Webster Places $126 Million of Senior Unsecured Notes

Nov 30, 2000

WATERBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000--Webster Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:WBST), holding company for Webster Bank, announced today that it has completed the private placement of $126 million of senior unsecured notes, due in 2007 with a fixed coupon rate of 8.72 percent. The notes were placed with a variety of institutions.

Net proceeds from the note placement are designated for general corporate purposes.

Connecticut-based Webster Bank provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, trust and investment services through more than 110 banking offices, 200 ATMs and the Internet (www.websterbank.com). Webster's online mortgage subsidiary at www.nowlending.com on the Worldwide Web originates low-cost mortgages across the United States.

For more information on Webster, visit the Webster Bank website at www.websterbank.com.

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CONTACT: Webster Financial Corporation
Mike Bazinet, 203/578-2391
Jim Sitro, 203/578-2399