Washington Trust Bancorp Inc 8-K, filed May 19, 2025
Washington Trust Bancorp Inc (WASH)
8-K
2025-05-19
For: 2025-05-15
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About this 8-K
Washington Trust Bancorp Inc filed this 8-K on May 19, 2025, reporting on events of May 15, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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| Washington, D.C. 20549 | ||
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2025
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Item 8.01 Other Items.
The Board of Directors of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. ("Corporation") has adopted a stock repurchase program ("2025 Repurchase Program"), which authorizes the repurchase up to 850,000 shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $0.0625 par value per share ("Common Stock"), or approximately 4.4% of its current outstanding shares of Common Stock. This authority may be exercised from time to time and in such amounts as market conditions warrant, and subject to regulatory considerations.
The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, market conditions, and other corporate liquidity requirements and priorities. The 2025 Repurchase Program will commence on May 15, 2025, and expire on May 15, 2026, and may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time. The Corporation had approximately 19.3 million shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 30, 2025.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | May 19, 2025 | By: | /s/ Ronald S. Ohsberg | |||||||||||
| Ronald S. Ohsberg | ||||||||||||||
| Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||||||||||