Associated Banc‑Corp (ASB) EVP John Utz Acquires ~473 Shares

What Happened
John A. Utz, Executive Vice President of Associated Banc‑Corp (ASB), acquired a total of 472.669 shares on Sept 15, 2026, in two transactions: 428 shares were recorded as a grant/award at $30.32 each ($12,977), and 44.669 shares were acquired at $30.17 each ($1,348), for a combined value of about $14,325. These were acquisitions (an employee purchase and an award/dividend-equivalent credit), not sales.

Key Details

• Transaction dates and prices:
  • 2026-09-15 — 428 shares at $30.32 (Grant/Award) ≈ $12,977
  • 2026-09-15 — 44.669 shares at $30.17 (Other acquisition) ≈ $1,348
• Total shares acquired: 472.669; total value ≈ $14,325.
• Shares owned after the transactions: not disclosed in the provided filing details.
• Footnotes:
  • F1: the 44.669 shares were purchased through the issuer’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
  • F2: the 428 units reflect dividend-equivalent units earned on vested performance shares; a portion was deferred into the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan per the executive’s election.
• Filing date: report filed 2026-09-17 for 2026-09-15 transactions (appears timely based on the filing date provided).

Context
These acquisitions are routine employee/compensation-related transactions — an ESPP purchase and crediting of dividend equivalents from vested performance shares — rather than open-market buys or option exercises. Such purchases/awards are common and factual indicators of insider ownership changes but should not be read alone as a directional market signal.