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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2007
Registration No. 333-__________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CNB FINANCIAL CORP.
(exact name of registrant as specified in its certificate of incorporation)
MASSACHUSETTS 20-3801620
(state or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
33 WALDO STREET
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01608-0830
(508) 752-4800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
CNB FINANCIAL CORP. AMENDED AND
RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan
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CHARLES R. VALADE COPIES TO:
PRESIDENT LAWRENCE M.F. SPACCASI
CNB FINANCIAL CORP. SCOTT A. BROWN
33 WALDO STREET MULDOON MURPHY & AGUGGIA LLP
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01608-0830 5101 WISCONSIN AVENUE, NW
(508) 752-4800 WASHINGTON, DC 20016
(202) 362-0840
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, check the following box. /X/
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Title of Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Offering Amount of
Securities to be Registered Registered (1) Per Share (3) Price Registration Fee
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Common Stock 398,400
$1.00 par value Shares (2) $11.81 $4,705,104 $145
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(1) Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
the CNB Financial Corp. Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan")
as the result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
outstanding common stock of CNB Financial Corp., pursuant to 17 C.F.R.
ss.230.416(a).
(2) Represents the total number of shares of common stock currently earned and
available for issuance upon the exercise of stock options pursuant to the
Plan.
(3) Represents the weighted average price determined by the average exercise
price of $11.77 per share at which stock options for 252,305 shares have
been granted under the Plan to date and by $11.88, the average of the bid
and ask price of the common stock as reported on March 23, 2007 for the
remaining 146,095 shares for which stock options may be granted under the
plan.
THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND 17 C.F.R. SS.230.462.
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CNB FINANCIAL CORP.
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
ITEMS 1 & 2. The information regarding the CNB Financial Corp. (the "Company" or
the "Registrant") Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") required
by Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent or given to the
participants in the plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act
of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as a part of this Registration
Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 in
reliance on Rule 428. Such documents and the information incorporated by
reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement
constitute the prospectus for the Registration Statement.
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed or to be filed by the Company with the
SEC are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal
quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006 (File No.
000-51685), filed with the SEC on May 9, 2006, August 9, 2006 and November 6,
2006, respectively.
(b) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2005, which includes the consolidated balance sheets of CNB
Financial Corp. and its subsidiary as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for years then ended together with the related notes (File No. 000-51685),
filed with the SEC on March 29, 2006.
(c) The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K 12G3 as filed with the SEC on December 19,
2005 (File No. 000-51685).
(d) The Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company on March 8,
2006, May 11, 2006, May 18, 2006, May 22, 2006, August 4, 2006, October 6, 2006,
November 13, 2006 and March 6, 2007 (except as to Items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01).
(e) All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) and
(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding portions filed under items 2.02
and 7.01 on Form 8-K) after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.
ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR IN A
DOCUMENT INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN, SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
TO THE EXTENT THAT A STATEMENT CONTAINED HEREIN, OR IN ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY
FILED DOCUMENT WHICH ALSO IS INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE HEREIN, MODIFIES OR SUPERSEDES SUCH STATEMENT. ANY SUCH STATEMENT SO
MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED SHALL NOT BE DEEMED, EXCEPT AS SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED,
TO CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
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ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
The Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the Plan has been registered
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, a description of the
Common Stock is not required herein.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
None.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Directors and officers of CNB Financial Corp. may be entitled to benefit
from the indemnification provisions contained in the Massachusetts Business
Corporation Act (the "MBCA") and the Registrant's Bylaws and Articles of
Incorporation.
Section 2.02(b)(4) of Chapter 156D of the MBCA requires a corporation to
eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary
duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability,
except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good
faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized
the payment of an improper distribution or obtained an improper personal
benefit. Section 8.51(a) of the MBCA provides that a corporation may indemnify a
director against expenses.
In accordance with the MBCA, Section 2 of the Company's Bylaws provides as
follows.
