WATERBURY, Conn., Feb 18, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Webster Financial Corporation
(NYSE:WBS), 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 24, 2003 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 63 Grand Street,
Waterbury, Connecticut.
The record date for shareholders to vote at the meeting is March 4, 2003.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank and
Webster Insurance. With $13 billion in assets, Connecticut-based Webster Bank
provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, trust and
investment services through more than 110 banking offices, 214 ATMs and the
Internet (www.websteronline.com). 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.
For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest
Annual Report, visit the Webster Bank web site at www.websteronline.com.
CONTACT: For Webster Financial Corporation,
Media:
Art House, 203/578-2391
ahouse@websterbank.com
Clark Finley, 203/578-2429
cfinley@websterbank.com
or
Investors:
Terrence K. Mangan, 203/578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com
KEYWORD: CONNECTICUT
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING
SOURCE: Webster Financial Corporation
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