Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-004105
Chunk: 101

Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: 425
Chunk 101
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, agreement, representation or warranty of this Agreement giving rise to such termination. Nothing in or this shall be deemed to
preclude either party from seeking specific performance in equity to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.01 . No representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement shall survive the
Effective Time (other than agreements or covenants contained herein that by their express terms are to be performed after the Effective Time) or the termination of this Agreement if this Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Time (other
than , and this Article VIII, which shall survive any such termination). Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, no representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be

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terminated or extinguished so as to deprive a party hereto or any of its affiliates of any defense at law or in equity which otherwise would be available against the claims of any Person,
including without limitation any shareholder or former shareholder.

Section 8.02 . Prior to the Effective
Time, any provision of this Agreement may be (a) waived by the party benefited by the provision to the extent permitted by applicable law or (b) amended or modified at any time, in either case by an agreement in writing among the parties
hereto executed in the same manner as this Agreement, except that after the ESSA Meeting and the CNB Meeting, no amendment shall be made which by law requires further approval by the shareholders of ESSA or CNB, without obtaining such approval.

Section 8.03 . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to constitute
an original.

Section 8.04 . This Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance
with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard for conflict of law provisions. In addition, each of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the
Western District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, or of any state court located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (c) agrees that it will not