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  0001683293
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000801337
  WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
  001-31486
  200 ELM STREET
  STAMFORD
  CT
  06902
  203-578-2202
  Wang Albert Jen-Wen
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  3250
  196007.50
  168229092
  07/22/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  05/04/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  133
  05/04/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  03/01/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  252
  03/01/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  03/02/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  03/02/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  05/04/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  issuer
  N
  220
  05/04/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  03/01/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  550
  03/01/2024
  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  894
  05/04/2024
  Compensation
  Y
  07/22/2025
  /s/ Gary Redman, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Albert J. Wang