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Essa Bancorp Inc.

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2021 Annual Report

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Total stockholders’ equity in fiscal 2021 increased compared 

with a year earlier, and tangible book value per share on 

September 30, 2021, rose 10% to $17.92 compared with $16.26. 

Our financial performance enabled the Company to increase 

total dividends per share in fiscal 2021 to $0.47 from $0.44 in 

fiscal 2020. Management and our Board of Directors greatly 

appreciate the confidence shareholders demonstrated in ESSA 

Bancorp’s ability to successfully navigate through the ongoing 

economic and pandemic-related challenges of 2021.

Service, Safety, Technology

Our technological capabilities supported effective 

performance, enabling us to operate without interruption and 

deliver a full scope of banking services. We continue to deploy 

new products and services, and advance our digital capabilities 

that create opportunities to serve customers in different ways 

and through multiple channels. Technology has enabled 

employees to manage operations, engaging and serving 

customers remotely and in person. We’re striving to be a 

leader in cashless banking and digital delivery of information 

and service to commercial and retail customers. 

All banking facilities and offices operated with a strong 

commitment to ensuring the health and safety of employees 

and customers. During the year, while prudently reopening as 

the greatest threats from COVID-19 subsided and vaccinations 

became readily available, we operated, and continue to 
operate, with employee and customer health and safety as  
a top priority.

Capital, Asset Quality, Liquidity

Maintaining strong capital, asset quality, and appropriate 

liquidity was a cornerstone of ESSA Bank’s strategy at the 

start of the pandemic. All three measures remained strong 

throughout 2021. 

The Bank demonstrated financial strength with a Tier 1 

leverage ratio of 10.0% and Tier 1 risk-based capital of 13.22%, 

both of which exceeded regulatory standards for a well-

capitalized institution. Entering 2022, ESSA has the financial 

strength and capital to deploy toward growth.

Asset quality showed considerable improvement in fiscal 2021 

as nonperforming loans comprised less than 1% of total loans 

Gary S. Olson,  
President & CEO

Fellow Shareholders:

The past year was exceptional, presenting challenges but also 
many opportunities for ESSA Bancorp to serve customers, 
assist the communities in which we operate, and ultimately 
deliver positive results for shareholders. Our team continued 
executing on actions consistent with our long-term plan to be 
a high-performing financial institution. We closed 2021 with 
strong financial results and entered the new fiscal year with 
positive momentum. 

Anticipating and proactively responding to a changing 
economic and public health environment throughout the  
year, we demonstrated flexibility, responsiveness, and a 
commitment to providing timely financial solutions to 
customers. This led to the strongest operational performance 
in our Company’s 105-year history, highlighted by $500 million 
in loan production, deposit growth of $92 million, elimination 
of all borrowings, and significant reduction in nonperforming 
loans while not recording any loan charge-offs. 

ESSA Bancorp’s financial performance in fiscal 2021 reflected 
our forward-looking strategic focus, supported by disciplined 
expense management and operational efficiencies. In fiscal 
2021, the Company reported record net income of $16.4 
million, or $1.65 per share, a 14% increase from the previous 
year. Net interest income after provision for loan losses was 
$50.2 million, representing 12% growth from the year before. 
With earnings growth, solid asset quality, and a strong capital 
position, the Company delivered continued value for 
shareholders.

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Commercial 
Lending

Residential 
Mortgages 

on September 30, 2021, dropping from a pandemic high of 

1.55%. The dollar amount of nonperforming loans declined 

year-over-year, as did loans in forbearance. Our allowance for 

loan losses to total loans was 1.33% compared to 1.07% at 

year-end 2020. During 2021 the Bank had no charge-offs. 

Exercising appropriate caution, the Company maintained the 

high level of cash reserves built in 2020 to ensure sufficient 

liquidity. Deposit growth, combined with unprecedented 

government stimulus, contributed to a high level of cash 

reserves. We did not need to access those reserves but have 

continued to maintain them as pandemic-related uncertainties 

remain. We are gratified that throughout 2021 we assisted in 

maintaining the stability of the financial condition of our 

customers and communities. 

Record Level of Lending Activity 

The economic and health events of 2021 had some impact 

on the normal course of business, particularly regarding 

consumer and business confidence. However, with great 

perseverance, responsiveness, and dedication, our banking 

teams capitalized on opportunities to meet customers’ needs. 

This led to record loan production of over $500 million. 

The Company effectively tapped into an active housing market 

throughout the year. Our mortgage lenders’ ability to approve 

quickly and efficiently, process, and close loans supports the 

Bank’s position as a preferred residential mortgage lender. 

