Northwest Bancshares, Inc. · NASDAQ:NWBI

Northwest Bancshares — IPO Roadshow (November 2009)

43 slides from Northwest Bancshares's IPO roadshow presentation, Nov 30, 2009

  1. Slide 1: Second Step Conversion and Offering December 2009

    Second Step Conversion and Offering December 2009 Investment Opportunity in a Premier Banking Franchise N O R T H W E S T

  2. Slide 2: Informational purposes notice

    This presentation is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of common stock of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. The offer is made only by the prospectus, as supplemented. Please refer to the prospectus dated November 9, 2009. T

  3. Slide 3: Forward-Looking Statements

    Forward-Looking Statements 3 This presentation contains forward-looking statements, which can be identified by the use of words such as "estimate," "project," "believe," "intend," "anticipate," "plan," "seek," "expect" and words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements include, but are n

  4. Slide 4: Offering Summary

    Offering Summary 4 Issuer: Northwest Bancshares, Inc. Listing/Ticker: Nasdaq Global Select Market / "NWBI" Price Per Share: $10.00 Shares Offered: 53,975,000 - 73,025,000(1) Gross Proceeds: $539.8 Million - $730.3 Million(1) Subscription & Community Offering Results Yet to be announced Pro Forma Mar

  5. Slide 5: Second Step Conversion

    Second Step Conversion 5 Current Structure Northwest Bancorp, MHC (own 63%) Public Stockholders (own 37%) Northwest Bancorp, Inc (own 100%) Northwest Savings Bank Northwest Bancorp, Inc. Profile IPO in 1994 Results for NWSB shareholders* 404.4% increase from IPO Price $6.065 total dividends returned

  6. Slide 6: Reasons for the Conversion - Why Now?

    Reasons for the Conversion - Why Now? 6 Leveraged existing capital to 6.7% tangible common equity Substantial acquisition opportunities in our markets Greater ability to do stock for stock acquisitions Continued denovo and organic growth are expected Create more liquidity in our common stock

  7. Slide 7: Key Investment Merits

    Key Investment Merits 7 Experienced and disciplined acquiror Experienced and cohesive management team Conservative loan underwriting Represents a premier banking franchise at an attractive price

  8. Slide 8: Corporate Overview

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  9. Slide 9: Corporate Profile and Overview

    Corporate Profile and Overview 9 History Founded in 1896 Reorganized in 1994 from the mutual structure into the mutual holding company structure $1.4B in assets with 41 offices Now Holding Company is regulated by the OTS, Bank is regulated by the FDIC and PA Department of Banking 171 retail banking

  10. Slide 10: Northwest Savings Bank and Northwest Consumer Discount Company locations

    © Corporate Headquarters Hi Northwest Savings Bank and Northwest Consumer Discount Company Ii Northwest Savings Bank I Northwest Consumer Discount Company

  11. Slide 11: Market Area Overview

    Market Area Overview 11 Pennsylvania and Western New York Market Area Retail footprint - full banking facilities in 30 counties in Pennsylvania and four counties in western New York; consumer finance offices in an additional 11 counties in Pennsylvania where we do not have full-service banking facil

  12. Slide 12: Experienced Management & Board of Directors

    Experienced Management & Board of Directors 12 Executive officers average 27 years of banking experience. Average tenure for executive officers at Northwest is approximately 19 years. Stable and experienced Board of Directors; 8 out of 9 Independent Directors As of November 9, 2009 per the Prospectu

  13. Slide 13: Asset Growth, Leveraging and Diversification Strategy

    Asset Growth 13 Leveraging Strategy Diversification & Profitability Strategy Northwest has demonstrated the ability to both safely leverage its capital and change its strategic direction when necessary.

  14. Slide 14: Growth of Our Franchise Since IPO

    Growth of Our Franchise Since IPO 14 About 50% of our balance sheet growth was organic, the other 50% was accomplished through mergers and acquisitions. Organic Growth 55 De Novo Branch Openings 23 Northwest Consumer Discount offices Merger and Acquisition activity: Branch Purchases - 10 acquisition

  15. Slide 15: Stock Performance and Per Share Information

    Stock Performance and Per Share Information

  16. Slide 16: Price Performance Since IPO

    Price Performance Since IPO (11/4/94) 16 Source: SNL Financial As of November 23, 2009 Since its IPO in 1994, Northwest has significantly outperformed the Nasdaq Bank Index and the S&P 500 Index.

  17. Slide 17: Book Value Per Share

    Book Value Per Share 17 Increased 348% CAGR 9.14%

  18. Slide 18: Annual Dividends Paid Per Share

    Annual Dividends Paid Per Share 18 *Data for 9/30/09 is annualized. In early years, dividend payments were controlled as Northwest was focused on retaining capital and growing its franchise. In recent years, as acquisitions became expensive, Northwest steadily increased its dividends and provided a

  19. Slide 19: Historical Operating Performance

    Historical Operating Performance

  20. Slide 20: Interest Rate Spread

    Interest Rate Spread 20 While organic and acquisition growth successfully leveraged Northwest's capital, net interest spread was relatively flat and below peer averages. Changes in loan and deposit mix were needed to improve profitability ratios.

