Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000801337-25-000004
Chunk: 37

Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 37
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 equity interest in Ametros. The consideration transferred reflects the purchase price for the remaining 99.4% of the business. Upon acquisition, the Company recognized a $1.5 million gain in Other income on the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Income, which represents the difference between the cost basis and estimated acquisition-date fair value of the Company’s pre-existing equity interest in Ametros.The Company’s valuations of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Ametros acquisition were considered final as of December 31, 2024. There were no adjustments to fair value estimates recognized during the measurement period. The $228.2 million of goodwill represents future economic benefits arising from acquiring Ametros, primarily due to its strong market position and its assembled workforce, and is not deductible for tax purposes. Information regarding the allocation of goodwill to the Company’s reportable segments can be found within Note 21: Segment Reporting.The Company incurred $3.1 million of professional and outside services expenses related to the acquisition of Ametros during the first quarter of 2024. The revenue and earnings related to the Ametros business since the acquisition date are included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2024, and were not material.

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The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used to estimate the fair values of the significant assets acquired and liabilities assumed:Other intangible assets. The Company identified and recognized a $182.8 million core deposit intangible asset and a $6.1 million trade name intangible asset. A core deposit intangible asset represents the value of relationships with deposit customers. The fair value of the core deposit intangible asset was estimated using a net cost savings method, a form of discounted cash flow methodology, which gave appropriate consideration to expected client attrition rates and other applicable adjustments to the projected deposit balance, the interest cost and net maintenance cost associated with the client deposit base, an alternative cost of funds, and a discount rate that was used to discount the future economic benefits of the core deposit intangible asset to present value. The core deposit intangible asset is being amortized on an accelerated basis over an estimated useful life of 25 years, which is the period over which the estimated economic benefits are estimated to be received. The fair value of the trade name intangible asset for the Ametros brand was estimated using a relief-from-royalty methodology, which models the cost savings from owning the brand rather than licensing it from a third party. The trade name intangible