Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001471265-25-000005
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Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 2.02
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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On January 24, 2025, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and nine month period ended December 31, 2024 (the "Press Release"), and posted on its website its third quarter 2024 supplemental earnings release presentation (the "Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation"). The Press Release and Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation are being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively.

The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 referenced therein, is being furnished to the SEC and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose.

Important Additional Information about the Merger

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (“ Northwest”). Northwest will file a registration statement on Form S-4 and other documents regarding the proposed merger with Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (“ Penns Woods”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC”). The registration statement will include a proxy statement/prospectus which will be sent to the shareholders of Penns Woods in advance of its special meetings of shareholders to be held to consider the proposed merger. Investors and security holders are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and any other relevant documents to be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction because they contain important information about Northwest, Penns Woods and the proposed merger.

Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of these documents (when available) through the website maintained by the SEC at www. sec. gov. These documents may also be obtained, free of charge, on Northwest’s website at https://investorrelations. northwest. bank under the tab “ SEC Filings” or by contacting Northwest’s Investor Relations Department at: Northwest Bancshares, Inc., 3 Easton Oval Street Suite 500, Columbus, Ohio 43219, Attn: Investor Relations.

Northwest, Penns Woods, and certain of their directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Penns Woods in connection with the proposed merger. Information regarding the interests of those participants and other persons who may be deemed participants in the transaction may be obtained by reading the proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed merger when it becomes available. Additional information about the directors and executive officers of Northwest is set