Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-033488
Chunk: 183

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 424B3
Chunk 183
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) as of and for such month then ended, (ii) internal management reports showing actual financial performance against plan and previous period, and
(iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, any reports provided to the PWOD Board or any committee thereof relating to the financial performance and risk management of PWOD or any of its Subsidiaries.

6.06. Acquisition Proposal.

(a) From the date of this Agreement through the first to occur of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, except as provided
in , PWOD shall not, and shall cause any of its Subsidiaries and the officers, directors, employees, advisors and other agents of PWOD and its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly (i) solicit,
initiate, encourage, facilitate (including by way of providing information) or induce any inquiry, proposal or offer with respect to, or the making or completion of, any Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry, proposal or offer that is reasonably
likely to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person or Group any confidential or nonpublic information with respect to or in
connection with, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or
recommend, or propose to approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal or any agreement related thereto, (v) enter into any agreement contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction or Acquisition Proposal,
(vi) enter into any agreement or agreement in principle requiring, directly or indirectly, PWOD to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or breach its obligations hereunder, or (vii) propose or agree
to do any of the foregoing.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in , if PWOD or any of
its Representatives receives an unsolicited bona fide Acquisition Proposal that did not result from or arise in connection with a breach of , PWOD and its Representatives may, and permit its Subsidiaries and
its Subsidiaries’ Representatives to, take any action described in and participate in negotiations or discussions regarding the foregoing, if, and only if, the PWOD Board determines in good faith,
after consultation with PWOD’s outside legal and financial advisors, that (i) such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably capable of becoming a Superior