Current Report Filing (8-k)

Exhibit
No.

Description

The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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) December 4, 2020

People’s United Financial, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-33326

20-8447891

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


850 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT		06604
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (203) 338-7171

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	PBCT	NASDAQ Global Select Market
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 par value per share	PBCTP	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 4, 2020, Kirk W. Walters, Senior Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of People’s United Financial, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a written trading plan (the “10b5-1 Plan”), in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Company’s insider trading policy, to exercise options to acquire 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and to sell the shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of such options. Under the 10b5-1 Plan, the options will be exercised and shares will be sold, in one or more transactions, if the market price of the Common Stock reaches or exceeds certain minimum price thresholds specified in the 10b5-1 Plan. The 10b5-1 Plan is scheduled to terminate on March 17, 2021 (or sooner under certain circumstances including a sale of all 50,000 shares under the plan). The transactions executed in accordance with the 10b5-1 Plan will be disclosed publicly through one or more Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The information contained in and accompanying this Form 8-K with respect to Item 7.01 is being furnished to, and not filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)	The following Exhibits are submitted herewith.


Exhibit No.		Description

104		The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

EXHIBIT INDEX

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.


		People’s United Financial, Inc. (Registrant)

Date: December 4, 2020	By:	/s/ Kristy Berner (Signature)

	Name: Kristy Berner, Esq.
	Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary