SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
X	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GIBSON DAVID R (Last) (First) (Middle) 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET RODNEY SQUARE NO. (Street) WILMINGTON DE 19890 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WILMINGTON TRUST CORP [ WL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP, COO, & CFO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/16/2011
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/16/2011		F(1)		7,750	D	$4.45	67,472	D
Common Stock	05/16/2011		D(2)		67,472	D	(2)	0	D
Common Stock	05/16/2011		D(2)		101.589	D	(2)	0	I	By spouse

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Option(3)	$32.985	05/16/2011		D			3,030	02/11/2003	02/10/2012	Common Stock	3,030	(4)	0	D
Non-Statutory Stock Option(3)	$32.985	05/16/2011		D			26,970	02/11/2003	02/10/2012	Common Stock	26,970	(4)	0	D
Incentive Stock Option(3)	$27.91	05/16/2011		D			3,582	02/20/2006	02/19/2013	Common Stock	3,582	(4)	0	D
Non-Statutory Stock Option(3)	$27.91	05/16/2011		D			16,418	02/20/2006	02/19/2013	Common Stock	16,418	(4)	0	D
Incentive Stock Option(3)	$37.02	05/16/2011		D			2,701	02/25/2007	02/24/2014	Common Stock	2,701	(4)	0	D
Non-Statutory Stock Option(3)	$37.02	05/16/2011		D			17,299	02/25/2007	02/24/2014	Common Stock	17,299	(4)	0	D
Incentive Stock Option(3)	$33.9	05/16/2011		D			2,949	02/25/2008	02/20/2015	Common Stock	2,949	(4)	0	D
Non-Statutory Stock Option(3)	$33.9	05/16/2011		D			17,051	02/25/2008	02/20/2015	Common Stock	17,051	(4)	0	D
Non-Statutory Stock Option(3)	$43.27	05/16/2011		D			20,000	02/23/2009	02/19/2016	Common Stock	20,000	(4)	0	D
Non-Statutory Stock Option(2)	$43.7	05/16/2011		D			30,000	02/15/2010	02/13/2017	Common Stock	30,000	(4)	0	D
Non-Statutory Stock Option(3)	$33.08	05/16/2011		D			35,000	02/14/2011	02/12/2018	Common Stock	35,000	(4)	0	D
Non-Statutory Stock Option(3)	$10.63	05/16/2011		D			50,000	04/23/2012	04/22/2019	Common Stock	50,000	(4)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reporting person paid tax liability on the vesting of restricted stock by having shares withheld.

2. Disposed of pursuant to merger agreement between issuer and M&T Bank Corporation in exchange for 3,471.39 shares of M&T Bank Corporation common stock having a market value of $86.39 per share on the effective date of the merger.

3. (Right to buy.)

4. This option was canceled pursuant to merger agreement between issuer and M&T Bank Corporation.

	David R. Gibson	05/18/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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