Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-030821
Chunk: 95

Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: S-4
Chunk 95
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 entitled to a business expense deduction with respect to an incentive stock option, except as discussed below. 61

For the exercise of an incentive stock option to qualify for the foregoing tax treatment, the grantee generally must be CNB’s employee or an employee of one of CNB’s direct corporate subsidiaries from the date the incentive stock option is granted through a date within three months before the date of exercise of the option.

If all of the foregoing requirements are met except the holding period requirement mentioned above, the grantee will recognize ordinary income upon the disposition of the shares of CNB common stock in an amount generally equal to the excess of the fair market value of the common stock at the time the option was exercised over the option’s exercise price (but not in excess of the gain realized on the sale). The balance of the realized gain, if any, will be capital gain. If CNB complies with applicable reporting requirements but subject to the restrictions of Section 162(m) of the Code, it will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.

Nonqualified Options. The grant of a nonqualified option will not be a taxable event for the grantee or CNB. Upon exercising a nonqualified option, a grantee will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the difference between the option’s exercise price and the fair market value of the common stock on the date of exercise. Upon a subsequent sale or exchange of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a nonqualified option, the grantee will have taxable capital gain or loss, measured by the difference between the amount realized on the disposition and the tax basis of the shares of CNB common stock (generally, the amount paid for the shares plus the amount treated as ordinary income at the time the option was exercised). Capital gain or loss will be long-term if the grantee has held the shares for more than one year. Otherwise, the capital gain or loss will be short-term.

If CNB complies with applicable reporting requirements but subject to the restrictions of Section 162(m) of the Code, it will be entitled to a business expense deduction in the same amount and generally at the same time as the grantee recognizes ordinary income.

A grantee who has transferred a nonqualified option to a family member by gift will realize taxable income at the time the nonqualified option is exercised by the family member. The grantee will be subject to withholding of income and employment taxes at that time. The family member’s