Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000801337-25-000015
Chunk: 2

Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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-on-Pay- To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers (“NEOs”) of Webster                                                                     |
| Proposal 3. |     | Auditor Ratification- To vote, on a non-binding basis, to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Webster for the year ending December 31, 2025 |

The Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only, via the Internet, with no physical in-person meeting. If you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, please see “Attending the Annual Meeting” on page 1 . Stockholders will be able to attend, vote and submit questions from any location via the Internet. Stockholders who attend the Annual Meeting by following the instructions in this Proxy Statement will be considered to be attending the meeting “in person.”

| VOTING OPTIONS |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |     |       |     |      |
|                |     | IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE PROMPTLY. THEREFORE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE VOTE YOUR COMMON SHARES VIA:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |       |     |      |
|                |     | Online                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     | Phone |     | Mail |
|                |     | Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on May 21, 2025: The Proxy Statement, along with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and our 2024 Annual Report, are available free of charge on the Investor Relations section of our website at https://investors.websterbank.com. |     |       |     |      |

Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to read the accompanying Proxy Statement, which provides information regarding Webster and the matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, and our 2024 Annual Report, which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you may vote your shares via the Internet at the website printed on your proxy card, by dialing the toll-free telephone number printed on your proxy card, or you may complete, date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed postage-paid envelope