Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-049104
Chunk: 26

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
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 procedures for the submission of recommendations for director nominees by shareholders. There have been no material changes to these procedures since they were previously disclosed in our Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.If a determination is made that an additional candidate is needed for the Board of Directors, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider candidates recommended by our shareholders. Shareholders can submit the names of qualified candidates for Director by writing to us at 3 Easton Oval, Suite 500, Columbus, Ohio 43219, Attention: Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary. The Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary must receive a submission not less than 180 days prior to the one-yearanniversary date of our proxy statement relating to the preceding year’s annual meeting of shareholders, which, for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, is no later than September 8, 2025. The submission must include the following information:

| • |     | a statement that the writer is a shareholder and is recommending a candidate for consideration by the Committee; |

| • |     | the name and address of the shareholder as they appear on our books, and number of shares of our common stock that are owned beneficially by such shareholder (if the shareholder is not a holder of record, appropriate evidence of the shareholder’s ownership will be required); |

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| • |     | the name, address and contact information for the candidate, and the number of shares of our common stock that are owned by the candidate (if the candidate is not a holder of record, appropriate evidence of the shareholder’s ownership should be provided); |

| • |     | a statement of the candidate’s business and educational experience; |

| • |     | such other information regarding the candidate as would be required to be included in the proxy statement pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation 14A; |

| • |     | a statement detailing any relationship between the candidate and any customer, supplier or competitor of the Company or its affiliates; |

| • |     | detailed information about any relationship or understanding between the proposing shareholder and the recommended candidate; |

| • |     | a statement of the candidate that the candidate is willing to be considered and willing to serve as a director if nominated and elected; and |

| • |     | a statement that the candidate is not: (1) under indictment for, or has ever been convicted of, a criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust and the penalty for such offense could be imprisonment for more than one year; (2