CNB Financial Corporation Announces Acquisition of Bank of Akron - Seite 3

About Bank of Akron

Established in 1900, Bank of Akron has approximately $400 Million in assets and provides a full range of financial services including residential mortgages, construction loans and home equity lines of credit as well as commercial loans and mortgages. Bank of Akron has six branches located in Akron, Clarence, Clarence Center, Lancaster, and Wilson, and plays an active role in supporting each community it serves. For more details on Bank of Akron, please visit www.bankofakron.com.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

In connection with the proposed merger, CNB Financial Corporation will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that will include a proxy statement of Bank of Akron and a prospectus of CNB Financial Corporation, as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed merger. Investors and shareholders are urged to read the Registration Statement and the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed merger when it becomes available and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information. A free copy of Registration Statement and the proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other documents filed with the SEC that will contain important information, when they become available, may be obtained at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Copies of the Registration Statement and proxy statement/prospectus (when they become available) and the filings that will be incorporated by reference therein may be obtained, free of charge, from CNB Financial Corporation’s website at www.CNBBank.bank, or by directing a request to CNB Financial Corporation, 1 South Second Street, P.O. Box 42, Clearfield, PA 16830, or to Bank of Akron, 46 Main Street, P.O. Box 420, Akron, NY 14001.

Participants in the Solicitation

CNB Financial Corporation, Bank of Akron and their respective directors, executive officers and certain other members of management and employees may be deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Bank of Akron in connection with the merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of Bank of Akron and their ownership of Bank of Akron common stock, and the interests of such participants, may be obtained by reading the proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available. Information about the directors and executive officers of CNB Financial Corporation may be found in CNB Financial Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2019, and in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 13, 2019. You may obtain free copies of these documents from CNB Financial Corporation using the contact information above.