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