Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000801337-25-000015
Chunk: 6

Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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, will have no effect on the outcome of the votes for those proposals. Abstentions will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast on Proposal 3 and, therefore, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote for that proposal. Brokerage firms or other nominees have authority to vote customers’ unvoted shares held by such firms in “street name” on Proposal 3 ; however, if a broker or other nominee does not exercise this authority, such broker non-votes will have no effect on the results of this vote.

|          |     | Proposal              |     | Vote Required for Approval(1)                                                                    |     | Effect of                          
 Abstentions                        |     | Effect of                                                                 
 Broker                                                                    
 Non-Votes                                                                 |
| Proposal 
 1        |     | Election of Directors |     | “FOR” votes of the majority of the votes cast with respect to the director at the Annual Meeting |     | None; not counted as a “vote cast” |     | None; not counted as a “vote cast”                                        |
| Proposal 
 2        |     | Say-on-Pay            |     | “FOR” votes of the majority of the votes cast on the matter at the Annual Meeting                |     | None; not counted as a “vote cast” |     | None; not counted as a “vote cast”                                        |
| Proposal 
 3        |     | Auditor Ratification  |     | “FOR” votes of the majority of the votes cast on the matter at the Annual Meeting                |     | None; not counted as a “vote cast” |     | Brokers and other nominees may vote(2); Broker non-votes are not expected |

(1) Assuming the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting.

(2) If a broker or other nominee does not exercise this authority, such broker non-votes will have no effect on the results of this vote.

Solicitation

The Board is soliciting proxies for use at the Annual Meeting. We will bear the entire cost of proxy solicitation, including the costs of preparing, assembling, printing and mailing this Proxy Statement, the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, the proxy card and any additional solicitation materials furnished to our stockholders. Copies of these materials will be furnished to banks, brokers, or other nominees holding shares in their names that are beneficially owned by others so they may forward these materials to such beneficial owners. In addition, we may reimburse such persons for