Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company of Northwest Bank (the Bank). Northwest Bank is a Pennsylvania-chartered savings bank. The Bank is a community-oriented financial institution offering personal and business banking solutions, investment management and trust services. The Banks principal lending activities are the origination of loans secured by first mortgages on owner-occupied, one-to-four-family residences, shorter term consumer loans, and commercial business and commercial real estate loans. Its principal sources of funds for lending activities include deposits, borrowings, repayments on loans, cash flows from investment and mortgage-backed securities and income provided from operations. It offers other consumer loans, such as direct and indirect automobile loans, sales finance loans, credit card loans, and others. The Bank has approximately 142 community-banking locations throughout its market area in Pennsylvania, western New York, eastern Ohio, and Indiana.