UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15D OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 15, 2005
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WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-14659 51-0328154
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification Number)
Wilmington Trust Corporation
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (302) 651-1000
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(Former names or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
The Corporation's form of stock option agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit
10.65.
ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
On December 15, 2005, Wilmington Trust Corporation's Board of Directors elected
Susan Whiting as a member of the Board's Class of 2008. Ms. Whiting serves as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen Media Research, Inc., as well
as Executive Vice President of VNU Media Measurement & Information. Nielsen
Media Research provides television audience measurement and related services.
Both Nielsen Media Research and VNU Media Measurement & Information are
divisions of VNU NV. VNU NV is a media and information company whose core
activities include marketing and media measurement information, business
information, and disclosures.
Ms. Whiting has more than 27 years of management, marketing, information
systems, and business development experience. Since 2000, she has been
responsible for the sales and marketing of national services for broadcast and
cable networks, advertising agencies, syndicators, and local cable system
customers.
Ms. Whiting is a member of the Board of Nielsen NetRatings, and a member of the
Boards of Trustees of Chicago's Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Denison
University. She is past president of the Connecticut Women's Forum, a former
Board member of the Advertising Research Foundation, and former President of the
New York Radio and TV Research Council. She is a cum laude graduate of Denison
University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
As previously disclosed in our proxy statement, Wilmington Trust's directors
receive an annual retainer of $20,000 and $2,000 for each Board meeting and
$1,200 for each committee meeting they attend.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION
Dated: December 19, 2005 By: /s/ Ted T. Cecala
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Name: Ted T. Cecala,
Title: Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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