0001104659-14-086845 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN NORTHWEST BANCSHARES, INC. AND LNB BANCORP, INC. DECEMBER 15, 2014

Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 16th, 2014 • Northwest Bancshares, Inc. • National commercial banks • Maryland

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  December 16th, 2014
• Company
  Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
• Industry
  National commercial banks
• Jurisdiction
  Maryland

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 15, 2014, is by and between Northwest Bancshares, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Northwest Bancshares”) and LNB Bancorp, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“LNB Bancorp”). Each of Northwest Bancshares and LNB Bancorp is sometimes individually referred to herein as a “party,” and Northwest Bancshares and LNB Bancorp are collectively sometimes referred to as the “parties.”