrant to the extent such
individual has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any
threatened, pending, or completed civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding, whether formal or
informal (including, but not limited to any act or failure to act alleged or
determined (i) to have been negligent; (ii) to have violated the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; or (iii) to have violated Sections
180.0832, 180.0833, and 180.1202 of the WBCL, or any successor thereto,
regarding loans to directors, unlawful distributions, and distributions of
assets) which involves foreign, federal, state, or local law and which is
brought by or in the right of the Registrant or by any other person or entity,
to which the director, officer, employee, or agent was a party because he or
she is a director, officer, employee, or agent. In all other cases, the
Registrant shall indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Registrant against liability and expenses incurred by such person in a
proceeding unless it shall have been proven by final judicial adjudication that
such person breached or failed to perform a duty owed to the Registrant under
the circumstances described above as set forth in Section 180.0851 of the WBCL.
Article XI defines a director, officer, employee, or agent as (i) a natural
person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Registrant,
(ii) a natural person who, while a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
Registrant is or was serving either pursuant to the Registrant's specific
request or as a result of the nature of such person's duties to the Registrant
as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member of any governing or decision
making committee, employee, or agent of another corporation or foreign
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, and (iii)
a person who while a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Registrant,
is or was serving an employee benefit plan because his or her duties to the
Registrant also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, the person
to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. Unless the
context requires otherwise, Article XI indemnification extends to the estate or
personal representative of a director, officer, employee, or agent.
All officers, directors, employees, and agents of controlled
subsidiaries of the Registrant shall be deemed for purposes of Article XI to be
serving as such officers, directors, employees, and agents at the request of
the Registrant. The right to indemnification granted to such officers,
directors, employees, and agents by Article XI is not subject to any limitation
or restriction imposed by any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws of a controlled subsidiary. For purposes of Article XI, a "controlled
subsidiary" means any corporation at least 80% of the outstanding voting stock
of which is owned by the Registrant or another controlled subsidiary of the
Registrant.
Upon written request by a director, officer, employee, or agent who is a
party to a proceeding, the Registrant shall pay or reimburse his or her
reasonable expenses as incurred if the director, officer, employee, or agent
provides the Registrant with: (i) a written affirmation of his or her good
faith belief that he or she is entitled to indemnification under Article XI;
and (ii) a written undertaking to repay all amounts advanced without interest
to the extent that it is ultimately determined that indemnification under
Article XI is prohibited. The Registrant shall have the power to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is a director, officer,
employee, or agent against any liability asserted against or incurred by the
individual in any such capacity arising out of his or her status as such,
regardless of whether the Registrant is required or authorized to indemnify or
allow expenses to the individual under Article XI.
The right of indemnification under Article XI may be amended only by
an affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present or represented at an
annual or special shareholders meeting at which a quorum is present. Any
reduction in the right to indemnification provided by Article XI would only be
prospective from the date of the vote.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Exhibit
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5 Opinion of Saitlin, Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.
23 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
24 Powers of Attorney
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes;
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-
effective amendment to this Registration Statement to
include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Green Bay, State of Wisconsin, on
October 19, 1995.
ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
By: /s/ Harry B. Conlon
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Name: Harry B. Conlon
Title: Chairman, President, and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Harry B. Conlon Chairman, President, October 19, 1995
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Harry B. Conlon and a Director
Robert Feitler * Director October 19, 1995
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Robert Feitler
Robert C. Gallagher * Executive Vice President October 19, 1995
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Robert C. Gallagher
Ronald R. Harder * Director October 19, 1995
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Ronald R. Harder
John S. Holbrook, Jr.* Director October 19, 1995
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John S. Holbrook, Jr.
William R. Hutchinson * Director October 19, 1995
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William R. Hutchinson
James F. Janz * Director October 19, 1995
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James F. Janz
William J. Lawson * Director October 19, 1995
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William J. Lawson
John C. Meng * Director October 19, 1995
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John C. Meng
J. Douglas Quick * Director October 19, 1995
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J. Douglas Quick
Senior Vice President,
/s/ Joseph B. Selner Chief Financial Officer and October 19, 1995
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Joseph B. Selner
*Brian R. Bodager hereby signs this Registration Statement on October 19,
1995, on behalf of each of the indicated persons for whom he is attorney-in-
fact pursuant to a power of attorney filed herewith.
/s/ Brian R. Bodager
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Brian R. Bodager
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number Description of Document
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5 Opinion of Saitlin, Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.
