Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-030821
Chunk: 242

Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: S-4
Chunk 242
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 so incorporated into this joint proxy statement/prospectus and registration statement by reference to the CNB Financial Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, in reliance upon their report and given upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of CNB Financial Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2021, have been so incorporated into this joint proxy statement/prospectus and registration statement by reference to the CNB Financial Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, in reliance upon the report of Crowe LLP, 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.

<div align='center'>**FUTURE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS**</div>

**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 , 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 , 2026.

In addition