Northwest Bancshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Bancshares, Inc. ("Northwest") (NASDAQ: NWBI), the bank holding company for Northwest Bank, and Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. ("Penns Woods") (NASDAQ: PWOD), the multi-bank holding company of Jersey Shore State Bank and Luzerne Bank, announced that, effective as of July 25, 2025, the previously announced merger of Penns Woods with and into Northwest has been completed, along with the merger of Penns Woods' wholly-owned subsidiary banks, Jersey Shore State Bank and Luzerne Bank, each with and into Northwest Bank, a Pennsylvania-chartered savings bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Northwest, with Northwest Bank as the surviving bank.

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