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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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

#### SCHEDULE 14A
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### Webster Financial Corporation
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### NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

### AND PROXY STATEMENT
<div align='center'>Wednesday, May 21, 2025

9:00 a.m. Eastern Time

Virtual Meeting; Please visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WBS2025</div>

To the Stockholders of Webster Financial Corporation:

You are cordially invited to attend the Webster Financial Corporation (“ Webster ”) Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “ Annual Meeting ”) to be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting will be held virtually via the Internet to allow us to facilitate participation for more stockholders, regardless of their geographic location.

You will be able to participate in the virtual Annual Meeting, vote your shares electronically and submit live questions by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WBS2025 . At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to (i) elect twelve directors to serve for one-year terms; (ii) approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of Webster; (iii) vote,