Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-033488
Chunk: 116

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 424B3
Chunk 116
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 public health event; (E) public disclosure of the execution of this Agreement, or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any effect on a party’s relationships with its customers or employees) or
actions expressly required by this Agreement in contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (F) expenses incurred by the party and its Subsidiaries in connection with the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this
Agreement; and (G) the occurrence of any natural or man-made disaster; except, with respect to subclauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (G), to the extent that the effects of the change are
disproportionately adverse to the business, properties, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies in the industry in which the party and its
Subsidiaries operate).

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” collectively refers to the Parent Merger and the Subsidiary Bank Mergers, as set forth in
and .

“” has the meaning set forth in
.

“” means the Maryland General Corporation Law.

“” has the meaning set forth in .

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“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

“” means the Articles of Incorporation of NWBI, as amended.

“” means the Board of Directors of NWBI.

“” means the amended and restated bylaws of NWBI.

“” means shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, of NWBI.

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“” has the meaning set forth in
.

“” has the meaning set forth in
.

“” means the Northwest Bancshares, Inc. 2022 Equity
Incentive Plan.

“” shall mean the volume average weighted closing sale price of a NWBI Common Share on
NASDAQ during the 20 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of this Agreement.

“”
means, as of any specified date, the average of the volume weighted daily closing sales prices of a share of NWBI Common Stock as reported on NASDAQ for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding such specified date.

“” has the meaning