Company: NWFL
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-252482
Chunk: 149

Company: NORWOOD FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form: 424B3
Chunk 149
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 in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States. Using the acquisition method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of PB Bankshares will be recorded by Norwood at their respective fair values at the time of the completion of the merger. The excess of Norwood’s
purchase price over the net fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed will then be allocated to identified intangible assets, with any remaining

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unallocated cost recorded as goodwill. The value of the shares exchanged will be valued at the acquisition date and all merger-related costs will be expensed when incurred. Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger The following summary describes certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the merger to U.S. holders (as defined below). The summary is based on the Code, U.S. Treasury Department regulations promulgated thereunder (“Treasury Regulations”), judicial decisions, administrative rulings, current administrative interpretations and official pronouncements of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), all as in effect as of the date hereof, and all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. Such change could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences described below. No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of the tax consequences described below. This summary does not address any tax consequences of the merger under state, local or foreign laws, or any federal laws other than those pertaining to income tax. For purposes of this discussion, the term “U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of PB Bankshares common stock that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes: (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized under the laws of the United States or any of its political subdivisions; (iii) a trust that (1) is subject to the supervision of a court within the United States and the control of one or more U.S. persons or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes; or (iv) an estate that is subject to U.S. federal income taxation on its income regardless of its source. This discussion addresses only those U.S. holders that hold their PB Bankshares common stock as a capital asset within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code, which