order to ensure that your vote is counted at the Annual Meeting, or at any adjournment or postponement of the Annual Meeting, regardless of whether you plan to attend the virtual Annual
Meeting. Where no instructions are indicated, validly executed proxies will be voted FOR the election of the four director nominees named on the Proxy Statement as well as FOR each other proposal set forth in this Proxy
Statement for consideration at the Annual Meeting.
Stockholders whose shares are held in the name of a broker, bank or other holder
of record must vote in the manner directed by such holder. Check your proxy card or the information forwarded by your broker, bank or other holder of record to see which options are available to you.
The Board of Directors is currently unaware of any other matters that may be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. If other
matters properly come before the Annual Meeting, or at any adjournment or postponement of the Annual Meeting, shares represented by properly submitted proxies will be voted, or not voted, by the persons named as proxies on the proxy card in their
best judgment.
How to Attend the Virtual Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders, which will be conducted exclusively by webcast. No physical meeting
will be held.
You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting
www.meetnow.global/M9L2SXM. You also will be able to vote your shares online at the virtual Annual Meeting.
To participate in the Annual
Meeting, you will need to review the information included on your notice, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.
If you hold your shares through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you can access the virtual Annual Meeting as a guest, or if you
would like to vote or ask a question at the virtual Annual Meeting, you must register in advance using the instructions below.
The
virtual Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on March 3, 2022. We encourage you to access the meeting prior to the start time leaving ample time for the check in. Please follow the registration instructions as
outlined in this Proxy Statement.
How to Register to Attend the Virtual Annual Meeting
All stockholders can listen to the virtual Annual Meeting by signing onto the virtual Annual Meeting as a guest. However, if you wish to
participate in the virtual Annual Meeting, you must sign on as a stockholder.
If you are a registered stockholder (i.e., you hold your
shares through our transfer agent, Computershare), you do not need to register to attend the virtual Annual Meeting. Please follow the instructions on the proxy card, notice or proxy material notification email that you received.
If you hold your shares through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, and want to attend the virtual Annual Meeting (with the ability to
ask a question and/or vote, if you choose to do so), you should submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) from your bank or broker reflecting your Company holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare by email to:
legalproxy@computershare.com, or by mail to:
Computershare
ESSA Bancorp, Inc. Legal Proxy
P.O. Box 43001
Providence, RI
02940-3001
Requests for registration must be labeled as Legal Proxy and be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on
February 28, 2022.
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