Selling many of these loans to the secondary market enables 

the Company to capture the value of originating residential 

mortgages while maintaining a balance sheet focused 

primarily on commercial loans and mitigating long-term 

interest rate risk.

Commercial lending trended positively despite a subdued 

economy, supplemented by Paycheck Protection Program 

(PPP) lending, which assisted hundreds of businesses with 

federally guaranteed loans. Our team spent many long hours 

in 2020 and 2021 processing and helping secure these loans. 

As anticipated, most of these loans have been forgiven and 

removed from our balance sheet. While retaining these PPP 

loans had only a temporary impact on the Company’s balance 

sheet, they contributed to maintaining momentum.

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We consider the program to have successfully mitigated 
operating risks for recipients. Our capabilities enabled us to 
assist numerous businesses that were not customers. ESSA’s 
responsiveness and willingness to assist opened the door to 
new commercial lending and banking relationships.

We had an exceptionally strong year in commercial real estate 
and residential mortgage lending activity, with production of 
$280 million and $239 million, respectively. 

We entered fiscal 2022 with encouraging momentum, 
including a pipeline of commercial loans in excess of $200 
million. With the anticipated resumption of more normal 
business activity, we believe the outlook for growth and 
lending activity is promising. We continue to selectively add 
skilled banking professionals to serve a growing commercial 
customer base and generate new relationship opportunities. 

Deposits, Digital Capabilities, 
Relationship Banking

Commercial and retail deposits have provided a strong 
foundation for lending growth and eliminating our use of 
borrowed funds in fiscal 2021. Total deposits increased to 
$1.64 billion on September 30, 2021, from $1.54 billion a year 
earlier, led by growth in lower-cost core deposits (demand, 
savings, and money market accounts), which comprised 87% 
of total deposits, up from 70% a year earlier. We reduced 
interest expense by 64% year-over-year, which contributed 
to net interest income momentum and reflected active 
balance sheet management and the repricing of deposits 
to keep pace with a continuing low interest rate environment. 
For the first time in decades, the Company had no Federal 
Home Loan Bank borrowings in fiscal 2021 and the cost 

of interest-bearing liabilities declined to less than half 
that of fiscal 2020.

To attract and retain core deposits in a low interest rate 
environment, we provide products and services that make 
banking more convenient and cost-effective for customers, 
providing them with integrated financial solutions for their 
banking needs. Our contactless MasterCard debit card, issued 
in 2020, has generated thousands of transactions. New and 
upgraded mobile banking capabilities for commercial and 
retail customers, increased limits for mobile and remote 
deposits, and no fee increases to customers supported 
deposit growth and retention.

The use of and demand for ESSA’s digital banking capabilities 
underscores our belief that technology and service are key to 
success and growth in the years to come. Providing leading-
edge technology and digital capabilities is a critical element in 
our strategy to remain relevant to a broad spectrum of 
customers, achieve scale, and generate sustainable growth.

In fiscal 2021, overall retail and commercial mobile 
transactions (transfers and deposits) increased 34% compared 
with fiscal 2020, while total branch transactions declined 17% 
in fiscal 2021 following a 20% decline in 2020. 

Our range of electronic cash management services continues 
to be embraced by commercial customers. For example, 
remote deposit capture volumes increased by $107 million 
or 15% in fiscal 2021 compared with fiscal 2020, ACH 
origination volume rose 22% year-over-year, and business 
online wire volume increased 16% compared with the previous 
year. We anticipate these 
trends will continue.

Deposits

Digital
Capabilities

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Community 
Commitment 
& Corporate 
Governance

As we strive for 
operational and service 
excellence, ESSA has 
maintained its longstanding 
commitment to corporate 
citizenship by supporting our 
guiding principle of helping to 
improve the quality of life in the 
communities in which we operate. The 
Bank participates in private sector and public 
partnerships that benefit our communities, including 
partnering with federal courts in our CARE and STAR 
programs that provide loans and financial education to help 
people re-enter society after incarceration. This year we 
commenced a new financial literacy partnership with the First 
Tee of Philadelphia. In 2021 we provided over $180 thousand in 
corporate contributions to 135 community organizations. Our 
employees volunteered their time and skills, providing more 
than 2,500 hours of community service, and the ESSA 
Foundation made grants totaling $1.4 million to community 
organizations throughout our footprint.

Effective corporate governance remains a priority and 
helps support a positive workplace environment, transparency 
for investors and shareholders, and a company that reflects 
the communities it serves. In 2021 we welcomed two new 
Board members, which reflects our belief that Board 
composition should be as diverse as the communities we 
serve. Diversity includes gender and race, background, and 
skills. Half of our independent Directors are women, making 
significant contributions to ESSA and serving as leaders in 
their respective businesses. We are committed to being a 
company that reflects diversity, inclusion, and equality in our 
governance and our workforce.

