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EXHIBIT 10.26

NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT

NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT  (this "Agreement") by and between  Webster Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation  (the "Company"), and Karen  Higgins-Carter (the "Executive"), dated as of July  16, 2018 (the "Effective Date").

WHEREAS, in consideration of the Company providing the Executive  with change  in control  severance protection  pursuant  to the Change in Control Agreement between  the Executive and the Company  to be effective as of <Effective Date> (the "Change  in Control Agreement"), the Executive is entering into this Agreement,  which contains provisions  that obligate the Executive  to comply with certain restrictive  covenants while employed by the Company  and thereafter;  and

NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises  and mutual  covenants  contained herein  and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt  of which is mutually acknowledged, the Company and the Executive  (individually  a "Party"  and together  the "Parties") agree as follows:

I.         Covenants.

(a)        Confidential  Information.  While employed by the Company  and thereafter, the Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity  for  the benefit of the Company  all secret  or confidential  information, knowledge or data relating to the Company  or any of its affiliates  and their respective businesses,  which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive's  employment  by the Company  or any of its affiliates and which shall not be or become  public knowledge  (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the
Executive in violation of this Agreement).  After termination of the Executive's  employment  with
the Company  for  any reason,  the Executive shall not, without the prior written  consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required  by law or legal process:  (i) communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge  or data to anyone other than the Company and those
designated by it; or (ii) use to the Executive's advantage or to the detriment  of the Company  any
such information, knowledge or data. Notwithstanding any provision  of this Agreement  to the contrary,  nothing contained  herein is intended  to, or shall be interpreted  in a manner that does, limit or restrict  the Executive  from exercising  any legally protected  whistleblower rights (including pursuant  to Rule 21 F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

(b)        Non-Recruitment of Employees.  During the period of the Executive's employment with the Company and its subsidiaries  and the additional  period ending on the first anniversary of the date of termination of the Executive's  employment  for any reason  (the "Restricted Period"), the Executive  shall not, without  the prior written consent  of the Company, directly or indirectly, (i) offer employment  (or a consulting,  agency, independent contractor or other  similar paid position) to any person  who  is or was at any time during the six months prior to such offer an employee,  representative, officer or director of the Company  or any of its subsidiaries  or (ii) induce, encourage  or solicit any such person to accept employment  (or any aforesaid position) with any company or entity  with which  the Executive  is then employed  or otherwise  affiliated.  Further, during the Restricted  Period, the Executive  shall not encourage or
induce any employee,  representative, officer  or director of the Company  or any of its subsidiaries

to cease their relationship  with the Company  or any of its subsidiaries  for  any reason.  This Section  I (b) shall not apply to solicitation, recruitment, encouragement, inducement  or termination during the period of Executive's employment  with the Company and on behalf of the Company  or any of its subsidiaries.

(c)        No Solicitation of Clients or Customers.  During the Restricted  Period, the Executive  shall not, directly or indirectly,  for  the purpose  of providing services or products  that are competitive  with those provided  by the Company  and its subsidiaries solicit the business of (i) any active client or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (ii) any person  or entity who is or was at any time during the six months prior to such solicitation a client or customer  of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(d)        Remedies. The Executive  acknowledges and agrees that the terms of Section  I: (i) are reasonable  in light of all of the circumstances, (ii) are sufficiently limited to protect  the legitimate  interests  of the Company  and its subsidiaries,  (iii) impose no undue hardship  on the Executive and (iv) are not injurious  to the public. The Executive further acknowledges and
agrees  that: (A) the Executive's  breach  of the provisions  of Section I will cause the Company
irreparable harm, which likely cannot be adequately compensated  by money damages,  and (8) if the Company  elects to prevent  the Executive  from breaching such provisions by obtaining  an injunction  against  the Executive,  there is a reasonable probability of the Company's  eventual success on the merits. The Executive consents  and agrees that if the Executive commits  any such breach  or threatens to commit any breach, the Company  shall be entitled to temporary, preliminary, and/or  permanent  injunctive relief from a court of competent jurisdiction,  without posting any bond or other security  and without the necessity  of proof of actual damage,  in addition to, and not in lieu of,  such other remedies  as may be available to the Company  for such breach, including the recovery of money damages.  If any of the provisions of Section  I are determined  to be wholly or partially unenforceable, the Executive hereby  agrees that this Agreement or any provision  hereof may be reformed so that it is enforceable to the maximum extent  permitted  by law; and in the case when such provision  is not capable of being reformed, it shall be severed  and all remaining provisions  of this Agreement  shall be enforced. If any of the provisions of this Section  I are determined  to be wholly or partially unenforceable in any jurisdiction,  such determination shall not be a bar to or in any way diminish the Company's right to enforce any such covenant  in any other jurisdiction.

