Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-049104
Chunk: 85

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 85
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30 days from April 17, 2026, we will publicly announce a different submission deadline from that set forth above, in compliance with SEC rules.

<div align='center'>**OTHER MATTERS**</div>

The Board of Directors is not aware of any business to come before the Annual Meeting other than the matters described above in the Proxy Statement. However, if any matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting, it is intended that the holders of the proxies will act in accordance with their best judgment.

<div align='center'>**MISCELLANEOUS**</div>

The cost of solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Company. We will reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred by them in sending proxy materials to the beneficial owners of shares of common stock. In addition to solicitations by mail, our directors, officers and employees may solicit proxies personally, by phone or other forms of communication without additional compensation.

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Our Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2024 has been mailed or made available online to all shareholders of record as of February 18, 2025. Any shareholder who has not received a copy of such Annual Report may obtain a copy by writing us. IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PROXY AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING We have elected to utilize Securities and Exchange Commission rules that allow companies to furnish proxy materials to their shareholders on the Internet. We believe that these rules allow us to provide our shareholders with the information they need to vote at our Annual Meeting, while also lowering the costs of delivery and reducing the environmental impact of producing and distributing the related proxy materials. Since March 7, 2025, the proxy materials for the 2025 Annual Meeting (which includes the 2024 Annual Report to Shareholders) have been available at the following web site: www.proxyvote.com. Shareholders who wish to receive a printed copy of the proxy materials available on this web site may request copies in any of the following ways: (i) via the Internet, at www.proxyvote.com; (ii) by phone, at 1-800-579-1639;or (iii) by sending an e-mailto sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. Shareholders who are not eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting may find our 2024 Annual Report to Shareholders and the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement on the