0001193125-14-399141.txt : 20141106 0001193125-14-399141.hdr.sgml : 20141106 20141105204701 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-399141 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: FWP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20141106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141105 SUBJECT COMPANY: 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: FWP SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-178973 FILM NUMBER: 141198506 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 FILED BY: 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: FWP 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 FWP 1 d813100dfwp.htm FWP FWP

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated November 5, 2014

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated November 5, 2014

Registration No. 333-178973

 

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Pricing Term Sheet

Issuer:    Associated Banc-Corp
Security Ratings*:    Baa1/BBB (Moody’s/S&P)
Security:    Senior Notes
Principal amount:    $250,000,000
Net Proceed (before expenses):    $248,537,500
Maturity:    November 15, 2019
Coupon:    2.750%
Price to Public:    99.865% of face amount
Benchmark Treasury:    1.500% UST due October 31, 2019
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:    $99-12 14 ; 1.629%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    +115 basis points
Re-offer Yield:    2.779%
Interest Payment Dates:    November 15 and May 15 of each year, beginning May 15, 2015
Optional Redemption:    Redeemable in whole or in part on or after October 15, 2019 at 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued interest
Trade Date:    November 5, 2014
Settlement Date:    November 13, 2014
Denominations:    $2,000 x $1,000
CUSIP / ISIN:    045487AA3 / US045487AA39
Joint Book-running Managers:   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Co-Managers:   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.


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Pricing Term Sheet

Issuer:    Associated Banc-Corp
Security Ratings*:    Baa2/BBB- (Moody’s/S&P)
Security:    Subordinated Notes
Principal amount:    $250,000,000
Net Proceed (before expenses):    $247,492,500
Maturity:    January 15, 2025
Coupon:    4.250%
Price to Public:    99.647% of face amount
Benchmark Treasury:    2.375% UST due August 15, 2024
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:    $100-09 ; 2.342%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    +195 basis points
Re-offer Yield:    4.292%
Interest Payment Dates:    January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning July 15, 2015
Optional Redemption:    Redeemable, (i) in whole or in part, on or after October 15, 2024 or (ii) in whole, but not in part, at any time following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event (as defined under “Description of the notes—Subordinated Notes—Optional redemption by us”), in each case at 100% of the principal amount of the subordinated notes, plus accrued interest
Trade Date:    November 5, 2014
Settlement Date:    November 13, 2014
Denominations:    $2,000 x $1,000
CUSIP / ISIN:    045487AB1 / US045487AB12
Joint Book-running Managers:   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Co-Managers:   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.

 

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The Senior Notes and Subordinated Notes are not deposits or obligations of a bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other government agency or instrumentality.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer or any underwriter will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by contacting Goldman, Sachs & Co. at Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: (866) 471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing

prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, via telephone: (212) 834-4533, or standard mail at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attn – Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 383 Madison Ave, New York, NY, 10179.

 

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