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Electronic Voting Instructions
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Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the voting
methods outlined below to vote your proxy.
VALIDATION DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE TITLE BAR.
Proxies submitted by the Internet or telephone must be received by
11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on March 4, 2015.
Vote by Internet
• Go to www.investorvote.com/ESSA
• Or scan the QR code with your smartphone
• Follow the steps outlined on the secure website
Vote by telephone
Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in
this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas.
• Call toll free 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) within the USA, US territories &
Canada on a touch tone telephone
• Follow the instructions provided by the recorded message
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Annual Meeting Proxy Card
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A Proposals — The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the nominees listed and FOR Proposals 2 – 4.
1. Election of Directors:
For Withhold
01 - Timothy S. Fallon
For Withhold
02 - Philip H. Hosbach, IV
For
03 - Robert C. Selig, Jr.
Against Abstain
2. Ratification of the appointment of S.R.Snodgrass, P.C. as
independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2015.
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For Withhold
For
Against Abstain
3. An advisory, non-binding resolution with respect to the
executive compensation described in the Proxy Statement.
4. To transact such other business as may properly come
before the Annual Meeting, and any such adjournments or
postponement thereof.
B Non-Voting Items
Change of Address — Please print your new address below.
Meeting Attendance
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if you plan to attend the
Annual Meeting.
Comments — Please print your comments below.
C Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Date and Sign Below
Please sign exactly as name(s) appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, corporate officer, trustee, guardian, or custodian, please give
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Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box.
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2015 ESSA Bancorp, Inc. Annual Meeting Admission Ticket
2015 Annual Meeting of
ESSA Bancorp, Inc. Shareholders
Thursday, March 5, 2015, 11:00 a.m. EST Local Time
Stroudsmoor Country Inn
R.D.# 4, Stroudsmoor Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Upon arrival, please present this admission ticket
and photo identification at the registration desk.
If you attend the meeting without the Annual Meeting Admission Ticket (see above), you may be asked to show proper identification such as:
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A driver’s license with a photograph issued by the state in which the bank is located.
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U.S. passport or alien registration card.
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State ID card with a photograph issued by the State in which the bank is located.
Travel from New York and New Jersey: Hudson River Crossings to Interstate Route 80. Cross Delaware River Toll
Bridge and continue on Interstate 80 to Pennsylvania Exit #307 (Broad Street and PA Route 191). Turn left onto
PA 191 South. Travel 1 mile and turn right onto Stroudsmoor Road. The inn is located at the end of the road.
Travel from Central Pennsylvania: Interstate 80 East to exit #307(Park Avenue and Route 611). Turn right onto
Route 611 South. Travel 0.5 miles and turn right onto PA Route 191 South. Turn right onto Stroudsmoor Road.
From Philadelphia: Interstate 476 (formerly the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike) to the Allentown
Exit. Travel on Route 22 East to Route 33 North. Follow signs for Stroudsburg and 80 East. Take Interstate 80 Exit
#307 (Park Avenue and Route 611). Follow as noted above.
Important notice regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials for the Annual Meeting of shareholders.
The Annual Meeting Material is available at: www.essaproxy.com
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Proxy — ESSA Bancorp, Inc.
Notice of 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
200 Palmer Street, PO Box L, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Proxy Solicited by Board of Directors for Annual Meeting – March 5, 2015
Each of the members of the Board of Directors, other than the nominees for director included in Proposal 1, or any of them, each with the power of substitution,
are hereby authorized to represent and vote the shares of the undersigned, with all the powers which the undersigned would possess if personally present,
at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ESSA Bancorp, Inc. to be held on March 5, 2015 or at any postponement or adjournment thereof.
Shares represented by this proxy will be voted by the stockholder. If no such directions are indicated, the Proxies will have authority to vote FOR
Proposal #1, FOR Proposal #2, FOR Proposal #3 and FOR Proposal #4.
In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
(Items to be voted appear on reverse side.)