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accession: "0001471265-26-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWBI"
cik: "0001471265"
company_name: "Northwest Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-24T20:05:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-24T20:07:13.885376+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NWBI grants 125,298 RSUs to CEO Torchio after plan limit increase

## Summary
- Compensation Committee approved 125,298 RSUs to CEO Lou Torchio on July 22, 2026, effective July 31, 2026.
- New Award replaces portion of $2M Original Award (Dec 2024) rescinded for exceeding prior plan limit.
- Award vests on fourth anniversary of grant date, settled in two installments; accelerated vesting upon death, disability, or certain terminations.
- Shareholders approved 2026 Equity Incentive Plan on May 20, 2026, raising individual grant limit to $5M from $1M.
- New Award includes shares that would have been granted in March 2025 and March 2026 under higher limit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001471265-26-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWBI
- cik: 0001471265
- company_name: Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-24T20:05:33+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126526000028/0001471265-26-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471265/000147126526000028/nwbi-20260722.htm

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