Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-047258
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Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form: 424B3
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 independent registered public accounting firm, given upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting
and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of ESSA Bancorp, Inc. as of September 30, 2024 and 2023, and for each of the years in the
three-year period ended September 30, 2024, have been audited by S.R. Snodgrass P.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report. Such incorporated consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated
into this joint proxy statement/prospectus and registration statement by reference to the ESSA Bancorp, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2024, in reliance upon their report
and given upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

FUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

CNB 2026 Annual Shareholder Meeting and Shareholder Proposals

If the merger is completed, ESSA shareholders will become shareholders of CNB. Any shareholder proposal pursuant to Rule
14a-8 under the Exchange Act intended to be presented at the 2026 annual meeting of CNB shareholders must be addressed to Michael D. Peduzzi., President, CNB Financial Corporation, P.O. Box 42, Clearfield, PA
16830 and received no later than November 7, 2025 to be considered for inclusion in CNB’s 2026 proxy materials. In addition, any shareholder nominee to the board or proposal regarding any other matter to be acted upon at the 2026 annual
meeting of CNB shareholders (other than a shareholder proposal included in CNB’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act) must be submitted to CNB no later
than January 21, 2026.

In addition to satisfying the foregoing requirements under CNB’s bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules under
the Exchange Act, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than CNB’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by
Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, no later than February 16, 2026.

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ESSA 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting and Shareholder Proposals

ESSA does not anticipate holding a 2025 annual meeting of ESSA shareholders if the merger is completed in the first half of 2025. However, if the merger is not