Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-004105
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Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: 425
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 means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and otherwise in accordance with applicable law.

Participants in Solicitation

CNB and ESSA and their
respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. You can find information about CNB’s executive
officers and directors in CNB’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024. You can find information about ESSA’s executive officers and directors in ESSA’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on
January 25, 2024. Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants will be included in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available. You may obtain
free copies of these documents from CNB or ESSA using the sources indicated above.

Forward Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements about CNB
and ESSA and their industry involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Statements other than statements of current or historical fact, including statements regarding CNB’s or ESSA’s future financial condition, results of operations,
business plans, liquidity, cash flows, projected costs, and the impact of any laws or regulations applicable to CNB or ESSA, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,”
“expects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “may,” “will,” “should” and other similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements.
Such statements are subject to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results.

Among the risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ from those described in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the following: (i) CNB’s and ESSA’s ability to complete the proposed transaction on the proposed terms or
on the anticipated timeline, or at all, including the risk that governmental approvals of the Merger may not be obtained, or adverse regulatory conditions may be imposed in connection with governmental approvals of the Merger and risks and
uncertainties related to securing the necessary shareholder approvals and satisfaction of other closing conditions to consummate the proposed transaction; (ii) the occurrence of any