Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-030716
Chunk: 41

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 41
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of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, Northwest and its directors, executive officers and affiliates beneficially owned no Penns Woods common stock.

Your vote is important. Beneficial owners who hold Penns Woods common stock in “street name” through a broker must instruct their
broker how to vote their shares of Penns Woods common stock on the adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement. Without specific instructions from the beneficial owners, brokers are prohibited from voting such shares. If you fail to return
your proxy card or properly-authenticated internet or telephone voting instructions prior to the deadline for doing so or vote virtually at the special meeting or if you mark “ABSTAIN” on your proxy card or ballot at the special
meeting, or if your shares of Penns Woods common stock are held in “street name” and you fail to instruct your broker how to vote, it will have no effect on the proposals.

A quorum, shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast on a matter, must be
present virtually or by proxy, to take action on that matter at the Penns Woods Special Meeting. A properly executed proxy card marked “ABSTAIN” or voting instructions via the internet or by telephone instructing abstention will be
counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present.

The Penns Woods board of directors does not expect any matter other than
the adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement, the approval of the specified compensation and, if necessary, the approval of the adjournment of the special meeting to solicit additional proxies, to be brought before the Penns Woods Special
Meeting.

Attendance at the Special Meeting

The Penns Woods special meeting may be accessed via the Penns Woods special meeting website. Shareholders of record and beneficial owners may
participate in the meeting, including by asking questions or voting; however, the process for each is different, as described below. For clarity, guests may attend but will not be able to ask questions or otherwise participate in the Penns Woods
special meeting.

As a shareholder of record, you will be able to attend the Penns Woods special meeting online, ask questions and vote by
visiting the Penns Woods special meeting website and following the instructions on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.

If you are a beneficial owner and hold your shares through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, and wish to vote your shares during the
Penn