Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-030716
Chunk: 5

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 5
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 Shareholders of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.: Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the shareholders of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (“Penns Woods”) will be held at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, and accessed virtually at https://meetnow.global/MVDHGFG, for the purpose of considering and voting on the following matters:

| 2. | A proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, specified compensation that may be payable to the named executive 
 officers of Penns Woods in connection with the Merger; and                                                     |

| 3. | A proposal to approve the adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in                       
 the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to adopt and approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger. |

Holders of record of Penns Woods common stock at the close of business on February 19, 2025, the record date, are entitled to notice of and to vote on each of these proposals at the special meeting and any adjournment or postponement of the special meeting. The affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast is required to adopt and approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger. A proxy statement/prospectus and proxy card for the special meeting are enclosed. A copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger is attached as Annex Ato the proxy statement/prospectus. Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of shares of Penns Woods common stock you own. Please vote as soon as possible to make sure that your shares of common stock are represented at the special meeting. If you are a holder of record, you may cast your vote virtually at the special meeting or, to ensure that your shares of Penns Woods common stock are represented at the special meeting, you may vote your shares by completing, signing and returning the enclosed proxy card or submitting your proxy by telephone or over the internet. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee (in “street name”), please follow the voting instructions provided by your broker, bank or nominee. The Penns Woods board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote (1) “FOR” the adoption and approval of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, (2) “FOR” the approval of the specified compensation, and (3) “FOR” the proposal to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary, to