  21. Slide 21: Composition of Loan Portfolio

    Composition of Loan Portfolio 21 December 2005 September 2009

  22. Slide 22: Commercial Loans

    Commercial Loans 22 Northwest recognized that the expansion of its commercial lending business could improve interest spread by providing both higher yielding loans and additional low-cost deposits.

  23. Slide 23: Composition of Deposits

    Composition of Deposits 23 December 2005 September 2009

  24. Slide 24: Profitability Trends

    Profitability Trends 24 Net Interest Margin Non-Interest Income / Average Assets Non-Interest Expense / Average Assets ROAA Peer group includes banks and thrifts with market capitalizations between $750 million and $5 billion in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Ohio regions.

  25. Slide 25: Asset Quality

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  26. Slide 26: Reserve & Charge-Offs History

    Reserve & Charge-Offs History 26 *Data for 2009 is for the 9 months annualized. NCOs / Average Loans Northwest's actual losses have historically been much lower than its peer group. Conservative underwriting and a commitment to working with our borrowers, have kept our losses at low levels during th

  27. Slide 27: Asset Quality

    Asset Quality 27 See Appendix for Peers; Peer data based on SNL Financial as November 23, 2009

  28. Slide 28: Average Mortgage Loan Balance and LTV

    Average Mortgage Loan Balance and LTV 28 Northwest's average mortgage balance is extremely low which enables borrowers to continue making their payments during times of economic challenge. Conservative underwriting has ensured that Northwest's mortgage customers have a significant equity position in

  29. Slide 29: Loan Breakdown By State

    Loan Breakdown By State 29 Dollars in thousands. Loans by State (based on borrowers' residence) at September 30, 2009 90% of our loans are located in our core market of Pennsylvania and New York.

  30. Slide 30: Commercial Loans - Top Industry Concentrations

    Commercial Loans - Top 10 by Industry Concentrations 30 Commercial loans include commercial real estate and commercial business loans.

  31. Slide 31: Investment Securities Portfolio

    Investment Securities Portfolio 31 High quality portfolio with 95% backed by U.S. government, G.S.E., or municipalities Only $7.2 million, or 0.6%, of level III investments

  32. Slide 32: Second Step Offering Information

    Second Step Offering Information

  33. Slide 33: Pro Forma Overview

    Pro Forma Overview 3s Proceeds of Stock Offer Northwest Bancorp, Inc Bat 155,975,000 63,500,000 Shares (Oolas in Thousands, excep per share amounts) $539,750 $635, 73,025,000" IMarket Vaio of Shares issued to cau Frit 9.795 41,700 13.605 IMarket Value of Shares Issued inthe Exchan 317272 __373.262 _

  34. Slide 34: Attractive Valuation

    Attractive Valuation 34 Northwest Bancshares, Inc. * Peer Group (1) Median Price / Book Value 84.0% 92.3% Price / Tang. Book Value 98.3% 156.1% Price / LTM Core Earnings 18.1x** 21.0x Market Capitalization ($M) $1,020.0 $1,400.1 Dividend Yield 4.20% 3.45% * Data is pro forma based on the midpoint of

  35. Slide 35: Use of Proceeds

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  36. Slide 36: Use of Proceeds

    Use of Proceeds 36 We estimate that we will have net proceeds ranging from $515.5 million at the minimum to $699.1 million at the maximum of the offering range. We plan to use the net proceeds to: finance the acquisition of financial institutions, branch acquisitions or other financial services comp

  37. Slide 37: Disciplined Acquisition Strategy

    Disciplined Acquisition Strategy 37 Opportunity in our market areas: In PA, NY, OH and MD - approximately 170 public and private banks and thrifts with assets between $400 million and $6.5 billion On a selective basis, we would consider: whole bank acquisitions FDIC assisted transactions branch dive

  38. Slide 38: Disciplined Acquisition Strategy

    Disciplined Acquisition Strategy 38 Acquisition criteria Strategic first preference is for acquisitions within our current markets secondarily, we prefer acquisitions in contiguous or near contiguous market areas prefer banks that add complementary products and services, diversified deposit mixes an

  39. Slide 39: Investment Opportunity

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  40. Slide 40: Investment Opportunity in Northwest

    Investment Opportunity in Northwest 40 Things we plan to do: Continuing our evolution of becoming more bank-like Continue our disciplined acquisition strategy in our current or adjacent markets Focus on self-originated small business and commercial credits vs. residential loans Dividends and stock b

  41. Slide 41: Forbes names Northwest as one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies

    Forbes names Northwest as one of America's 100 Most Trustworthy Companies The annual survey utilizes a proprietary process to evaluate financial reporting, transparency, fiscal policies, management behaviors, corporate governance, and risk factors. The result is a list of companies that "have consis

  42. Slide 42: Appendix

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  43. Slide 43: Peer Group Composition

    Peer Group Composition 43 Peer group includes banks and thrifts with market capitalizations between $750 million and $5 billion in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Ohio regions. Peer group members: KeyCorp (Bank) New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (Thrift) Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Bank) Firs

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