WATERBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2003--Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, will
announce third quarter earnings and host a conference call on October
15, 2003. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
Earnings Release: Before the market opens on Wednesday, October 15,
2003.
Conference Call: 1:00 p.m. eastern time, Wednesday, October 15, 2003.
Dial-in number: (800) 901-5217 (listen only)
Access Code: 62139638
Webcast: www.wbst.com
Conference Call Replay: Available via phone from approximately 3:00
p.m., 10/15/03 until 10/22/03.
Dial-in number: (888) 286-8010
Access Code: 74599444
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 be 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 and Webster Insurance. With $14 billion in assets,
Connecticut-based Webster Bank provides business and consumer banking,
mortgage, insurance, trust and investment services through 109 banking
offices, 219 ATMs, a Connecticut-based call center and the Internet.
Webster Financial Corporation is majority owner of Chicago-based Duff
& Phelps, LLC, a leader in financial advisory services. Webster Bank
owns the asset- based lending firm, Whitehall Business Credit
Corporation, Center Capital Corporation, an equipment financing
company headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut and Webster Trust
Company, N.A.
CONTACT: Webster Financial Corporation
Terry Mangan (IR), 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com
SOURCE: Webster Financial Corporation