Webster Financial Corporation Announces Earnings Conference Call; Thursday, October 21, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. ET

Oct 08, 2004

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