Webster Financial Corporation Announces Earnings Conference Call

Jan 10, 2006

WATERBURY, Conn., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., will announce fourth quarter and year-end 2005 earnings before the market opens on Thursday, January 26, 2006 and will hold a conference call that day beginning at 11:00 a.m. eastern time.

The dial-in number for listen-only access to the call is 877-407-3980 or 201-689-8475 for international callers. The conference call is also available by webcast and can be accessed at Webster's website at www.wbst.com.

A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the call's completion until February 2, 2006. The replay dial-in number is 877-660-6853 and the international replay dial-in number is 201-612-7415. The replay account number is 295 and the replay conference number is 186779. A webcast replay will also be available at www.wbst.com.

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
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    /CONTACT:  Media Contact
               Clark Finley
               203-578-2287
               cfinley@websterbank.com

               Investor Contact
               Terry Mangan
               203-578-2318
               tmangan@websterbank.com /
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    /Web site:  http://www.websteronline.com
                http://www.wbst.com /
    (WBS)

CO:  Webster Financial Corporation
ST:  Connecticut
IN:  FIN
SU:  CCA

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