UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 11-K

 

x                ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013

 

OR

 

o                   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                                to                               

 

Commission File Number 001-34582

 

A.  Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

Northwest Savings Bank 401(k) Plan

100 Liberty Street

Warren, Pennsylvania  16365

 

B.  Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

100 Liberty Street

Warren, Pennsylvania 16365

 

 

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

The following financial statements and exhibits are filed as part of this annual report:

 

Exhibit 23                                        Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

Exhibit 99                                        Financial Statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2013 for the Northwest Savings Bank 401(k) Plan.

 

SIGNATURES

 

The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

				NORTHWEST SAVINGS BANK 401(k) PLAN
Date:	June 20, 2014		By:	/s/ Julia W. McTavish
				Julia W. McTavish
				Executive Vice President, Plan Administrator