Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-047258
Chunk: 340

Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form: 424B3
Chunk 340
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Section 8.13 . This Agreement and any
signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement, and any amendments or waivers hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine
or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same
binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile
machine or e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file to deliver a signature to this Agreement or any amendment hereto or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument
was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file as a defense to the formation of a contract and each party
hereto forever waives any such defense.

ARTICLE IX

ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS

Section 9.01 . In addition to any other definitions contained in this Agreement, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings when used in this Agreement:

“” means any proposal or offer with respect to any of the following (other than the transactions
contemplated hereunder) involving ESSA or ESSA Bank: (a) any merger, consolidation, share

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exchange, business combination or other similar transactions; (b) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of assets and/or liabilities that constitute a
substantial portion of the net revenues, net income or assets of ESSA or ESSA Bank in a single transaction or series of transactions; (c) any tender offer or exchange offer for 25% or more of the outstanding shares of its capital stock or the
filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act in connection therewith; or (d) any public announcement by any Person (which shall include any regulatory application or notice, whether in draft or final form) of a proposal, plan or
intention to do any of the foregoing or any agreement to engage in any of the foregoing.

“” means
any of the following (other than the transactions contemplated hereunder): (a) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or any similar transaction, involving the relevant companies; (b) a sale,