---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001471265-23-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWBI"
cik: "0001471265"
company_name: "Northwest Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T02:23:57.904776+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Sonia M. Probst to retire from Northwest Bancshares board after April 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Sonia M. Probst notified boards of Northwest Bancshares and Northwest Bank of her retirement on February 21, 2023.
- Retirement effective following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 19, 2023.
- Ms. Probst served on the boards since 2010; retirement is a personal decision to spend more time with family.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001471265-23-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWBI
- cik: 0001471265
- company_name: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126523000011/0001471265-23-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126523000011/nwbi-20230221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-23-000011
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-23-000011.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001471265-23-000011.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sonia M. Probst retired as Director at Northwest Bancshares, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 21, 2023, Sonia M. Probst, Director of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Northwest Bank, notified the Board of Directors of each entity of her retirement from the Boards.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126523000011/0001471265-23-000011-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.