WATERBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2004--Webster
Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS) announced today that its Board of
Directors has scheduled the corporation's annual meeting of
shareholders for 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on April 22, 2004
at the Courtyard by Marriott, 63 Grand Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
The record date for shareholders to vote at the meeting is
February 27, 2004.
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:
Clark Finley, 203-578-2429
cfinley@websterbank.com
SOURCE: Webster Financial Corporation