23 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
24 Powers of Attorney
EXHIBIT 5
OPINION OF SAITLIN, PATZIK, FRANK & SAMOTNY LTD.
SAITLIN, PATZIK, FRANK & SAMOTNY LTD.
150 South Wacker Drive
Suite 900
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 551-8300
October 19, 1995
The Board of Directors of
Associated Banc-Corp
112 North Adams Street
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307
Re: Associated Banc-Corp: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Gentlemen:
We have acted as legal counsel to Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin
corporation (the "Registrant"), in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement filed on or about October 19, 1995 on Form S-8 with
exhibits with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration
Statement"), relating to the registration of 100,000 shares of the Registrant's
common stock $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"). The Registration Statement
relates to additional shares for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
We have reviewed such records, documents and matters of law as we have deemed
necessary to render this opinion. We have also participated in conversations
with officers of the Registrant during which facts material to the opinions
expressed herein were discussed. We have assumed such factual matters to be
true and correct.
In making our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the
conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as certified or
photostatic copies, and the capacity of each party executing a document to so
execute such document. We have also relied upon representations from the
Registrant that (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock issued by the
Registrant to the Plan will not be in excess of the number of shares of Common
Stock currently reserved for issuance by the Registrant's Board of Directors to
be issued to the Plan, unless subsequently increased as authorized by the
Registrant's Board of Directors out of authorized but unissued shares of the
Common Stock, and (ii) that upon issuance of such shares, that such shares when
combined with the then existing number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
will not exceed the then authorized number of shares of Common Stock.
An opinion of counsel is predicated upon all of the facts and conditions
as set forth therein and is based upon counsel's analysis of the statutes,
regulatory interpretations, and case law in effect as of the date of this
opinion. It is neither a guarantee of the current status of the law nor should
it be accepted as a guarantee that a court of law or an administrative agency
will concur in the opinion.
Based upon the foregoing and assuming the accuracy of the statements
regarding the Registrant and the conduct of its business all as set forth in
its Registration Statement, it is our opinion that the Common Stock, when
issued as provided under applicable Wisconsin law, the Registration Statement,
and the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation, will be validly issued, fully
paid, and non-assessable except as such shares may be subject to Section
180.0622(2)(b) of Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.
We do not find it necessary for the purpose of this opinion, and
accordingly we do not purport to cover herein, the application of the
securities or "Blue Sky" laws of the various states to the issuance of the
Common Stock.
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the
Registration Statement, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted, or otherwise
relied upon for any other purpose.
We are licensed to practice only in Illinois and no opinion is expressed
by us herein as to laws of other jurisdictions. This opinion is limited to the
matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is to be implied or may be
inferred beyond the others expressly so stated.
We hereby consent to the references to this firm and the inclusion of the
legality opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Saitlin, Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.
SAITLIN, PATZIK, FRANK & SAMOTNY LTD.
SPFS:tsf
EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Peat Marwick Plaza
303 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601-9973
Consent of Independent Public Accountants
The Board of Directors
Associated Banc-Corp:
We consent to the use of our report incorporated herein by reference.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Chicago, Illinois
October 17, 1995
EXHIBIT 24
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 11th day of September, 1995.
/s/ Robert Feitler
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Robert Feitler
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 8th day of September, 1995.
/s/ Robert C. Gallagher
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Robert C. Gallagher
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 16th day of September, 1995.
/s/ Ronald R. Harder
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Ronald R. Harder
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 12th day of September, 1995.
/s/ John S. Holbrook, Jr.
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John S. Holbrook, Jr.
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 14th day of September, 1995.
/s/ William R. Hutchinson
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William R. Hutchinson
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 11th day of September, 1995.
/s/ James F. Janz
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James F. Janz
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 11th day of September, 1995.
/s/ William J. Lawson
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William J. Lawson
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 13th day of September, 1995.
/s/ John C. Meng
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John C. Meng
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Associated Banc-Corp, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
planning to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"), a Registration Statement, on Form S-8, for the registration under such
Act of common stock of the Corporation issuable pursuant to the Corporation's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints Harry B. Conlon
and Brian R. Bodager, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement
and each amendment (including post-effective amendments), with power where
appropriate to affix the corporate seal of the Corporation thereto and to
attest such seal, and to file such Registration Statement and each amendment
(including post-effective amendments) so signed, with all exhibits hereto, and
any and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and to appear
before the SEC in connection with any matter relating to such Registration
Statement and to any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), hereby granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done as he might or could do in person, and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of the 12th day of September, 1995.
/s/ J. Douglas Quick
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J. Douglas Quick
Director
