Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000801337-25-000015
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Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

For additional information, please see the other reports we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), including discussions under the “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” sections of Webster’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC and available at the website at www.sec.gov.

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| PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY |

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this Proxy Statement. This summary does not contain all the information that you should consider, and you should read this entire Proxy Statement carefully before you vote your shares.

Agenda and Recommendations

|          |     | Proposal              |     | Board Recommendation |
| Proposal 
 1        |     | Election of Directors |     | ✓FOReach nominee     
 Seepage8             |
| Proposal 
 2        |     | Say-on-Pay            |     | ✓FOR                 
 Seepage 53           |
| Proposal 
 3        |     | Auditor Ratification  |     | ✓FOR                 
 Seepage54            |

Attending the Annual Meeting

Our Annual Meeting this year will be held entirely online via live webcast. You may log into and attend the virtual Annual Meeting beginning at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time on May 21, 2025. The Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

If you are a registered stockholder or beneficial owner of common stock holding shares at the close of business on the record date, you may attend the Annual Meeting by going to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WBS2025 and logging in by entering your name, a valid email address and the 16-digit control number found on your proxy card, Notice of Internet Availability, or voting instruction form, as applicable. Attendance at the Annual Meeting is subject to capacity limits set by the virtual meeting platform provider. To submit questions in advance of the Annual Meeting, visit www.proxyvote.com before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 20, 2025 and enter your 16-digit control number.

For additional information on voting, attendance and submitting questions for the Annual Meeting, please see the sections titled “How do I attend the virtual Annual Meeting?”, “Will I be able to participate in the virtual Annual Meeting on the same basis I would be able to participate in a live annual meeting?” and