SECTION 2. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, and subject to the
provisions of Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the
regulations issued thereunder, the Company shall indemnify to the fullest extent
permitted by law an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he or she
is a Director or officer against liability incurred in the proceeding if: (1)
(i) he or she conducted himself or herself in good faith; and (ii) he or she
reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in the best interests of the
Company or that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interests of the Company; and (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he
or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; or
(2) he or she engaged in conduct for which he or she shall not be liable under a
provision of the Articles of Organization authorized by Section 2.02(b)(4) of
the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act or any successor provision to such
Section.
(b) A Director's or officer's conduct with respect to an employee benefit
plan for a purpose he or she reasonably believed to be in the interests of the
participants in, and the beneficiaries of, the plan is conduct that satisfies
the requirement that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interests of the Company.
(c) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, is not, of
itself, determinative that the Director or officer did not meet the relevant
standard of conduct described in this Section.
(d) Unless ordered by a court, the Company may not indemnify a Director or
officer under this Section if his or her conduct did not satisfy the standards
set forth in subsection (a) or subsection (b).
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In accordance with the MBCA, Article VI of the Company's Articles of
Incorporation provides that except as provided in Section 18(k) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations issued thereunder, a director of the
Company shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director except to the
extent exemption from liability is not permitted under the Massachusetts
Business Corporation Law as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended. No
amendment or repeal of this provision shall have any effect on the liability of
any director with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring
prior to such amendment or repeal.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. LIST OF EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to
Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
5.0 Opinion of Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP as to the legality of the
Common Stock to be issued
10.1 CNB Financial Corp. Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan
10.2 Form of Award Agreements
23.0 Consent of Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP (contained in the opinion
included as Exhibit 5)
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP
24.0 Power of Attorney is located on the signature pages
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement unless the information or prospectus required by (i)
and (ii) is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference into this registration
statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)
(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement;
and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof;
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering; and
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, CNB
Financial Corp. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in Worcester, Massachusetts, on this 27th day of March, 2007.
CNB FINANCIAL CORP.
By: /s/ Charles R. Valade
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Charles R. Valade
President
(principal executive officer)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Charles R. Valade, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Form S-8 Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
respectively, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name Title Date
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/s/ Charles R. Valade President March 27, 2007
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Charles R. Valade
/s/ William M. Mahoney Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer March 27, 2007
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William M. Mahoney officer)
Director
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Robert D. Ansin
/s/ Gerald D. Cohen Director March 27, 2007
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Gerald D. Cohen
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/s/ Cary J. Corkin Director March 27, 2007
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Cary J. Corkin
/s/ Lawrence J. Glick Director March 27, 2007
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Lawrence J. Glick
/s/ Stephen J. Granger Director March 27, 2007
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Stephen J. Granger
/s/ George L. Kaplan Director March 27, 2007
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George L. Kaplan
/s/ John P. Lauring Director March 27, 2007
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John P. Lauring
/s/ Harris L. MacNeill Director March 27, 2007
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Harris L. MacNeill
/s/ Ralph D. Marios Director March 27, 2007
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Ralph D. Marios
/s/ Henry T. Michie Director March 27, 2007
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Henry T. Michie
Director
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Richard J. Noonan
/s/ Claire A. O'Connor Director March 27, 2007
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Claire A. O'Connor
Director
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Bryan T. Rich
/s/ J. Robert Seder Director March 27, 2007
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J. Robert Seder
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Sequentially
Numbered
Page
Exhibit No. Description Method of Filing Location
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5.0 Opinion of Muldoon Murphy & Filed herewith. --
Aguggia LLP
10.1 CNB Financial Corp. Amended and Filed herewith. --
Restated Stock Option Plan
10.2 Form of Award Agreements Filed herewith --
23.0 Consent of Muldoon Murphy & Contained in Exhibit 5.0. --
Aguggia LLP
23.1 KPMG LLP Filed herewith. --
24.0 Power of Attorney Located on the signature page. --