Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-030716
Chunk: 153

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 153
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 of the Code, (B) a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, (C) a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the
Code, or (D) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA. No Compensation and Benefit Plan listed in Section 5.01(l) of the PWOD Disclosure Schedule has failed to satisfy the
minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Sections 412, 418(b) or 430 of the Code, and none of the assets of PWOD or any ERISA Affiliate is, or may reasonably be expected to become, the subject of any lien arising under
Section 303 of ERISA or Sections 430 or 436 of the Code. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has not instituted, and is not expected to institute, any proceedings to terminate any Compensation and Benefit Plan. No liability under
Title IV of ERISA has been, or is expected to be, incurred by PWOD, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate. No notice of a “reportable event,” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, has been required to be filed for
any Compensation and Benefit Plan. To the Knowledge of PWOD, there is no pending investigation or enforcement action by the U.S. Department of Labor, the IRS or any other Governmental Authority with respect to any Compensation and Benefit Plan.
There does not exist, nor do any circumstances exist that could result in, any Controlled Group Liability of PWOD or any of its Subsidiaries now or following the Closing.

(iv) All contributions required to be made under the terms of any Compensation and Benefit Plan or any employee benefit
arrangements under any collective bargaining agreement to which PWOD or any of its Subsidiaries was or is a party have been timely made or have been reflected on financial statements in PWOD’s SEC Reports.

(v) Neither PWOD nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations to provide
post-employment health or life insurance or other post-employment death benefits under any Compensation and Benefit Plan, other than benefits mandated by COBRA or
similar state law, and each such Compensation and Benefit Plan may be amended or terminated without incurring liability thereunder. There has been no communication to

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Employees by PWOD or its Subsidiaries