0001104659-18-058640.txt : 20180926 0001104659-18-058640.hdr.sgml : 20180926 20180926105425 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-18-058640 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180926 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180926 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000007789 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 391098068 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31343 FILM NUMBER: 181087154 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 433 MAIN STREET CITY: GREEN BAY STATE: WI ZIP: 54301 BUSINESS PHONE: 920-491-7500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 433 MAIN STREET CITY: GREEN BAY STATE: WI ZIP: 54301 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ASSOCIATED BANK SERVICES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19770626 8-A12B 1 a18-35051_28a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Wisconsin

 

39-1098068

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification no.)

 

 

 

433 Main Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin

 

54301

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(zip code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class
to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which
Each Class is to be Registered

Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th
interest in a share of 5.875% Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E

 

The New York Stock Exchange

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-224096

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Not Applicable

 

 

 


 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1.                                 Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The description of the general terms and provisions of the 5.875% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Series E Preferred Stock”), of Associated Banc-Corp (the “Registrant”) as well as the description of the Registrant’s depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Series E Preferred Stock to be registered hereunder, is incorporated herein by reference to the descriptions included under the captions “Description of Series E Preferred Stock” and “Description of Depositary Shares,” respectively, in the Prospectus Supplement, dated as of September 19, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 20, 2018 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the prospectus, dated as of April 2, 2018, included in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-224096) of the Registrant, as filed with the Commission on April 2, 2018. Such sections are incorporated herein by reference.

 

If any additional securities registered hereby are issued, a prospectus supplement relating to such securities will be filed with the Commission and will be incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.                                 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 8, 2006)

 

 

 

3.2

 

Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Associated Banc-Corp with respect to its 8.00% Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, dated September 12, 2011 (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 15, 2011)

 

 

 

3.3

 

Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Associated Banc-Corp regarding the rights and preferences of preferred stock, effective April 25, 2012 (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 25, 2012)

 

 

 

3.4

 

Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Associated Banc-Corp with respect to the 6.125% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, dated June 4, 2015 (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 8, 2015)

 

 

 

3.5

 

Articles of Correction, filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions on June 14, 2016 (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on July 28, 2016)

 

 

 

3.6

 

Certificate relating to the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions on August 15, 2016 (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 16, 2016)

 

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Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

3.7

 

Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Associated Banc-Corp with respect to the 5.375% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D, dated September 12, 2016 (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 15, 2016)

 

 

 

3.8

 

Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Associated Banc-Corp with respect to the Series E Preferred Stock, dated September 21, 2018 (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 26, 2018)

 

 

 

3.9

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2016)

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Deposit Agreement, by and among the Registrant, Equiniti Trust Company, as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 26, 2018)

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of depositary receipt representing the Depositary Shares (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1) (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 26, 2018)

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: September 26, 2018

ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Randall J. Erickson

 

 

Randall J. Erickson

 

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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