Company: WSBC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-039418
Chunk: 87

Company: WESBANCO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 87
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 the nominees recommended for election at this year’s annual meeting. The Corporation also considers diversity in its selection of directors and currently has 25% of its Board represented by women and minorities which will be maintained based on the nominees recommended. In addition, the Board engages in a separate self-assessment annually, which consists of a comprehensive survey and a review of the results by the full Board. The Board also engages in regular semi-annual meetings of its independent directors, conducted by an independent director, and it has adopted a comprehensive Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to both the Board of Directors and the employees and officers of the Corporation.

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Insider Trading Policies and Procedures

We haveadoptedand maintain insider trading policies and procedures governing the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of Corporation securities that are applicable to the Corporation itself, all of our directors, officers and employees of the Corporation and all members of their immediate families and households. Our insider trading policies and procedures are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and Nasdaq listing standards. Our insider trading policy prohibits our directors, officers and employees from trading in Corporation securities while in possession of material, nonpublic information. Our insider trading policy also prohibits our directors, officers and employees from disclosing material, nonpublic information of the Corporation to others, unless such disclosure is made in accordance with the Corporation’s policies regarding the protection and external disclosure of information regarding the Corporation. In addition, directors, officers and certain other designated persons of the Corporation are required to obtain approval in advance of engaging in transactions in Corporation securities and comply with additional trading restrictions. This summary of our insider trading policies and procedures does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our insider trading policy, a copy of which can be found as Exhibit 19 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

<div align='center'>Corporate Governance</div>

The Corporation is committed to maintaining strong corporate governance practices that allocate rights and responsibilities among stockholders, the Board of Directors and management, in a manner that benefits the long-term interests of the Corporation’s stockholders. Accordingly, the Corporation’s corporate governance practices are designed not just to satisfy regulatory requirements, but to provide for effective oversight and management of the Corporation.

In conjunction with these requirements, the Corporation previously adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics which it reviews and approves annually. It most recently reviewed and approved the policy at its regular meeting