Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-049104
Chunk: 27

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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) a person against whom a banking agency has, within the past ten years, issued a cease and desist order for conduct involving dishonesty or breach of trust that order is final and not subject to appeal; or (3) a person who has been found either by a regulatory agency whose decision is final and not subject to appeal or by a court to have (i) breached a fiduciary duty involving personal profit or (ii) committed a willful violation of any law, rule or regulation governing banking, securities, commodities or insurance, or any final cease and desist order issued by a banking, securities, commodities or insurance regulatory agency. |

A director nomination submitted by a shareholder for presentation by the shareholder at an Annual Meeting of Shareholders must comply with the procedural and informational requirements described in our Bylaws. Please see “Advance Notice of Business or Director Nominations To Be Presented at an Annual Meeting” below for more information on nominating directors. Shareholder Communications with the Board.A shareholder of the Company who wants to communicate with the Board of Directors or with any individual director can write to: Board of Directors, Northwest Bancshares, Inc., 3 Easton Oval, Suite 500, Columbus, Ohio 43219, Attention: Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary. The letter should indicate that the author is a shareholder of the Company and, if shares are not held of record, should include appropriate evidence of stock ownership. Depending on the subject matter, the Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary will:

| • |     | forward the communication to the director or directors to whom it is addressed; or |

| • |     | attempt to handle the inquiry directly, or forward the communication for response by another employee of the Company. For example, a request for information about us on a stock-related matter may be forwarded to our Shareholder Relations Officer; or |

| • |     | not forward the communication if it is primarily commercial in nature or relates to an improper or irrelevant topic. |

The Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary will prepare a general summary of those communications that were not forwarded and provide a summary of activity to the Board of Directors each quarter. Attendance at Annual Meetings of Shareholders Although we do not have a formal written policy regarding director attendance at Annual Meetings of Shareholders, it is expected that directors will attend these meetings in person or virtually, absent unavoidable scheduling conflicts. All of our then-current directors attended our prior year’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Policy Regarding Majority Voting The Board of Directors has adopted a majority voting policy (“Policy”), which