WATERBURY, Conn., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS) announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, James C. Smith, will be making a presentation at the Keefe, Bruyette
& Woods 2005 Regional Bank Conference on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 from 1:20
P.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Presentation slides and a link to the live webcast will be available at
Webster's Investor Relations website, http://www.wbst.com.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank,
National Association and Webster Insurance. With $17.0 billion in assets,
Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial
planning, trust and investment services through 152 banking offices, 288 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. For more
information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual
report, visit the Webster website at http://www.websteronline.com.
Media Contact Investor Contact
Meghan Thompson 203-578-2287 Terry Mangan 203-578-2318
mthompson@websterbank.com tmangan@websterbank.com
SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation
-0- 02/23/2005
/CONTACT: Media Contact - Meghan Thompson, +1-203-578-2287,
mthompson@websterbank.com, or Investor Contact - Terry Mangan,
+1-203-578-2318, tmangan@websterbank.com, both of Webster Financial
Corporation/
/Web site: http://www.websterbank.com
http://www.wbst.com
http://www.websteronline.com /
(WBS)
CO: Webster Financial Corporation
ST: Connecticut
IN: FIN
SU: TDS
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