Company: WSBC
Filing Date: 2025-09-11
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-201360
Chunk: 99

Company: WESBANCO INC
Filing Date: 2025-09-11
Form: 424B5
Chunk 99
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, Conversion, Exchange and Redemption Rights.Shares of our common stock presently outstanding are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The holders of our common stock do not have subscription, conversion or exchange rights, and there are no mandatory redemption provisions applicable to our common stock. Preemptive Rights.No holder of any share of our capital stock has any preemptive right to subscribe to an additional issue of capital stock or to any security convertible into such stock. Voting Rights.All voting rights are currently vested in the holders of our common stock. On all matters subject to a vote of shareholders, our shareholders will be entitled to one vote for each share of common stock owned. Our shareholders have cumulative voting rights with regard to the election of directors. Dividend Rights.Holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends payable in cash, property or shares of our capital stock, when, as and if declared by our Board of Directors. The payment of dividends is also subject to the restrictions set forth in the WVBCA and the limitations imposed by the Federal Reserve Board. 16

Anti-Takeover Provisions.Provisions of our Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws may have anti-takeover effects. These provisions may discourage attempts by others to acquire control of Wesbanco without negotiation with our Board of Directors. The effect of these provisions is discussed briefly below.

| • |     | Authorized Stock. The shares of our common stock authorized by our Restated Articles of Incorporation but                                                                                                                                                 
 not issued and outstanding provide our Board with the flexibility to effect financings, acquisitions, stock dividends, stock splits and stock-based grants generally without the need for a shareholder vote. Our Board of Directors, consistent with its 
 fiduciary duties, could also authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock, and could establish voting, conversion, liquidation and other rights for Preferred Stock being issued, in an effort to deter attempts to gain control of Wesbanco.      |

| • |     | Classification of Board of Directors. Our Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws currently provide                                                                                                                                                
 that the Board of Directors is divided into three classes, as nearly equal in size as possible, with one class elected each year to serve for a term of three years. This classification of the Board of Directors may discourage a takeover of Wesbanco 
 because a shareholder with a majority ownership interest of our common stock would generally have to wait for at least two consecutive annual meetings of shareholders to elect a majority of the members of our Board of Directors