Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001471265-25-000071
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Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 8.01
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Item 8.01

Other Events

On April 23, 2025, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (“ Northwest”), parent company of Northwest Bank, issued a press release announcing that it has received all necessary regulatory approvals for the merger between Northwest and Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (“ Penns Woods”), with Northwest as the surviving corporation (the “ Merger”), and for the mergers between Northwest Bank and Penns Woods’ wholly owned subsidiaries, Jersey Shore State Bank and Luzerne Bank, with Northwest Bank as the surviving bank.

The Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 16, 2024, by and between Northwest and Penns Woods, was approved by Penns Woods’ shareholders on April 22, 2025.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits