Associated Banc-Corp President John A. Utz sold 44,465 shares of the regional bank's stock on August 4, 2026, at an average price of $31.725 per share. The transaction netted $1,410,652 and reduced his direct holdings to 98,687 shares. He disclosed the sale in a Form 4 filing dated August 5, one day after the trade.
The August 4 sale was the largest single disposal by Utz in the period covered by available SEC filings. His earlier trades show a pattern of consistent selling. On June 10, 2026, he sold 5,000 shares at $28.825 for $144,125, leaving him with 118,156 shares. On December 9, 2025, he executed three open-market sales totaling approximately $56,392: 1,872 shares at $26.41, 128 shares at $26.41, and 135 shares at $26.45. A busy day on August 29, 2025, saw four separate sales: 7,700 shares at $27.24 for $209,748, 5,000 shares at $27.25 for $136,230, 200 shares at $27.26 for $5,451, and 100 shares at $27.26 for $2,726. Across nine trades in the database, every transaction linked to Utz has been a sale of $ASB common stock.
Utz's sale was part of a broader cluster of insider selling at Associated Banc-Corp. Over the six months ending August 5, 2026, eight insiders filed 13 open-market sale transactions worth $3,809,849 in aggregate. Chief Financial Officer Derek S. Meyer sold 10,000 shares at $30.74 on July 29, receiving $307,400. Nicole M. Kitowski, also a President, sold 7,663 shares across two July 28 transactions for $236,871. Randall J. Erickson, another President-level insider, offloaded 28,311 shares at $27.84 on May 4 and an additional 2,000 shares at $28.30 on May 1, collecting $844,627 between the two trades. President Matthew R. Braeger sold 5,000 shares for $140,860 on June 9. Director John B. Williams sold 4,000 shares for $112,700 on April 28, and Director Eileen A. Kamerick sold 6,600 shares for $184,932 on February 19. Patrick Edward Ahern, listed as President, sold 14,731 shares for $427,682 across two February 10 transactions. No insider filed an open-market purchase of $ASB stock during the twelve months preceding Utz's August 4 sale.
Shares of Associated Banc-Corp closed at $31.75 on the day of the trade. The stock had advanced roughly 2.3 percent in the preceding week, from $30.72 at the close on July 29 and $31.06 on July 28. The Form 4 filing was submitted with a one-day delay. No member of Congress reported a transaction in $ASB shares during the current or prior calendar year.