Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-030716
Chunk: 151

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 151
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 and covenants required to be performed by it under the Material
Contracts. Neither PWOD nor its Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of PWOD, no other party, is in violation, breach or default of any material obligation, condition or covenant under any of the Material Contracts, and neither PWOD nor its
Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of PWOD, no other party, has received any notice that any of the Material Contracts will be terminated or will not be renewed. Neither PWOD nor any of its Subsidiaries has received from or given to any other Person
any notice of default or other violation under any of the Material Contracts, nor, to the Knowledge of PWOD, does any condition exist or has any event occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default under any of the
Material Contracts.

(k) Brokerage and Finder’s Fees. Except as set forth in
of the PWOD Disclosure Schedule, neither PWOD nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged or employed any broker, finder, or agent, or agreed to pay or incurred any brokerage fee, finder’s fee, commission or other similar form of compensation
(including any break-up or termination fee) in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(l) Employee Benefit Plans; Employee Matters.

(i) of the PWOD Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all
salary, commissions, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit-sharing, thrift, savings, employee stock ownership, stock bonus, stock purchase, restricted stock, stock option, severance, welfare and fringe benefit plans,
employment, retention, change in control, severance agreements, and all similar practices, policies and arrangements, whether written or unwritten, that are currently effective (including frozen plans) or were in effect at any time in the previous
five years, in which any employee or former employee (the “”), consultant or former consultant (the“”) or director or former director (the “”) of PWOD, any of
its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate participates, sponsors or contributes, or to which any such Employees, Consultants or Directors are a party or under which PWOD, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any present or future liability (the
“”).

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Neither PWOD nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate has any commitment to create any additional Compensation and Benefit Plan or to