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10-K - FORM 10-K - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911e10vk.htm |
EX-32 - EX-32 - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911exv32.htm |
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911exv31w2.htm |
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911exv31w1.htm |
EX-10.15 - EX-10.15 - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911exv10w15.htm |
Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Northwest Bancshares, Inc.:
Northwest Bancshares, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (333-153685,
333-130172, 333-85118, 333-41984, and 333-46651) on Form S-8 of
Northwest Bancorp, Inc. (the predecessor to Northwest Bancshares, Inc.) of our
reports dated March 16, 2010, with respect to the consolidated statements of financial condition of
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related
statements of income, changes in shareholders equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2009, which reports appear in the December 31, 2009 annual report on
Form 10-K of Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
Our report dated March 16, 2010, on the consolidated statements of financial condition of Northwest
Bancshares, Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of income, changes in
shareholders equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 2009, refers to the Corporations change in its method of accounting for other-than-temporary
impairment for debt securities in 2009, due to the adoption of FASB Staff Position No. 115-2 and
124-2, Recognition and Presentation of Other-than-Temporary Impairments, which was codified as
FASB Subtopic 320-10.
/s/ KPMG
LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 16, 2010
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 16, 2010