SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant [x] 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 [X] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-12 CNB CORPORATION (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [x] No Fee Required. Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. 1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: 2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: 3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11: 4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: 5) Total fee paid [ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. 1) Amount Previously Paid: 2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: 3) Filing Party: 4) Date Filed: [TEXT OF NEWS RELEASE] For Immediate Release April 3, 2006 CNB Corporation Board Nominates Four Director Candidates Benson, Dusenbury, Goldfinch, Holliday Have Deep Bank, Community Ties CONWAY, SC --- Four long-time, prominent Horry County business leaders have been nominated for election as directors of CNB Corporation by the board of directors. Nominated are William R. Benson, a senior vice president of Conway National Bank; George H. Goldfinch, Jr., president of Goldfinch Funeral Services, Inc., of Conway; Paul R. Dusenbury, executive vice president of the bank, of Aynor; and M. Russell Holliday, Jr., president of Monroe Management of Gallivants Ferry. Benson and Dusenbury are currently on the board. Election of directors will come at the CNB annual meeting of shareholders May 9. Benson has been with CNB since 1985 after ten years experience with other banks in the Carolinas. A USC graduate, he also has attended the Graduate School of Banking of the South at LSU and American Bankers Association National Commercial Lending School. He currently is a trustee of Conway Medical Center and a member of the Horry County Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. He has been president of the Conway Rotary Club and the Horry County United Way. His father was a long-time CEO of Conway National Bank. Dusenbury, chief financial officer for CNB, joined the bank in 1982. He earned a degree in financial management from Clemson. Prior to joining the bank, he was a bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the primary Federal regulator of National Banks. He has served as chair of the Conway Medical Center board and currently participates on the Horry County Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. (More) CNB Director Nominees - 2 Goldfinch is president of Goldfinch Funeral Services, Inc. with facilities in Conway, Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island, and president of Hillcrest Cemetery. He is a trustee of Conway Medical Center and a member of the board of United Way of Horry County. Goldfinch graduated from USC and the Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science. His father was a CNB director. Holliday has been active in management of various Holliday family interests since 1985 and is currently president of Monroe Management, an asset management company. She is a Converse College graduate and member of The Citadel Foundation Board and the Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center advisory Board. Her father, also, was a director of CNB. CNB Corporation is the parent company of Conway National Bank. Founded in 1903, the bank has offices located in Horry and Georgetown Counties. CNB Corporation security holders should read the Corporation's proxy statement when it is available because it contains important information. The proxy statement will be mailed to shareholders. Copies of the proxy statement and other relevant documents may also be obtained, free of charge, from the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). The identity of participants in the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Corporation's board of directors and a description of their direct or indirect interests, by securities holdings or otherwise, is contained in the Corporation's proxy statement. # # #