Webster Financial Corporation Announces Earnings Conference Call Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 1:00 p.m. ET

Oct 02, 2003

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