Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-044149
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Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: S-4/A
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 have been so incorporated into this joint proxy statement/prospectus and registration statement by reference to the ESSA Bancorp, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024, in reliance upon their report and given upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

<div align='center'>**FUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS**</div>

**CNB 2026 Annual Shareholder Meeting and Shareholder Proposals

If the merger is completed, ESSA shareholders will become shareholders of CNB. Any shareholder proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act intended to be presented at the 2026 annual meeting of CNB shareholders must be addressed to Michael D. Peduzzi., President, CNB Financial Corporation, P.O. Box 42, Clearfield, PA 16830 and received no later than November 7, 2025 to be considered for inclusion in CNB’s 2026 proxy materials. In addition, any shareholder nominee to the board or proposal regarding any other matter to be acted upon at the 2026 annual meeting of CNB shareholders (other than a shareholder proposal included in CNB’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act) must be submitted to CNB no later than January 21, 2026.

In addition to satisfying the foregoing requirements under CNB’s bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules under the Exchange Act, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than CNB’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, no later than February 16, 2026.**

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**ESSA 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting and Shareholder Proposals

ESSA does not anticipate holding a 2025 annual meeting of ESSA shareholders if the merger is completed in the first half of 2025. However, if the merger is not completed within the expected time frame, or at all, ESSA may hold an annual meeting of its shareholders in 2025. ESSA should have received proposals that shareholders intended to include in the proxy statement for ESSA’s next annual meeting by September 23, 2024. If the 2025 annual meeting of ESSA shareholders is held on a date that is more than 30 calendar days from March 7,