Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-012768
Chunk: 180

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: S-4
Chunk 180
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, at any time after the Registration Statement is filed with the SEC, and
prior to the Effective Time, any event relating to PWOD or NWBI is discovered by PWOD or NWBI, as applicable, which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Registration Statement, the discovering party shall promptly inform
the other party with all relevant information relating to such event, whereupon NWBI shall promptly cause an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement to be filed with the SEC. Upon the effectiveness of such amendment, each of PWOD and
NWBI (if prior to the meeting of the shareholders pursuant to hereof) will take all necessary action as promptly as practicable to permit an appropriate amendment or supplement to be transmitted to the
shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting. NWBI shall also use reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary state securities law or “blue sky” permits and approvals

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required to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and PWOD shall furnish all information concerning PWOD and the holders of PWOD Common Stock as may be reasonably requested
in connection with any such action. PWOD and NWBI shall each furnish the other with all information concerning each other and its directors, officers and shareholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection
with the Registration Statement.

(b) NWBI and PWOD each agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts and to cooperate with the other
party in all reasonable respects to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus for filing with the SEC and, when the Registration Statement is effective, for distribution to the PWOD shareholders.

(c) If either party becomes aware prior to the Effective Time of any information that would cause any of the statements in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus to be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or to omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not false or misleading, that party shall promptly inform the other thereof and take the
necessary steps to correct the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

6.04. Public Announcements. Neither PWOD nor NWBI shall, and
neither PWOD nor NWBI shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, issue or cause the publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect to, or otherwise make any public statement, or, except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Agreement, any disclosure of nonpublic information to a third party, concerning, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement