Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-049104
Chunk: 3

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 3
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| IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PROXY AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING |     | 45 |
| HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY STATEMENTS AND ANNUAL REPORTS                                         |     | 45 |

<div align='center'>**Proxy Statement

NORTHWEST BANCSHARES, INC.

3 Easton Oval, Suite 500

Columbus, Ohio 43219

(800) 859-1000

2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

April 17, 2025**</div>

This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) to be used at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the “Annual Meeting”), which will be held virtually on April 17, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, and all postponements and adjournments of the Annual Meeting. The accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and this Proxy Statement are first being mailed to shareholders on or about March 7, 2025. You will be able to access the Annual Meeting, vote and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NWBI2025.

<div align='center'>**VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF**</div>

Holders of record of our shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “common stock”), as of the close of business on February 18, 2025 are entitled to one vote for each share then held. As of February 18, 2025, there were 127,514,858 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The presence in person or by proxy of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote is necessary to constitute a quorum at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of determining that a quorum is present.

As to the election of directors, the Proxy Card being provided by the Board of Directors (also referred to herein as the “Board”) enables a shareholder to authorize a proxy to vote “FOR” all nominees proposed by the Board, to withhold authority for all nominees or to vote for all except one or more of the nominees being proposed. Directors are elected by a plurality of votes cast, without regard