The economic, 
health, and societal events 
of 2021, and our positive 
response, underscored the value 
of our strategy to evolve in the 
ways we interact and collaborate 
with employees, customers, 
and the communities 
we serve.

The Future of 
Banking at ESSA

The economic, health, and 
societal events of 2021, 
and our positive response, 
underscored the value of 
our strategy to evolve how 
we interact and collaborate 

with employees, customers, 
and the communities we serve. 
We believe the changes that have 
come with the events of the last two 
years will require even more innovation. 
This demands an entrepreneurial environment 
dedicated to ensuring the products and services we offer 

through all our customer touchpoints keep pace with this 
new emerging world.

We continue to enhance the Bank’s website, providing 
important educational tools to build customers’ financial 
knowledge, offer guidelines to help them bank safely and 
securely, utilize mobile devices for banking, and access 
ESSA’s diverse capabilities. Through ESSA University and 
video presentations, our website offers individuals and 
businesses the opportunity to chart a cogent financial 
course. The website and mobile applications provide 
convenient portals for customers to initiate the mortgage 
process, inquire about ESSA’s retail and commercial banking 
services and capabilities, and reach out to ESSA banking 
professionals, who are just an email, text, or phone call away.

We evolved our hybrid work model and believe that some 
remote positions will become more prevalent in the future. 

The events of 2021 tested our resilience and determination. 
We more than met those challenges, maintaining positive 
momentum entering 2022. We are positioned to continue 
growing and building value for customers and shareholders.

Sincerely, 
Sincerely, 

Gary S. Olson, President & CEO

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Consolidated 
Financial 
Highlights

The following information is derived from the audited Consolidated 
Financial Statements of ESSA Bancorp, Inc. For additional information, 
reference is made to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial 
Condition and Results of Operations” and the Consolidated Financial 
Statements of ESSA Bancorp, Inc. and related notes included in Form 10-K 
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Selected Balance Sheet Data (Years ended September 30; data in thousands)

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Total assets

$1,861,436

$1,893,515

$1,799,427

$1,833,790

$1,785,218

Investment securities: 
Available for sale

Loans, net

Deposits

Borrowed funds

Equity

240,581

212,484

313,393

371,438

390,452

1,340,853

1,417,974

1,328,653

1,305,071

1,236,681

1,636,115

1,543,696

1,342,830

1,336,855

1,274,861

—

125,877

248,282

298,496

311,614

201,822

191,397

189,508

179,186

182,727

Selected Operations Data (Years ended September 30; data in thousands)

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Net interest income

$52,894

$48,207

$47,010

$48,235

$45,519

Provision for loan losses

2,700

3,275

2,076

4,000

3,350

Net interest income 
after provision for loan 
losses

50,194

44,932

44,934

44,235

42,169

Noninterest income

11,493

13,255

8,157

7,813

8,199

Noninterest expense

41,790

40,588

38,053

39,853

41,438

Income before 
income tax expense

19,897

17,599

15,038

12,195

8,930

Income tax expense

3,473

3,183

2,415

5,664

1,591

Net income

$16,424

$14,416

$12,623

$6,531

$7,339

Earnings per share:

Basic

Diluted

$1.65

$1.65

$1.39

$1.39

$1.18

$1.18

$0.60

$0.69

$0.60

$0.69

Selected Other Data (Years ended September 30)

Return on average assets

Return on average equity

Interest rate spread(1)

Net interest margin(2)

Nonperforming assets as 
a percentage of total assets

Tier 1 core capital (to 
adjusted tangible assets)

2021

0.87%

8.28%

2.86%

2.96%

2020

0.76%

7.43%

2.49%

2.68%

2019

0.69%

6.80%

2.50%

2.73%

2018

0.36%

3.61%

2.71%

2.85%

2017

0.42%

4.11%

2.69%

2.77%

0.88%

1.09%

0.57%

0.64%

0.88%

10.05%

9.08%

9.67%

9.28%

9.19%

(1) The interest rate spread represents the difference between the weighted-average yield on a fully tax-equivalent basis on 
interest-earning assets and the weighted-average cost of interest-bearing liabilities for the year.

(2) The net interest margin represents net interest income on a fully tax-equivalent basis as a percent of average interest-earning 
assets for the year.

