Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-049104
Chunk: 29

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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 |     | we have discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission; and |

| • |     | we have received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and have discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm their independence. |

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This report has been provided by the Audit Committee, which consists of Directors Meegan, who serves as Chairperson, Chadsey, Fannin, Hunter and Williams. Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation Our Compensation Committee determines the salaries to be paid each year to the CEO and those executive officers who report directly to the CEO. The Compensation Committee currently consists of Directors Hunter, who serves as Chairperson, Campana, Davis, Tullio and Vegas. None of these individuals was an officer or employee of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2024, or is a former officer of the Company. Except as described below for Director Campana, none of the members of the Compensation Committee had any relationship requiring disclosure under “Transactions with Certain Related Persons”.

| Name              |     | Position |     | Nature of                      
 transaction                    |     | Largest aggregate    
 balance over year    
 ended 12/31/2024 ($) |         |     | Interest 
 rate (%) |       |     | Principal      
 balance        
 12/31/2024 ($) |         |     | Principal paid 
 1/01/2024 to   
 12/31/2024 ($) |         |     | Interest paid  
 1/01/2024 to   
 12/31/2024 ($) |        |
| Robert M. Campana |     | Director |     | Home equity line of credit     |     |                      | 851,601 |     |          | 7.240 |     |                | 629,570 |     |                | 852,946 |     |                | 52,409 |
| Robert M. Campana |     | Director |     | Mortgage loan                  |