form8-k20090428.htm
UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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)
April 28, 2009
 
WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
Rhode Island
  
001-32991
  
05-0404671
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
  
(Commission
  
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
  
File Number)
  
Identification No.)
 
 
23 Broad Street, Westerly, Rhode Island 02891
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 348-1200
 
Former name or address, if changed from last report: N/A
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
 
(b)
On April 28, 2009, Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (the “Corporation”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders during which director Larry J. Hirsch retired from the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
 
Pursuant to the Corporation’s by-laws, any director who reaches his or her 70th birthday agrees to resign from the Board of Directors as of the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders following such director’s 70th birthday.



 
 
 


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: April 28, 2009             
 
By:
/s/ David V. Devault                              
     
David V. Devault
     
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary