Commercial National Financial

Commercial National Financial Corporation is a United States financial holding company organized under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. Its principal business is conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Commercial Bank & Trust of PA, a Pennsylvania banking institution serving commercial and retail customers. The operating bank provides deposit accounts, lending and credit services, financial counseling, investment-related services, and trust services. The institution’s roots extend to May 1934, when Commercial Bank & Trust of PA was established in the Latrobe office of the former Peoples National Bank. The historic Latrobe building remains important to the organization: it serves as the company’s administrative headquarters as well as a principal retail banking office. This continuity gives the organization a locally rooted profile rather than that of a nationally distributed consumer-finance brand. Commercial National Financial’s corporate structure reflects the conventional bank-holding-company model. The holding company owns Commercial Bank & Trust of PA and oversees the banking business, while the subsidiary conducts customer-facing financial activities. Its service scope includes taking deposits, extending credit, offering commercial banking products, providing financial guidance, investing-related services, and administering trust services. The available reference material does not identify a broader national branch network, international operations, or a diversified portfolio of nonbank consumer brands. The company also acquired Ridge Properties Inc. in 2008 through a stock purchase agreement with that company’s shareholders. Ridge Properties was a Pennsylvania corporation whose asset was Commercial National Financial Corporation stock. The transaction therefore formed part of the holding company’s corporate and ownership structure rather than representing the launch of a new customer-facing financial product line. In June 2012, the board approved the voluntary delisting of the company’s common stock from NASDAQ and the deregistration of the stock with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company subsequently used CNAF as its trading symbol on the OTCQX tier of the OTC Markets. This change moved the company away from a NASDAQ and SEC-registered public-company framework while retaining an over-the-counter trading presence. Commercial National Financial is best understood as a regional banking holding company and the corporate parent of a Pennsylvania community bank. Its brand identity is grounded in relationship banking, commercial finance, deposits, trust services, and local institutional continuity. Publicly available reference material does not establish a large national consumer brand, a separate international operation, or a broad portfolio of independently marketed financial products.

Commercial National Financial Corporation developed as the holding-company structure associated with Commercial Bank & Trust of PA, a Pennsylvania banking institution with roots in the interwar period. In May 1934, Commercial Bank & Trust of PA was established in the Latrobe office of the former Peoples National Bank. The Latrobe premises continued to serve as an important institutional location and, according to the available reference material, remain the administrative headquarters and a main retail banking office. The bank’s business model has centered on community and commercial banking rather than on a specialized single-product financial service. Through Commercial Bank & Trust of PA, the organization offers deposit services, credit and lending, financial counseling, investing-related services, and trust services. These activities place the company within the traditional bank-holding-company model: the holding company owns the bank subsidiary, while the subsidiary maintains the customer relationships and delivers the principal financial products. Commercial National Financial’s corporate history includes a 2008 transaction involving Ridge Properties Inc. The company entered into a stock purchase agreement with Ridge Properties’ shareholders. Ridge Properties was a Pennsylvania corporation whose asset was Commercial National Financial Corporation stock. The transaction is relevant to the ownership and corporate organization of the holding company, although the available source does not describe it as a change in the bank’s operating business or as an expansion into a new financial-services category. A significant securities-market change occurred in June 2012. The board approved the voluntary delisting of the company’s common stock from NASDAQ and the deregistration of the common stock with the SEC. Following that change, Commercial National Financial used CNAF as its trading symbol on the OTCQX tier of the OTC Markets. The move altered the company’s quotation and reporting status while leaving its core banking operations centered on Commercial Bank & Trust of PA. The available historical material does not identify a national expansion program, a large merger with another operating bank, a consumer-finance product portfolio, or international activities. Instead, the company’s history is characterized by the persistence of a locally based Pennsylvania banking institution, its organization as a financial holding company, a corporate transaction involving stock ownership, and a later transition from NASDAQ and SEC registration to over-the-counter trading. Its continuing business identity is therefore tied to regional commercial banking and trust services delivered through its wholly owned bank subsidiary.

1. 2012Voluntary NASDAQ delisting and SEC deregistration

   In June, the board approved the voluntary delisting of the common stock from NASDAQ and deregistration with the SEC. The shares were subsequently associated with the CNAF symbol on OTCQX.

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2. 2008Ridge Properties stock purchase agreement

   Commercial National Financial entered into an agreement with the shareholders of Ridge Properties Inc. to purchase the Pennsylvania company, whose asset was Commercial National Financial Corporation stock.

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3. 1934Commercial Bank & Trust of PA is established

   Commercial Bank & Trust of PA was established in May 1934 in the Latrobe office of the former Peoples National Bank. The building later continued as the organization’s administrative headquarters and a principal retail office.

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A locally rooted Pennsylvania bank-holding company focused on commercial banking, deposits, lending, financial guidance, investment-related services, and trust administration.

• Commercial bankingBanking services

  Commercial Bank & Trust of PA is the principal operating business of Commercial National Financial. Its commercial banking activities serve customers through ordinary banking relationships involving deposits, credit, lending, and related financial guidance. The available reference material characterizes the business broadly and does not provide a detailed list of individual account products or lending programs.

• Deposit servicesDepository banking

  The bank provides deposit services as part of its core banking offering. These services form the funding and relationship base for its commercial and retail banking activities. Specific account names, rates, eligibility requirements, and geographic availability are not identified in the supplied reference material.

• Credit and lendingCommercial finance

  Commercial National Financial’s banking subsidiary extends credit and provides lending services. These activities support the company’s role as a commercial bank, although the available source does not specify loan categories, underwriting standards, balances, or customer segmentation.

• Trust and investment-related servicesTrust and wealth services

  The bank offers trust services, investing-related services, and financial counseling. Together, these offerings extend the institution beyond deposit-taking and lending into fiduciary and advisory support. No detailed description of particular trust vehicles, investment products, or advisory programs is provided by the supplied source.

• 2012Exit from NASDAQ and SEC registrationStrategy

  The company’s common stock had been listed on NASDAQ and registered with the SEC.

  What changed. In June, the board approved voluntary delisting from NASDAQ and deregistration of the common stock with the SEC.

  Aftermath. The company used CNAF as its trading symbol on the OTCQX tier of the OTC Markets.

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• 2008Purchase of Ridge Properties Inc.M&A

  Ridge Properties Inc. was a Pennsylvania corporation whose asset was Commercial National Financial Corporation stock.

  What changed. Commercial National Financial entered into a stock purchase agreement with Ridge Properties’ shareholders to purchase the company.

  Aftermath. The available reference material does not provide further details about the transaction’s consideration, ownership consequences, or operational effects.

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• 2012Commercial National Financial board approves voluntary NASDAQ delisting and SEC deregistration

  The board approved the voluntary delisting of the company’s common stock from NASDAQ and the deregistration of the stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company later used CNAF as its trading symbol on the OTCQX tier of the OTC Markets.

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• 2008Commercial National Financial enters agreement to acquire Ridge Properties

  The corporation entered into a stock purchase agreement with the shareholders of Ridge Properties Inc., a Pennsylvania company whose asset was Commercial National Financial Corporation stock.

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