WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced
that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of
$.25 per common share.
The dividend is payable on November 14, 2005 to shareholders of record on
October 31, 2005. This is the 73rd consecutive quarterly dividend since
Webster first paid a dividend in 1987.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank,
National Association and Webster Insurance. With $17.5 billion in assets,
Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial
planning, trust and investment services through 154 banking offices, 293 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., Center Capital Corporation, an equipment
finance company headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut and provides health
savings account trustee and administrative services through HSA Bank, a
division of Webster Bank.
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
Clark Finley 203-578-2287
cfinley@websterbank.com
or
Investor Contact
Terry Mangan 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com
SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation
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/CONTACT: Media Contact
Clark Finley 203-578-2287
cfinley@websterbank.com
or
Investor Contact
Terry Mangan 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com /
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/Web site: http:/www.websteronline.com /
(WBS)
CO: Webster Financial Corporation; Webster Bank, N.A.
ST: Connecticut
IN: FIN
SU: DIV
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