Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-049104
Chunk: 84

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 84
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 Bylaws provide an advance notice procedure for certain business, and nominations to the Board of Directors, to be brought before an Annual Meeting of Shareholders, but that are not submitted for inclusion in the proxy statement. In order for a shareholder to properly bring business before an annual meeting, or to nominate a candidate for the Board of Directors, our Secretary must receive written notice not earlier than the 90th day nor later than the 80th day prior to the date of the annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 90 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting is provided to shareholders, then, to be timely, notice by the shareholder must be so received not later than the tenth day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to shareholders or such public disclosure was made.

In addition to complying with the advance notice procedure of our Bylaws, to nominate a candidate for election, shareholders must give timely notice that complies with the additional requirements of Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act, and which notice must be received no later than February 16, 2026, except that, if the date of our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is more than 30 days from April 17, 2026, then notice must be provided by the later of 60 calendar days prior to the date of our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or the tenth calendar day following the day on which public announcement of the date of our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is first made by us.

Nothing in this Proxy Statement shall be deemed to require us to include in our Proxy Statement and proxy relating to an annual meeting any shareholder proposal that does not meet all of the requirements for inclusion established by the Securities and Exchange Commission in effect at the time such proposal is received.

<div align='center'>**SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS**</div>

In order to be eligible for inclusion in our proxy materials for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, any shareholder proposal to take action at such meeting must be received at our executive office, by sending notice to the Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, Richard K. Laws, at 3 Easton Oval, Suite 500, Columbus, Ohio 43219, no later than November 8, 2025 and must comply with the procedures and requirements of the proxy rules adopted under the Securities Exchange Act. If the date of our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is more than