Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-033488
Chunk: 40

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 424B3
Chunk 40
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, you must register in advance to attend the Penns Woods special meeting virtually on the internet. To register you must first obtain a legal proxy from your bank, broker or other nominee, and submit proof of your legal
proxy to our transfer agent, Computershare, along with your name and email address and the number of shares of our common stock you held as of February 19, 2025, the record date. Requests for registration should be directed to Computershare by
forwarding an email with proof of your legal proxy to legalproxy@computershare.com, or by mail to Computershare, Penns Woods Legal Proxy, P.O. Box 43001, Providence, RI 02940-3001. Requests for registration must be labeled as “Legal Proxy”
and be received by Computershare no later than 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on April 21, 2025. You will receive a confirmation of your registration by email after Computershare receives your registration materials.

Regardless of your choice, all beneficial owners are encouraged to visit the Penns Woods special meeting website in advance of the Penns Woods
special meeting for more information on the available options and registration instructions. The online meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. We encourage you to access the meeting prior to the start time, leaving ample
time for the check in.

If you experience technical difficulties, you can use the technical resources available on the virtual meeting
website at https://meetnow.global/MVDHGFG.

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Solicitation and Revocation of Proxies A proxy card accompanies each copy of this proxy statement/prospectus mailed to Penns Woods shareholders. Your proxy is being solicited by the board of directors of Penns Woods. Whether or not you attend the special meeting, the Penns Woods board of directors urges you to promptly submit your proxy by telephone, over the internet, or by mail by returning your properly executed proxy card as soon as possible. If you timely submit your properly executed proxy card prior to the Penns Woods Special Meeting or timely submit your voting instructions via the internet or by telephone and do not revoke it prior to its use, the Penns Woods common stock represented by that proxy card will be voted at the special meeting or, if appropriate, at any adjournment of the special meeting. Penns Woods’ common stock will be voted as specified on the proxy card or pursuant to your voting instructions via the internet or by telephone