AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN NORTHWEST BANCSHARES, INC. AND LNB BANCORP, INC. DECEMBER 15, 2014Merger Agreement • December 16th, 2014 • Northwest Bancshares, Inc. • National commercial banks • 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.”
