Associated Banc-Corp 8-K, filed Feb 5, 2021
Associated Banc-Corp (ASB)
8-K
2021-02-05
For: 2021-02-02
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About this 8-K
Associated Banc-Corp filed this 8-K on February 5, 2021, reporting on events of February 2, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw amendment, or fiscal year change
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. On February 2, 2021, the Board of Directors of Associated Banc-Corp (the “Company”) approved and adopted amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), which became effective the same day. The amendments to the Bylaws modified Sections 3 and 4 of Article II to clarify that the Company may hold meetings of its shareholders by remote communications (the “Amendments”). The preceding description of the Amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendments, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | ||
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| Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. | ||||||||
| Associated Banc-Corp | ||||||||
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| Date: February 3, 2021 | /s/ Randall J. Erickson | |||||||
Randall J. Erickson | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||
EXHIBIT 3.1 Explanatory Note: Attached below are Sections 3 and 4 of Article II of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, which were amended as set forth below. Only Sections 3 and 4 of Article II of the Amended and Restated Bylaws are included (as restated in such sections entireties) in this exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K. Text that was added is underlined and bolded. ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS Section 3 - Place of Meeting The Board of Directors may designate any place, within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors and may, in their sole discretion, determine that a virtual meeting of shareholders by means of remote communication shall be held instead of a physical meeting of the shareholders. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Wisconsin, but any meeting may be adjourned to reconvene at any place, including by remote communication, as designated by vote of a majority of the shares represented thereat. Section 4 - Notice of Meeting Notice stating the place (including, as applicable, virtually by remote communication), day, and hour of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, such notice to be delivered in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV below. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened; and