Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-033488
Chunk: 179

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 424B3
Chunk 179
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 the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, was or will be inaccurate, incomplete or incorrect in any material respect as of the date furnished or contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary to make such representation, warranty or statement not misleading to PWOD.

ARTICLE VI

Covenants

6.01. Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of PWOD and NWBI
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts in good faith to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws, so as to permit consummation of the Merger as
promptly as practicable and otherwise to enable consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall cooperate fully with the other party hereto to that end.

6.02. Shareholder Approval.

(a) PWOD shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable law and its organizational documents to duly call, give notice of,
convene and, as soon as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective, hold a meeting of its shareholders and, except as otherwise provided herein, use its reasonable best efforts to take such other actions necessary to obtain
the relevant shareholder approvals, in each case as promptly as practicable for the purpose of obtaining the Requisite PWOD Vote. PWOD shall cooperate and keep NWBI informed on a current basis regarding its solicitation efforts and voting results
following the dissemination of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the shareholders of PWOD. Each member of the PWOD Board shall have executed and delivered to NWBI a Support Agreement concurrently with the execution of this Agreement.

(b) Subject to , PWOD shall solicit, and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, the Requisite PWOD
Vote at the PWOD Meeting. Subject to , PWOD shall (i) through the PWOD Board, recommend to its shareholders adoption of this Agreement (the “”), and (ii) include
such recommendation in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. PWOD hereby acknowledges its obligation to submit this Agreement to its shareholders at the PWOD Meeting as provided in this . If requested by NWBI, PWOD
will engage a proxy solicitor, reasonably acceptable to NWBI, to assist in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders relating to the Requisite PWOD Vote.

6.03. Registration Statement; Proxy Statement/Prospectus.