DFAN14A 1 dfan14a12447006_05102023.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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AmeriServ Financial, Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

DRIVER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

Driver Opportunity Partners I LP

J. Abbott R. Cooper

JULIUS D. RUDOLPH

brandon l. simmons

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Driver Management Company LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “Driver”), has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders of AmeriServ Financial, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”).

In connection with the ongoing litigation between Driver and the Company, Driver received a copy of heavily redacted minutes of the Special Meeting of the Company’s board of directors held on March 14, 2023 at which Driver’s nomination notice was rejected, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.