Webster Financial Corporation Announces Earnings Conference Call; Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. ET

Jun 26, 2002
WATERBURY, Conn., Jun 26, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Webster Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WBST), the holding company for Webster Bank, will announce second quarter earnings and host a conference call on July 24, 2002. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m ET.

Earnings Release: Before the market opens on Wednesday, July 24, 2002.
Conference Call:  1:00 p.m. eastern time, Wednesday, July 24, 2002.
                  Dial-in number: 800/482-2225 (listen only)
                  Access Code: 2014138
                  Webcast: www.wbst.com
Conference Call
 Replay:          Available via phone from approximately 4:00 p.m.,
                  7/24/02 until 7/31/02.
                  Dial-in number: 800/211-2648
                  Access Code: 2014138
                  Webcast: www.wbst.com
This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at Webster's web site at www.wbst.com.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments(R) (Fidelity.com) and others. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). StreetEvents allows institutional investors to identify, organize, and track the hundreds of conference calls that occur each day during earnings season, to download events of interest to their Outlook calendar, and to RSVP to events online.

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank. With $12 billion in assets, Connecticut-based Webster Bank provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, trust and investment services through more than 100 banking offices, 210 ATMs and the Internet. Webster Financial Corporation is majority owner of Chicago-based Duff & Phelps, LLC, a leader in financial advisory services, and Webster Bank owns Center Capital Corporation, an equipment financing company headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut and Webster Trust Company, N.A.

CONTACT: Webster Financial Corporation Investor Relations: James M. Sitro, 203/578-2399 jsitro@websterbank.com