2.         Successors.

(a)        This Agreement  is personal  to the Executive and without the prior written  consent of the Company  shall not be assignable by the Executive other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  This Agreement shall inure  to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors  and assigns. For purposes hereof, the term "affiliate"  shall mean any entity controlled  by, controlling or under common control  with the Company.

(b)        As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor  to its business and/or assets  as aforesaid which assumes  and agrees  to perform  this Agreement by operation  of law, or otherwise.

3.         Miscellaneous.

(a)        This Agreement shall be governed  by and construed  in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut, without reference to principles  of conflict oflaws.  The Parties hereto irrevocably agree to submit  to the jurisdiction  and venue of the courts of the State of
Connecticut, in any action or proceeding brought  with respect  to or in connection  with this
Agreement.  The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force  or effect.  This Agreement  may not be amended or modified otherwise  than by a written agreement executed by the Parties hereto or their respective  successors  and legal representatives.

(b)        All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing  and shall be given by hand delivery to the other Party or by registered or certified mail, return  receipt requested,  postage prepaid, addressed  as follows:

If to the Executive:

At the most recent  address  on file for the Executive at the Company. If to the Company:
Webster  Financial Corporation
Webster Plaza
145 Bank Street
Waterbury, Connecticut  06702
Attention:  General  Counsel

or to such other  address  as either Party shall have furnished  to the other in writing in accordance herewith.  Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

(c)        The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

(d)       The Company's failure to insist upon strict compliance  with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Company may have hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision  or right or any other provision  or right of this Agreement.

(e)        From and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between  the Parties with respect to the subject  matter  hereof.  This Agreement shall terminate  and be ofno  further force and effect from and after the "Effective Date" of the Change in Control  Agreement (as the term "Effective Date"  is defined in the Change in Control Agreement).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Executive has hereunto  set the Executive's hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Compensation Committee  of its Board of Directors,  the Company  has caused these presents  to be executed  in its name and on its behalf, all as of the day and year  first above written.

	
		
	 
	/s/ Karen Higgins-Clarke

	 
	    EXECUTIVE

	 
	WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION

	 
	By: /s/ John R. Ciulla

	 
	Name: John R. Ciulla

	 
	Title:   President & CEOEX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 
 TO

 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, 

Trustee 
  

Amendment Dated as of August 31, 2018 

To 
 Seventh
Supplemental Indenture 
 Dated as of June 5, 2018 

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
	 ARTICLE 1 SCOPE OF THIS AMENDMENT
AND THE SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 1.1 Scope
	  	 	2	 
		
	 ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 2.1 Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
	  	 	2	 
		
	 ARTICLE 3 FORM AND TERMS OF
THE NOTES
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 3.1 Terms of the Floating Rate Notes
	  	 	2	 
		
	 ARTICLE 4 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 4.1 Trust Indenture Act of 1939
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 4.2 Governing Law
	  	 	2	 
	 Section 4.3 Duplicate Originals
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 4.4 Separability
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 4.5 Ratification
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 4.6 Effectiveness
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 4.7 Successors
	  	 	3	 
	 Section 4.8 Trustee’s Disclaimer
	  	 	3	 

