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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 2016
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WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-31486
 
06-1187536
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
145 Bank Street, Waterbury, Connecticut 06702
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 578-2202
 
 Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


On September 19, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Webster Financial Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Lauren C. States as a member of the Board, effective September 19, 2016. Ms. States will serve on the Board until the Company’s 2017 annual meeting of shareholders. There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Ms. States was appointed and there are no related party transactions between the Company and Ms. States.
For her service as a non-employee director on the Board, Ms. States will receive a pro rata portion of the annual cash retainer payable to the Company’s non-employee directors in accordance with the “Description of Arrangement for Directors Fees” filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, and will receive an initial equity award of restricted stock equal to a pro-rated amount of the annual equity award granted to non-employee, non-chair directors for 2016.
A copy of the press release relating to the appointment of Ms. States is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
Not applicable.
(d)
Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number
Description
 
99.1
Press release, dated September 19, 2016
 









SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Webster Financial Corporation
 
 
 
Date: September 19, 2016
 
By:
 
/s/ Harriet Munrett Wolfe
 
 
 
 
Harriet Munrett Wolfe

 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
   General Counsel and Secretary