X0508 4 2024-11-26 0001174850 NICOLET BANKSHARES INC NIC 0001664629 Hutjens Brad Vincent C/O NICOLET NATIONAL BANK 111 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET GREEN BAY WI 54301 1 EVP - CCO - Nicolet Natl Bank 0 Common Stock 2024-11-26 4 M 0 146 48.85 A 29739 D Common Stock 2024-11-26 4 S 0 87 112.97 D 29652 D Common Stock 2024-11-26 4 S 0 20 113.09 D 29632 D Common Stock 2024-11-26 4 S 0 10 113.45 D 29622 D Common Stock 2024-11-26 4 S 0 29 114.02 D 29593 D Common Stock 1818 I By 401(k) Plan Stock Option (Right to Buy) 48.85 2024-11-26 4 M 0 146 0 D 2027-05-16 Common Stock 146 0 D Includes shares acquired under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Mr. Hutjens has not acquired additional shares under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan since his last Form 4 filing on November 26, 2024. Mr. Hutjens owns a total of 732 shares in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of the date of this report. The non-qualified stock option fully vested as of May 16, 2022, and is now fully exercised. /s/ H. Phillip Moore, Jr., as attorney-in-fact for Brad V. Hutjens 2024-11-27