Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-030716
Chunk: 43

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 43
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 internet or by telephone or, in the absence of specific instructions to the contrary, will be voted “FOR”the adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement, “FOR”the approval of the specified compensation and, “FOR”the approval of the adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies. If you have returned a properly executed proxy card, you may revoke it at any time before a vote is taken at the special meeting:

| • |     | by telephone, by calling the toll-free number indicated on the accompanying proxy card and following the recorded 
 instructions;                                                                                                     |

| • |     | through the internet, by visiting the website indicated on the accompanying proxy card and following the 
 instructions;                                                                                            |

| • |     | by filing a written notice of revocation with the Secretary of Penns Woods, at 300 Market Street, Williamsport, 
 Pennsylvania 17703-0967;                                                                                        |

| • |     | by executing and returning another proxy card with a later date; or |

| • |     | by attending the special meeting and voting virtually at the special meeting. |

If you intend to submit your proxy by telephone or via the internet, you must do so by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, on April 21, 2025. If you intend to submit your proxy by mail, your completed proxy card must be received by April 21, 2025. Your attendance at the special meeting will not, by itself, revoke your proxy. If you hold your Penns Woods common stock in “street name” through a broker, bank or other nominee, you must provide your broker, bank or nominee (the record holder of your shares of common stock) with instructions on how to vote your shares of common stock. Your broker, bank or other nominee will provide you with a proxy card and voting instructions. If you have instructed your broker, bank or other nominee to vote your common stock, you must follow the directions received from your broker, bank or other nominee to change or revoke your vote. If you have any questions or need assistance in voting your shares, please contact our proxy solicitor, Alliance Advisors, LLC, toll-free at (833) 207-7606or by email at PWOD@allianceadvisors.com. Cost of Solicitation The Penns Woods board of directors is soliciting your proxy, and Penns Woods will bear the cost of this solicitation of proxies. This includes the charges and expenses of brokerage