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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;21, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Wright Express Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation <BR>
or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>01-0526993</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>97 Darling Avenue, South Portland, Maine</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Wright Express Corporation 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Hilary A. Rapkin, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
Wright Express Corporation<BR>
97 Darling Avenue<BR>
South Portland, Maine 04106</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>207-773-8171</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of Securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01
<br>par value per share
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5,396,169&nbsp;shares(2)
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$32.015(3)
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$172,758,350.54(3)
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$12,317.67</TD>
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    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Consists of (i)&nbsp;3,800,000 new shares issuable under the 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the
&#147;2010 Plan&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;up to 1,596,169 shares originally issuable under the Amended and
Restated 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#147;2005 Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
May&nbsp;20, 2010.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or given to
participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections&nbsp;13(a),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2010.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since
December&nbsp;31, 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The description of the securities contained in the registrant&#146;s registration statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;2, 2005, including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (&#147;WilmerHale&#148;) has opined as to the legality of the
securities being offered by this registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of its directors or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his or her duty of loyalty, failed
to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the
payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or
obtained an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power
to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons
serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is
threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or
her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Sixth of the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that the Company&#146;s
directors shall not be personally liable to the Company and the Company&#146;s stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemptions from
liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law as it
exists or may be amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Seventh of the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that the Company shall
indemnify any person who is or was a director or officer of the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, provided however, that the Company is not obligated to indemnify any
director or officer in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person unless the proceeding
was authorized or consented to by the board of directors. The indemnification provisions contained
in the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation are not exclusive of any other rights to which a
person may be entitled under the certificate of incorporation, the By-Laws of the Company or under
any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Company&#146;s directors.
The indemnification agreements provide that, among other things, the Company will indemnify a
director against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of status or service with the
Company, and that the Company will advance expenses paid or incurred as a result of a proceeding as
to which the director may be indemnified, provided, however, that the payment of such expenses
shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay all
amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined, after the conclusion of
such proceeding, that the director is not entitled to be
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">indemnified by the Company. The indemnification agreements also include procedures regarding
the defense of certain claims.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company also maintains a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy to insure our
directors and officers against liability for actions or omissions occurring in their capacity as a
director or officer, subject to certain exclusions and limitations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(a)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(b)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(h)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in South Portland, Maine, on this 21<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">st</SUP> day of May, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Michael E. Dubyak
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Michael E. Dubyak&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Wright Express Corporation, hereby severally
constitute and appoint Michael E. Dubyak, Melissa D. Smith and Hilary A. Rapkin, and each of them
singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed
herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do
all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to
enable Wright Express Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said
registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B><u>Signature</u></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B><u>Title</u></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B><u>Date</u></B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Michael E. Dubyak
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael E. Dubyak</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
President and Chief Executive
Officer <br>(Principal executive
officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Melissa D. Smith
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Melissa D. Smith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Vice President,
Finance and Operations
<br>(Principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Rowland T. Moriarty
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rowland T. Moriarty</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Shikhar Ghosh
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Shikhar Ghosh</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Ronald T. Maheu
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald T. Maheu</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ George L. McTavish
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George L. McTavish</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Kirk P. Pond
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kirk P. Pond</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Regina O. Sommer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Regina O. Sommer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Jack VanWoerkom
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jack VanWoerkom</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 21, 2010</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><u>Number</u>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><u>Description</u></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
the Registrant</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
(included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
registration statement)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1(3)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Wright Express Corporation 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2005, File No.&nbsp;001-32426, and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;20, 2008, File No.&nbsp;001-32426, and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;21, 2010, File No.&nbsp;001-32426, and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2010
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Wright Express Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
01-0526993
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
97 Darling Avenue, South Portland, Maine
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
04106
(Zip Code)
Wright Express Corporation 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Hilary A. Rapkin, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Wright Express Corporation
97 Darling Avenue
South Portland, Maine 04106
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
207-773-8171
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01
par value per share
5,396,169 shares(2)
$32.015(3)
$172,758,350.54(3)
$12,317.67
(1)
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Consists of (i) 3,800,000 new shares issuable under the 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the
"2010 Plan") and (ii) up to 1,596,169 shares originally issuable under the Amended and
Restated 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan (the "2005 Plan").
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
May 20, 2010.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or given to
participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
(a)    The registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on February 26, 2010.
(b)    All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since
December 31, 2009.
(c)    The description of the securities contained in the registrant's registration statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 2, 2005, including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP ("WilmerHale") has opined as to the legality of the
securities being offered by this registration statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of its directors or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his or her duty of loyalty, failed
to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the
payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or
obtained an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power
to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons
serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is
threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or
her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
Article Sixth of the Company's certificate of incorporation provides that the Company's
directors shall not be personally liable to the Company and the Company's stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemptions from
liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law as it
exists or may be amended.
Article Seventh of the Company's certificate of incorporation provides that the Company shall
indemnify any person who is or was a director or officer of the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, provided however, that the Company is not obligated to indemnify any
director or officer in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person unless the proceeding
was authorized or consented to by the board of directors. The indemnification provisions contained
in the Company's certificate of incorporation are not exclusive of any other rights to which a
person may be entitled under the certificate of incorporation, the By-Laws of the Company or under
any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Company's directors.
The indemnification agreements provide that, among other things, the Company will indemnify a
director against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of status or service with the
Company, and that the Company will advance expenses paid or incurred as a result of a proceeding as
to which the director may be indemnified, provided, however, that the payment of such expenses
shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay all
amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined, after the conclusion of
such proceeding, that the director is not entitled to be
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indemnified by the Company. The indemnification agreements also include procedures regarding
the defense of certain claims.
The Company also maintains a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy to insure our
directors and officers against liability for actions or omissions occurring in their capacity as a
director or officer, subject to certain exclusions and limitations.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
1.
Item
512(a)
of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement; and
(iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
2.
Item
512(b)
of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered
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therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
3.
Item
512(h)
of Regulation S-K
. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in South Portland, Maine, on this 21
st
day of May, 2010.
WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Michael E. Dubyak
Michael E. Dubyak
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Wright Express Corporation, hereby severally
constitute and appoint Michael E. Dubyak, Melissa D. Smith and Hilary A. Rapkin, and each of them
singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed
herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do
all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to
enable Wright Express Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said
registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael E. Dubyak
Michael E. Dubyak
President and Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal executive
officer)
May 21, 2010
/s/ Melissa D. Smith
Melissa D. Smith
Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Vice President,
Finance and Operations
(Principal financial officer)
May 21, 2010
/s/ Rowland T. Moriarty
Rowland T. Moriarty
Director
May 21, 2010
/s/ Shikhar Ghosh
Shikhar Ghosh
Director
May 21, 2010
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/s/ Ronald T. Maheu
Ronald T. Maheu
Director
May 21, 2010
/s/ George L. McTavish
George L. McTavish
Director
May 21, 2010
/s/ Kirk P. Pond
Kirk P. Pond
Director
May 21, 2010
/s/ Regina O. Sommer
Regina O. Sommer
Director
May 21, 2010
/s/ Jack VanWoerkom
Jack VanWoerkom
Director
May 21, 2010
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Number
Description
4.1(1)
Certificate of Incorporation
4.2(2)
Amended and Restated By-Laws
5.1
Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
(included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24
Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
registration statement)
99.1(3)
Wright Express Corporation 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan
(1)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 3.1 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 1, 2005, File No. 001-32426, and
incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 3.1 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 20, 2008, File No. 001-32426, and
incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 21, 2010, File No. 001-32426, and
incorporated herein by reference.