Results of Operations and Financial Condition On July 27, 2026, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. ("the Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (the "Press Release"). The Press Release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1. The Company also made available its second quarter 2026 supplemental earnings presentation on the "Investor Relations" section of its website. The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1 referenced…

Lou Torchio: Compensatory arrangement and restricted stock unit grant to the CEO.

The filing is about the approval of equity incentive and discounted stock purchase plans, not a management change.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On April 27, 2026, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. ("the Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 (the "Press Release"). The Press Release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1. The Company also made available its first quarter 2026 supplemental earnings presentation on the "Investor Relations" section of its website. The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1 reference…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On January 26, 2026, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and twelve month period ended December 31, 2025 (the "Press Release"). The Press Release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1. The Company also made available its fourth quarter 2025 supplemental earnings presentation on the "Investor Relations" section of its website. The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On October 27, 2025, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. ("the Company"issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 (the "Press Release"). The Press Release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1. The Company also made available its third quarter 2025 supplemental earnings presentation on the "Investor Relations" section of its website. The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1 refer…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On July 29, 2025, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 (the "Press Release"), and posted on its website its second quarter 2025 supplemental earnings release presentation (the "Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation"). The Press Release and Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation are being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively. The informati…

Other Events On July 28, 2025, Northwest announced that it completed its acquisition of Penns Woods as of July 25, 2025. Northwest and Penns Woods first announced that they had entered into an agreement to merge on December 17, 2024. A copy of the press release announcing the event is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets On July 25, 2025, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. a Maryland corporation (“Northwest”), completed its previously announced merger with Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Penns Woods”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated December 16, 2024. At the effective time of the merger (the “Effective Time”), Penns Woods merged with and into Northwest (the “Holding Company Merger”), with Northwest…

Director — Richard Grafmyre: The filing discloses the appointment of a former CEO of a merged entity to the board of directors, which is a routine succession event following a merger rather than a departure of a current executive.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On April 28, 2025, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (the "Press Release"), and posted on its website its first quarter 2025 supplemental earnings release presentation (the "Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation"). The Press Release and Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation are being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively. The informat…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On January 24, 2025, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and nine month period ended December 31, 2024 (the "Press Release"), and posted on its website its third quarter 2024 supplemental earnings release presentation (the "Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation"). The Press Release and Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation are being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, r…

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement On December 16, 2024, Northwest Bancshares, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Northwest”) and Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Penns Woods”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides for a business combination whereby Penns Woods will merge with and into Northwest (the “Merger”), with Northwest as the surviving corporation in the merger. Immediately after the effective ti…

Other Events On December 17, 2024 Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (“Northwest”) announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 16, 2024 (“Merger Agreement”) with Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (“Penns Woods”). The Merger Agreement calls for Penns Woods to merge with and into Northwest, and for Penns Woods’ wholly-owned subsidiary banks, Luzerne Bank and Jersey Shore State Bank, to merge with and into Northwest’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Northwest Bank, with Northwest…

CEO — Louis Torchio: The filing discloses amendments to employment agreements and a new equity grant to the sitting CEO, which are compensation matters rather than a change in management personnel.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On October 29, 2024, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and nine month period ended September 30, 2024 (the "Press Release"), and posted on its website its third quarter 2024 supplemental earnings release presentation (the "Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation"). The Press Release and Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation are being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2,…

Chief Accounting Officer — Joseph Canfield: The filing discloses the appointment of an external candidate as Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, replacing an internal officer who remains in a different role.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On July 23, 2024, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and six month period ended June 30, 2024 (the "Press Release"), and posted on its website its second quarter 2024 supplemental earnings release presentation (the "Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation"). The Press Release and Supplemental Earnings Release Presentation are being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respecti…

Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Consumer Banking Officer — John J. Golding: The filing discloses the departure of a Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banking Officer, which is a genuine loss of a senior executive, but the role is not the CEO or CFO, and the departure appears to be a standard contractual exit rather than a sudden crisis.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On April 22, 2024, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. issued an earnings release for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. A copy of the release is included as exhibit 99.1 to this report and is being furnished to the SEC and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose.