# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001756372
**File Stem:** 0000921895-23-000652
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 5670
**Document Hash:** 45d52293725090f88338d6907afeaf61
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000921895-23-000652.hdr.sgml**: 20230306

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000921895-23-000652

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DFAN14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230306

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230306

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AMERISERV FINANCIAL INC /PA/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000707605
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 251424278
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** PA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DFAN14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-11204
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23709125

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** MAIN & FRANKLIN STS
- **STREET 2:** PO BOX 430
- **CITY:** JOHNSTOWN
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 15907
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8145335300

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** MAIN & FRANKLIN STS
- **STREET 2:** PO BOX 430
- **CITY:** JOHNSTOWN
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 15907
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Driver Management Co LLC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001756372
- **IRS NUMBER:** 831994022
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DFAN14A

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 250 PARK AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** 7TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10177
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-572-4811

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 250 PARK AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** 7TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10177

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**SCHEDULE 14A**

(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.)

Filed by the Registrant ☐

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☒

Check the appropriate box:

☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement

☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))

☐ Definitive Proxy Statement

☐ Definitive Additional Materials

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☒ Soliciting Material Under § 240.14a-12

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| AmeriServ Financial, Inc. |
| (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) |
| DRIVER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC<br> Driver Opportunity Partners I LP<br> J. Abbott R. Cooper<br> JULIUS D. RUDOLPH<br> brandon l. simmons |
| (Name of Persons(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☒ No fee required

☐ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials

☐ Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11

Driver Management Company LLC ("Driver Management"), together with the other participants named herein (collectively, "Driver"), has filed a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders of AmeriServ Financial, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company").

On March 6, 2023, J. Abbott Cooper, Managing Member of Driver Management, published the following message on LinkedIn:

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**CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS**

Driver Management Company LLC ("Driver Management"), together with the other participants named herein (collectively, "Driver"), has filed a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders of AmeriServ Financial, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company").

DRIVER STRONGLY ADVISES ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC'S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS' PROXY SOLICITOR.

The participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be Driver Management, Driver Opportunity Partners I LP ("Driver Opportunity"), J. Abbott R. Cooper, Julius D. Rudolph and Brandon L. Simmons.

As of the date hereof, the participants in the proxy solicitation beneficially own in the aggregate 1,477,919 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"). As of the date hereof, Driver Opportunity directly beneficially owns 201,000 shares of Common Stock, including 1,000 shares held in record name. Driver Management, as the general partner of Driver Opportunity and investment manager to certain separately managed accounts (the "SMAs"), may be deemed to beneficially own the (i) 201,000 shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by Driver Opportunity and (ii) 1,276,919 shares of Common Stock held in the SMAs. Mr. Cooper, as the managing member of Driver Management, may be deemed to beneficially own the (i) 201,000 shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by Driver Opportunity and (ii) 1,276,919 shares of Common Stock held in the SMAs. As of the date hereof, neither of Messrs. Rudolph or Simmons beneficially own any securities of the Company.