Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Dearborn Joel Alan JR	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/1/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WEX Inc. [WEX]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle) C/O WEX INC., 97 DARLING AVENUE	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner ___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below) President, Corporate Payments /
(Street) SOUTH PORTLAND, ME 04106        (City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	1413	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Unit	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	1457.0	$0.0	D
Restricted Stock Units	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	1272.0	$0.0	D
Restricted Stock Unit	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	285.0	$0.0	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	843.0	$104.95	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Restricted stock units will vest on March 15, 2018.
(2)	Restricted stock units will vest with respect to one half of the underlying shares on each of September 15, 2018 and September 15, 2019.
(3)	Restricted stock units will vest with respect to one third of the underlying shares on each of March 20, 2018, March 20, 2019 and March 20, 2020.
(4)	This stock option will vest with respect to one third of these shares on each of March 20, 2018, March 20, 2019 and March 20, 2020.

Remarks: EXHIBIT LIST: EX-24 powerofattorneyjoeldearborn, GRAPHIC graphicjoeldearborn

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Dearborn Joel Alan JR C/O WEX INC. 97 DARLING AVENUE SOUTH PORTLAND, ME 04106			President, Corporate Payments

Signatures
/s/ Gregory Wiessner, as attorney-in-fact for Joel A. Dearborn		12/11/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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