WATERBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2004--Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE:WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, National
Association, will announce third quarter earnings and host a
conference call on October 21, 2004. The conference call is scheduled
to begin at 1:00 p.m.
Earnings Release: Before the market opens on Thursday, October
21, 2004.
Conference Call: 1:00 p.m. eastern time, Thursday, October 21,
2004.
Dial-in number: (800) 638-5495 (listen only)
Access Code: 91089965
Webcast: www.wbst.com
Conference Call Replay: Available via phone from approximately 3:00
p.m., 10/21/04 until 10/28/04.
Dial-in number: (888) 286-8010
Access Code: 49032683
Webcast: www.wbst.com
This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at
Webster's Investor Relations 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, National Association and Webster Insurance. With $17 billion in
assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage,
insurance, financial planning, trust and investment services through
148 banking offices, 269 ATMs, telephone banking and the Internet.
Webster Bank owns the asset-based lending firm Webster Business Credit
Corporation, the insurance premium finance company Budget Installment
Corp., and Center Capital Corporation, an equipment finance company
headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut.
CONTACT: Webster Financial Corporation
Investor Relations:
Terry Mangan, 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com
SOURCE: Webster Financial Corporation