Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-049104
Chunk: 49

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 49
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 risk taking by employees, the Compensation Committee has concluded such plans do not pose material risk to the Company. Compensation Committee Report.The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” with management. Based on this review and discussion, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” be included in this Proxy Statement and incorporated into the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Respectfully submitted by the members of the Compensation Committee of the Board:

| Compensation Committee    |
| Timothy M. Hunter (Chair) |
| Robert M. Campana         |
| Wilbur R. Davis           |
| David M. Tullio           |
| Pablo A. Vegas            |

This report of the Compensation Committee is required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and, in accordance with the SEC’s rules, will not be deemed to be part of or incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), or under the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference, and will not otherwise be deemed “soliciting material” or “filed” under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. 24

Executive Compensation Summary Compensation Table.The following table sets forth, for the three years ended December 31, 2024, certain information as to the total remuneration we paid to Mr. Torchio, who serves as our President and CEO, Mr. Schosser, who serves as our Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Harvey, who served as our former Chief Operating Officer and former Chief Financial Officer and our four other most highly compensated NEOs as of December 31, 2024.

| Summary compensation table                                                                  |     |      |      |     |            |         |     |           |        |     |         |           |     |    |    |   |     |                |         |     |                       |        |     |              |           |     |           |           |
| Name and principal position                                                                 |     | Year |      |     | Salary ($) |         |     | Bonus ($) |        |     |   Stock 
  awards 
  ($)(1) |           |     |    |    |   |     |     Non-equity 
 incentive plan 
   compensation 
         ($)(2) |         |     |             Change