Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-030821
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Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: S-4
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 date for the annual meeting of CNB shareholders, are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the CNB annual meeting. Each holder of CNB common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of CNB common stock owned as of the record date. |

| Q: | Who is entitled to vote at the ESSA special meeting? |

| A: | All holders of ESSA common stock who held shares at the close of business on     , 2025, which is the record date for the special meeting of ESSA shareholders, are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the ESSA special meeting. Each holder of ESSA common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of ESSA common stock owned as of the record date. |

| Q: | What constitutes a quorum for each shareholder meeting? |

| A: | The quorum requirement for each company’s shareholder meeting is the presence at the virtual meeting or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the total number of shares of common stock entitled to vote. Abstentions and, in the case of the CNB annual meeting only, broker non-votes, will be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. |

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| Q: | How do the boards of directors of CNB and ESSA recommend I vote? |

| A: | After careful consideration, the CNB Board of Directors unanimously recommends that all CNB shareholders vote “FOR” the CNB share issuance proposal, “FOR” each of the three CNB director nominees, “FOR” the CNB incentive plan proposal, “FOR” the CNB say-on-pay proposal, “FOR” the CNB auditor ratification proposal and “FOR” the CNB adjournment proposal, if necessary. |

After careful consideration, the ESSA Board of Directors unanimously recommends that all ESSA shareholders vote “ FOR” the ESSA merger proposal, “ FOR” the ESSA compensation proposal and “ FOR” the ESSA adjournment proposal, if necessary.

| Q: | Are there any risks associated with the merger that I should consider in deciding how to vote? |

| A: | Yes. You should read and carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the section in this joint proxy statement/prospectus entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 21 as well as the other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospect