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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000801337
  Webster Financial Corporation
  001-31486
  200 Elm Street
  Stamford,
  CT
  06902
  203-578-2202
  Glenn MacInnes
  Former CEO
  Common
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  390 Madison Avenue - 6th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10017
  50000
  2592000
  171426372
  10/21/2024
  NYSE
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  /s/ J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent and attorney-in-fact for Glenn MacInnes