Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NWBI) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by. My name is Bella, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Northwest Bank Shares Inc. Q1-2026 Orange Call. All lines have been pressed unmute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. I would now like to turn the conference over to Michael Perry, Northwest Seminary Director of Corporate Development Strategy and Investor Relations. You may begin. Good morning, everyone, and thank you, operator. Welcome to Northwest Bank Shares' first quarter 2026 earnings call. Joining me today are Lou Torchio, president and CEO of Northwest Bank Shares, Doug Shosser, our chief financial officer, and TK Creel, our chief credit officer. During this call, we will refer to information included in the supplemental first quarter 2026 earnings presentation, which is available on our investor relations website. If you'd like to read our forward looking and other related disclosures, you can find them on slide two. Thank you. And now I'll hand it over to Lou. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today to discuss our first quarter 2026 results. I'll let Doug take you through the specifics of our first quarter performance. But first, I want to reflect on the growing momentum and continuing transformation at Northwest. and how our achievements in the first quarter have positioned us for continued growth in 2026. On slide four, you can see some of the financial highlights of the first quarter of 2026. We delivered $51 million in net income for the first quarter, a record in the...