Webster Shareholders Meeting Will be April 25, 2002

Feb 06, 2002

WATERBURY, Conn., Feb 6, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Webster Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WBST), announced today that its Board of Directors has scheduled the corporation's annual meeting of shareholders for 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) Thursday, April 25, 2002 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 63 Grand Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.

The record date for shareholders to vote at the meeting is Feb. 28, 2002.

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, which provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, trust and investment services through more than 100 banking offices, 210 ATMs and the Internet (www.websterbank.com). Webster Financial Corporation owns Center Capital Corporation, an equipment financing company headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, and is majority owner of Chicago-based Duff & Phelps, a leader in financial advisory services.

For more information on Webster, including past press releases and the latest Annual Report, visit the Webster Bank website at www.websterbank.com.

CONTACT: Webster, Media: Art House, 203/578-2391, ahouse@websterbank.com, Media: Clark Finley, 203/578-2507, cfinley@websterbank.com, Investors: James M. Sitro, 203/578-2399, jsitro@websterbank.com