  
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 AMENDMENT TO SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

THIS AMENDMENT dated as of August 31, 2018 (this “Amendment”) to the SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
dated as of June 5, 2018 (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”) between FIFTH THIRD BANCORP, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio (the “Company”), having its principal
office at Fifth Third Center, 38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio and Wilmington Trust Company, a trust company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2008 (the
“Base Indenture,” as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (the “Securities”); 
 WHEREAS, Sections 201, 301 and 901 of the Base Indenture provide
that the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, to, among other things, establish
the terms of Securities of any series as permitted by the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, on June 5, 2018, the Company
issued and sold $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of a new series of the Securities of the Company designated as its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Floating Rate Notes” or the “Notes”); 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Company desires to amend the
Seventh Supplemental Indenture to conform certain terms of the Floating Rate Notes to the description of the Notes contained in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated June 1, 2018 relating to the offering of the Notes; 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Amendment a legal and binding supplement to the Base Indenture, as
supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, have been done; 

WHEREAS, the Company has complied with all conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture, as supplemented by
the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, relating to this Amendment; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the
Trustee execute and deliver this Amendment. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises stated
herein, the Company and the Trustee covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows: 

ARTICLE 1 
 Scope of this
Amendment and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture 

Section 1.1  Scope. This Amendment and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture
constitute a supplement to the Base Indenture and an integral part of the Indenture and shall be read together with the Base Indenture as though all the provisions thereof are contained in one instrument. Except as expressly amended by this
Amendment and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the terms and provisions of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Amendment and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall only apply to the
Notes. 
 ARTICLE 2 

Definitions 

Section 2.1  Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application.
For all purposes of this Amendment, unless otherwise specified herein, all terms used in this Amendment which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings they are given in the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Seventh
Supplemental Indenture. 
 ARTICLE 3 

Form and Terms of the Notes 

Section 3.1  Terms of the Floating Rate Notes. The terms contained in
the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, as amended by this Amendment, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Amendment, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Moreover, Section 3.2 of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture is hereby amended to add the following new clause (t): 

 

	 	“(t)	 Day Count Convention. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed during the period.” 

 All other
terms applicable to the Floating Rate Notes are as otherwise provided for in the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture. 

ARTICLE 4 
 Miscellaneous

 Section 4.1  Trust Indenture Act of 1939. This Amendment
shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 4.2  Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York shall
govern this Amendment. 

  
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 Section 4.3  Duplicate
Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Amendment. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 

Section 4.4  Separability. In case any provision in this Amendment shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 4.5  Ratification. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by the
Seventh Supplemental Indenture, as amended by this Amendment, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Base Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and this Amendment shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All
provisions included in this Amendment supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture and/or the Seventh Supplemental Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Base Indenture, as
supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, as amended by this Amendment, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, as amended by this
Amendment. 
 Section 4.6  Effectiveness. The provisions of this Amendment
shall become effective as of the date hereof. 
 Section 4.7  Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Amendment shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Amendment shall bind its successors. 

Section 4.8  Trustee’s Disclaimer. The recitals
contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this
Amendment, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to Seventh
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
	as the Company
		
	By:	 	    /s/ Tayfun Tuzun                            
	Name:	 	    Tayfun Tuzun
	Title:	 	     Executive Vice President and

    Chief Financial Officer

 

			
	Attest:	 	
		
	By:	 	  /s/ Saema Somalya                            
	Name:	 	  Saema Somalya
	Title:	 	  Senior Vice President,
		 	  Deputy General Counsel,
		 	  and Assistant Secretary

 [Signature Page to Amendment to Seventh Supplemental Indenture] 

  
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	 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

as the Trustee

		
	By:	 	    /s/ W. Thomas Morris, II                
	Name:	 	    W. Thomas Morris, II
	Title:	 	    Vice President

 [Signature Page to Amendment to Seventh Supplemental Indenture] 

  
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