WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP — Board/Management Information 2011

Jan 5, 2011

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 5, 2011

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.)

Webster Plaza, Waterbury, Connecticut	06702
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

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 January 5, 2011, Webster Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), announced that Gerald P. Plush, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been promoted to Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, effective immediately.

Biographical information with respect to Mr. Plush is contained in the Corporation’s definitive proxy statement for the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 19, 2010 and is incorporated herein by reference. Mr. Plush currently has a change of control agreement and a non-competition agreement with the Corporation, each previously filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

A copy of the press release announcing the promotion of Mr. Plush is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated January 5, 2011.

SIGNATURES

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
By:	/s/ Jeffrey N. Brown
	Jeffrey N. Brown
	Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Date: January 5, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated January 5, 2011.