WATERBURY, Conn., Jan 23, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- 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 February 21, 2006 to shareholders of record on
February 6, 2006. This is the 74th 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 $17.8 billion in assets,
Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial
planning, trust and investment services through 157 banking offices, 304 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 www.websteronline.com.
Media Contact Investor Contact
Clark Finley 203-578-2287 Terry Mangan 203-578-2318
cfinley@websterbank.com
tmangan@websterbank.com
SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation
Media Contact Clark Finley +1-203-578-2287 cfinley@websterbank.com Investor Contact
Terry Mangan +1-203-578-2318 tmangan@websterbank.com
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