---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737468-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "WASH"
cik: "0000737468"
company_name: "WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T00:42:15.457742+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Washington Trust board sets annual say-on-pay vote after shareholder preference

## Summary
- At April 25 annual meeting, majority of shareholders favored annual say-on-pay frequency.
- Board determined advisory vote on executive compensation will be held every year.
- Next frequency vote occurs at or before the 2029 annual meeting.
- Decision disclosed via this Form 8-K/A amending the original April 27 filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737468-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: WASH
- cik: 0000737468
- company_name: WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746823000026/0000737468-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746823000026/wash-20230425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-23-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-23-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on say on pay frequency at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: at the Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 25, 2023, a majority of the Corporation’s shareholders that voted on the matter indicated a preference to hold, on a non-binding advisory basis, the Corporation’s future advisory votes on executive compensation (“say on pay”) once every year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746823000026/0000737468-23-000026-index.htm

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