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$20.00

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Stock Price & Market Capitalization

$200,000,000

$160,000,000

$120,000,000

$80,000,000

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2018

2019

2020

2021

(Years ended September 30)

Dividends per Share

Earnings per Share (Diluted)

$0.47

$0.44

$0.36

$0.36

$0.40

$2.00

$1.50

$1.00

$0.50

0

$1.65

$1.39

$1.18

$0.69

$0.60

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

(Years ended September 30)

(Years ended September 30)

Tangible Book Value (Per Share)

$15.43

$16.26

$17.92

$14.41

$13.92

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

(Years ended September 30)

$0.50

$0.40

$0.30

$0.20

$0.10

0

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$10

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Consolidated Financial Highlights (cont’d)

Net Income (in Thousands)

Deposits (in Thousands)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$5,000

$7,339 $6,531

$16,424

$14,416

$12,623

$2,000,000

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$40,000

$20,000

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2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

(Years ended September 30)

(Years ended September 30)

Return on Average Equity

Net Interest Margin

8.28%

7.43%

6.80%

4.11%

3.61%

2.77%

2.85%

2.73%

2.68%

2.96%

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3%

2%

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2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

(Years ended September 30)

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Stockholders’ Equity (in Thousands)

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2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

(Years ended September 30)

*Net interest income plus noninterest income.

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

(Years ended September 30)

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Executive 
Personnel

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & GENERAL COUNSEL

Robert C. Selig, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
President – Selig Construction Company

Joseph S. Durkin
Executive Vice President – 
Reilly Associates

Christine D. Gordon, Esq.
Chief Compliance Officer – 
Olympus Corporation of the Americas

Daniel J. Henning
President – A.C. Henning 
Enterprises, Inc.

Philip H. Hosbach IV
Vice President, Global Public 
Affairs for Vaccines – Sanofi Pasteur 
(retired)

Gary S. Olson
President & CEO – ESSA Bank & Trust

John E. Burrus
Director Emeritus

William P. Douglass
Director Emeritus

Frederick E. Kutteroff
Director Emeritus

John S. Schoonover, Jr.
Director Emeritus

William A. Viechnicki, D.D.S.
Director Emeritus

Dr. Tina Q. Richardson
Chancellor, Penn State University 
Lehigh Valley

Carolyn P. Stennett, Esq.
Vice President, Human Resources – 
Victaulic Company

Elizabeth Bensinger 
Weekes, Esq.
Partner – Bensinger & Weekes, PA

James V. Fareri, Esq.
General Counsel

OFFICERS

Gary S. Olson
President & CEO

Peter A. Gray
Senior Executive Vice President & COO

Charles D. Hangen
Executive Vice President & CRO

Allan A. Muto
Executive Vice President & CFO

Robert L. Selitto
Senior Vice President & Controller

Stephanie Lefferson
Corporate Secretary,
Investor & Community Relations

Thomas J. Grayuski
Senior Vice President, 
Human Resources Division

ESSA Bancorp, Inc.
200 Palmer Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360

Mailing Address
P.O. Box L
Stroudsburg, PA 18360

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

Auditors
S.R. Snodgrass, P.C.
2009 Mackenzie Way, Suite 340
Cranberry Township, PA 16066

General Counsel
Newman, Williams, Mishkin,
Corveleyn, Wolfe & Fareri, P.C.
712 Monroe Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360

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Mission 
Statement

ESSA Bank & Trust will be the leading 

service-oriented community financial 

institution offering a full range of financial 

products to greater Eastern Pennsylvania 

customers. We will ensure our long-term 

prosperity by providing products and 

service in a manner consistent with high 

standards of quality, on a profitable basis, 

at the fairest price, in order to create the 

best possible value for our customers. 

They will be delivered through distribution 

systems staffed and supported by 

customer-driven, friendly, productive 

employees with a high degree of integrity.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

There are five Guiding Principles on which 
our Mission Statement is based: 

We believe in long-term success, operating as a safe, 
sound, and stable institution. Long-term success is 
dependent upon profits, but never will profit-seeking 
compromise our mission.

We believe in satisfying the wants and needs of 
our customers. Satisfaction is dependent upon 
a continual improvement of our service, products, 
systems, and operations.

We believe our employees are our most valuable 
asset. Our employees will be provided with a work 
environment which is “the best in town.”

We believe our decisions should enhance ESSA’s 
value. Enhanced value is achieved through quality 
earnings, growth, and strong management practices.

We believe in supporting our community through 
employee volunteering and charitable giving to 
improve the quality of life. The ESSA Bank & Trust 
Foundation has been established to support 
this principle.

ESSA CODE OF ETHICS & 
CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

The ESSA Bancorp, Inc. Board of Directors has 
approved an Insider Code of Ethics and Conflict of 
Interest policy. This policy provides Directors and 
employees with specific guidance promoting honest 
and ethical conduct and deterring wrongdoing.

