Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-012768
Chunk: 116

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: S-4
Chunk 116
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; except, with respect to subclauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (G), to the extent that the effects of the change are
disproportionately adverse to the business, properties, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies in the industry in which the party and its
Subsidiaries operate).

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” collectively refers to the Parent Merger and the Subsidiary Bank Mergers, as set forth in
and .

“” has the meaning set forth in
.

“” means the Maryland General Corporation Law.

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“” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

“” means the Articles of Incorporation of NWBI, as amended.

“” means the Board of Directors of NWBI.

“” means the amended and restated bylaws of NWBI.

“” means shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, of NWBI.

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“” has the meaning set forth in
.

“” has the meaning set forth in
.

“” means the Northwest Bancshares, Inc. 2022 Equity
Incentive Plan.

“” shall mean the volume average weighted closing sale price of a NWBI Common Share on
NASDAQ during the 20 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of this Agreement.

“”
means, as of any specified date, the average of the volume weighted daily closing sales prices of a share of NWBI Common Stock as reported on NASDAQ for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding such specified date.

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” has the meaning set forth in .

“” means the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, Title 15 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, as amended,
the Pennsylvania Associations Code, as amended, and the Pennsylvania Entity Transaction Law, 15 Pa. C.S. §3.11 et seq., as amended.

“” means the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities.

“” means the Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Corporations and