Company: NWBI
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001471265-25-000016
Chunk: 221

Company: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1B
Chunk 221
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Document Reference to prior filing or exhibit number attached hereto2.1Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. dated December 16, 2024. *Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34582), filed with the SEC on December 20, 2024.     3.1 Articles of Incorporation. Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161805), filed with the SEC on September 9, 2009.3.2Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation. Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161805), filed with the SEC on September 9, 2009.     3.3Amended and Restated Bylaws of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. Filed herewith as Exhibit 3.3.4.1 Form of Common Stock Certificate. Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161805), filed with the SEC on September 9, 2009.    4.2Description of Registrant’s Securities.Certain instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term obligation of the Registrant (the total amount of securities authorized under each of which does not exceed ten percent of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) are omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K. We agree to furnish copies of any such instruments to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.Filed herewith as Exhibit 4.2.10.1 Amendment and Restatement of Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors Of Northwest Savings Bank and Eligible Affiliates. Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-23817), filed with the SEC on March 4, 2009.     10.2 Retirement Plan for Outside Directors of Northwest Savings Bank and Eligible Affiliates. Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-23817), filed with the SEC on March