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) September 21, 2006
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-14659 51-0328154
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (302) 651-1000
-----------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Former names 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 obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:
[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
230.14a-12)
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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 September 21, 2006, the Board of Directors of Wilmington Trust Corporation
(the "Corporation") elected Thomas L. duPont a member of the Board's Class of
2009.
Mr. duPont is Chairman and Publisher of duPont Publishing, Inc., a fully
integrated publisher of specialty marketplace magazines featuring luxury
products for sale, founded in 1984 and headquartered in St. Petersburg,
Florida. DuPont Publishing produces six publications with a total annual
circulation of more than 2 million.
Mr. duPont has served on the Advisory Board of Wilmington Trust FSB, in
Delaware's House of Representatives, as Chairman of the Convention and Visitors
Bureau for the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Tourist & Convention Council,
as President of the Tampa/Hillsborough Convention and Visitors Bureau, and as a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Florida Aquarium Foundation. He is a
graduate of Rollins College.
As previously disclosed in our proxy statement, Wilmington Trust's directors
receive an annual retainer of $30,000 and $2,000 for each Board meeting and
$1,200 for each committee meeting they attend.
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: September 27, 2006 By: /s/ Ted T. Cecala
--------------------------------
Name: Ted T. Cecala,
Title: Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer