WATERBURY, Conn., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., 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 21,
2005 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 63 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT.
The record date for shareholders to vote at the meeting is February 25,
2005.
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
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/CONTACT: Media, Meghan Thompson, +1-203-578-2287,
mthompson@websterbank.com; or Investors, Terry Mangan, +1-203-578-2318,
tmangan@websterbank.com/
/Web site: http://www.websteronline.com /
(WBS)
CO: Webster Financial Corporation
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