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10-K - FORM 10-K - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911e10vk.htm |
EX-23 - EX-23 - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911exv23.htm |
EX-32 - EX-32 - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911exv32.htm |
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911exv31w1.htm |
EX-10.15 - EX-10.15 - Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | l38911exv10w15.htm |
EXHIBIT 31.2
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14
Of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
As adopted pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
As adopted pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, William W. Harvey, Jr., certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Northwest Bancorp, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant
and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in
which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted
accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial
reporting that occurred
during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the
case of an annual report)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants
internal control over financial
reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to
record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant
role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
March 16, 2010 Date
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/s/ William
W. Harvey, Jr. |
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Executive Vice President, Finance and | ||||
Chief Financial Officer |