Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000801337-25-000015
Chunk: 34

Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 34
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 applicable Committee, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer or the Board as a whole, as appropriate.

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| WebsterFinancial Corporation |     | BOARD MEETINGS, COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD AND RELATED MATTERS |

Procedure for Directly Contacting the Board

Any stockholder or other interested party may directly contact the Board (including the Board’s non-management or independent directors as a group) by writing addressed to:

Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors

Webster Financial Corporation

200 Elm Street, Stamford, CT 06902

The Lead Independent Director of the Board will send all appropriate communications to the full Board.

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| WebsterFinancial Corporation |     | BOARD MEETINGS, COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD AND RELATED MATTERS |

Non-Employee Director Compensation and Stock Ownership Guidelines

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

The following table summarizes the compensation paid to Webster’s non-employee directors during 2024. In 2024, Mr. Ciulla, as an employee director of Webster did not receive any additional compensation for serving as a director or Committee member of Webster or its subsidiaries. Webster does not issue option awards, and no non-employee directors have any option awards outstanding. Except as described below, no other compensation was paid to any such director.

|                       |     | Director Compensation for Service During 2024 |     |              |     |                    |     |          |
| Name                  |     |                                          Fees 
                                  (Cash)($)(1) |     |        Stock 
 Awards($)(2) |     |          All Other 
 Compensation($)(3) |     | Total($) |
| William L. Atwell     |     |                                       119,583 |     |      113,804 |     |              4,154 |     |  237,541 |
| John P. Cahill        |     |                                       110,625 |     |      113,804 |     |              4,154 |     |  228,583 |
| William D. Haas(4)    |     |                                        58,750 |     |       98,079 |     |              2,458 |     |  159,287 |
| E. Carol Hayles       |     |                                       138,125 |     |      113,804 |     |              4,154 |     |  256,083 |
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