WATERBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004--Webster
Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster
Bank, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a
regular quarterly cash dividend of $.21 per common share.
The dividend is payable on February 23, 2004, to shareholders of
record on February 9, 2004. This is the 66th consecutive quarterly
dividend since Webster first paid a dividend in 1987.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster
Bank and Webster Insurance. With $14.6 billion in assets, Webster
provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial
planning, trust and investment services through 119 banking offices,
233 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 Webster Business Credit Corporation,
the insurance premium finance company Budget Installment Corp., Center
Capital Corporation, an equipment finance 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 website at
www.websteronline.com.
CONTACT: Webster Financial Corporation
Media Contact:
Clark Finley, 203-578-2429
cfinley@websterbank.com
or Investors:
Terry Mangan, 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com
SOURCE: Webster Financial Corporation