WATERBURY, Conn., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced
today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash
dividend of $.27 per common share.
The dividend is payable on August 21, 2006 to shareholders of record on
August 7, 2006. This is the 76th 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 $17.9 billion in assets,
Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial
planning, trust and investment services through 160 banking offices, 308 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, Member
FDIC and equal housing lender.
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
Investor Contact
Terry Mangan 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com