Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000736772-25-000202
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Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES

The provision for credit losses was $24.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $6.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The $18.1 million increase in the provision expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily a result of the $16.4 million reserve established for non-PCD loans acquired in the ESSA acquisition, couple with loan portfolio growth.

Management believes the charges to the provision for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 were appropriate and the allowance for credit losses was adequate to absorb current expected credit losses in the loan portfolio at September 30, 2025.

NON-INTEREST INCOME

Total non-interest income was $28.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $28.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. This decrease was primarily due to lower other service charges and fees, coupled with lower pass-through income from SBICs, partially offset by an increase in net realized gains on available-for-sale securities, bank owned life insurance revenue (death benefit), wealth and asset management fees, and card processing and interchange income.

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NON-INTEREST EXPENSE

For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, total non-interest expense was $130.8 million. Excluding merger and integration costs, total non-interest expense was $124.8 million, compared to $112.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Excluding merger and integration costs, the increase of $12.6 million, or 11.20%, from the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily driven by higher salaries and benefits. This reflects staff additions related to the ESSA acquisition, merit-based annual increases in base salaries, higher incentive compensation accruals (due to strong financial performance in 2025), and increase retirement plan contribution accruals. Occupancy expense also increased, largely due to higher rent associated with additional full-service office locations added both before and after the ESSA acquisition.

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

Income tax expense was $8.2 million, representing an 20.14% effective tax rate, compared to $9.2 million, representing an