Our policy may be found on our website at 
essabank.com.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Asset Management & Trust Services
• ESSA Advisory Services*
• ESSA Investment Services**

  * ESSA Advisory Services, LLC is a subsidiary of ESSA Bank & Trust. Products and 
services offered by ESSA Advisory Services, LLC and ESSA Asset Management 
& Trust are: Not FDIC insured • May lose value • Not guaranteed by ESSA Bank & 
Trust • Not a deposit • Not insured by any federal government agency.

** Investments are: Not Federally Insured | No Financial Institution Guarantee | 

May Lose Value. Ameriprise Financial is not affiliated with the financial 
institution where investment services are offered. Investment advisory products 
and services are made available through Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC, a 
registered investment adviser. Securities and insurance products offered 
through Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC, member FINRA and SIPC.

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Corporate Information

STOCK LISTING

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

ESSA Bancorp, Inc. common stock is listed 
on the NASDAQ Global MarketSM under the 
symbol “ESSA.”

INTERNET INFORMATION

ESSA Bancorp, Inc. financial reports and 
information about the products and services 
of its wholly owned subsidiary, ESSA Bank  
& Trust, are available at essabank.com.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

We are subject to the informational 
requirements of the Securities Exchange  
Act of 1934. Therefore, we file annual, 
quarterly, and current reports as well as 
proxy materials with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (SEC). You can  
obtain copies of these and other filings, 
including exhibits, electronically at the  
SEC’s website at sec.gov or through the 
ESSA website at essabank.com by clicking 
on the Investor Relations link. Copies of  
our Annual Report and Form 10-K may  
also be obtained by contacting Investor 
Relations at 570-422-0182 or via email  
at slefferson@essabank.com.

Information about our Board and its 
committees and about corporate 
governance at ESSA is available in the 
Governance Documents section of the 
Investor Relations link on the ESSA website 
at essabank.com. Shareholders who would 
like to request printed copies of the Code  
of Ethics or the charters of our Board’s 
Nominating and Corporate Governance, 
Audit, and Compensation committees  
(all of which are posted on the ESSA  
website through the Investor Relations link) 
may do so by sending their requests in 
writing to Stephanie Lefferson, Corporate 
Secretary, Investor and Community 
Relations, at corporate headquarters at  
P.O. Box L, Stroudsburg, PA 18360.

INQUIRIES

Individual investors should contact Stephanie 
Lefferson, Corporate Secretary, Investor and 
Community Relations, at 570-422-0182 or 
via email at slefferson@essabank.com.

Analysts and institutional investors should 
contact Allan Muto, Executive Vice President 

and CFO, at 570-422-0181 or via email  
at amuto@essabank.com.

News media representatives and others 
seeking general information should contact 
Peter A. Gray, Senior Executive Vice 
President and COO, at 570-422-0198 or  
via email at pgray@essabank.com.

ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

All eligible shareholders are invited to  
attend the ESSA Bancorp, Inc. annual 
meeting on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at  
10 a.m. The meeting will be held virtually  
at meetnow.global/M9L2SXM.

REGISTRAR & TRANSFER AGENT

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SPECIAL COUNSEL

Luse Gorman, PC 
5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 780 
Washington, DC 20015

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained herein are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and 
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by reference to a future period 
or periods, or by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “may,” “will,” “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “continue,” 
or similar terms or variations on those terms, or the negative of those terms. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks 
and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those related to the economic environment, particularly in the market areas in which the 
Company operates, competitive products and pricing, fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. Government, changes in government 
regulations affecting financial institutions, including compliance costs and capital requirements, changes in prevailing interest rates, 
acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses, credit risk management, asset-liability management, the financial and securities 
markets and the availability of and costs associated with sources of liquidity, and the Risk Factors disclosed in our annual and quarterly 
reports. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an adverse impact on the Company, its customers, and the communities it 
serves. The adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company, its customers, and the communities where it operates will continue 
to adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition for an indefinite period of time.

The Company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the 
date made. The Company wishes to advise readers that the factors listed above could affect the Company’s financial performance and 
could cause the Company’s actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed with respect  
to future periods in any current statements. The Company does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to publicly release 
the result of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such 
statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

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Serving 
customers in
Eastern 
Pennsylvania
regions

through
digital
banking
services

and a
strategic 
branch
footprint.

Corporate Center
200 Palmer Street
P.O. Box L
Stroudsburg, PA 18360-0160

Office: 570-421-0531
Toll-Free: 855-713-8001

essabank.com

©2022 ESSA Bancorp, Inc.

Equal Opportunity Lender  •  Member FDIC

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