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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
 
ý                              ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017
 
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 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, 2017 and 2016 and Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2017 for the Northwest 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 BANK 401(k) PLAN
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
June 25, 2018
 
By:
/s/ Julia W. McTavish
 
 
 
 
Julia W. McTavish
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, Plan Administrator