---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000801337-24-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WBS"
cik: "0000801337"
company_name: "WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:58:05.179260+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Webster Financial announces annual meeting results; all directors elected, say-on-pay approved, KPMG ratified

## Summary
- 11 directors elected with over 137.8M votes for each; highest opposition was Richard O'Toole with 6.7M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 141.6M for, 2.6M against.
- Ratification of KPMG LLP as auditor approved: 153.3M for, 3.0M against.
- 91.4% of shares represented at the meeting (156.7M shares).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000801337-24-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WBS
- cik: 0000801337
- company_name: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/801337/000080133724000012/0000801337-24-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/801337/000080133724000012/wbs-20240424.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000801337-24-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000801337-24-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000801337-24-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Proposal 1 — Election of Directors The Company's stockholders elected eleven individuals to the Board of Directors to serve one-year terms, as set forth below: NOMINEES FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES John R. Ciulla 138,161,319 6,348,432 196,869 12,037,446
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/801337/000080133724000012/0000801337-24-000012-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Say-on-Pay at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Proposal 2 — Say-on-Pay The Company's stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as set forth below: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 141,591,347 2,616,117 499,156 12,037,446
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/801337/000080133724000012/0000801337-24-000012-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Proposal 3 — Auditor Ratification The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment by the Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, as set forth below: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 153,309,300 2,973,277 461,489
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/801337/000080133724000012/0000801337-24-000012-index.htm

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