Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-004105
Chunk: 6

Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: 425
Chunk 6
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 presentation furnished herewith in one or more meetings with investors concerning the Merger beginning on January 10, 2025. The investor presentation will also be posted on CNB’s website at https://cnbbank.q4ir.com/events-and-presentations. Acopy of the investor presentation is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference herein. The information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information or exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |

On January 10, 2025, CNB and ESSA issued a joint press release to announce the signing of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |

(d) Exhibits

| Exhibit 
 Number  
 2.1*    
 99.1    |     | Description                                                                                                                                      
 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 9, 2025, by and among CNB Financial Corporation, CNB Bank, ESSA Bancorp, Inc. and ESSA Bank & Trust. 
 Investor Presentation, dated January 10, 2025.                                                                                                   |
|:--------|:----|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 99.2    |     | Joint Press Release of CNB Financial Corporation and ESSA Bancorp, Inc., dated January 10, 2025.                                                 |
| 104     |     | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)                                                                      |

| * | CNB Financial Corporation has omitted certain schedules and exhibits pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the SEC upon request; provided, however, that the parties may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any document so furnished. |

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