Webster Financial Corporation Announces Earnings Conference Call

Jun 30, 2006

WATERBURY, Conn., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., will announce second quarter earnings before the market opens on Tuesday, July 25, 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 http://www.wbst.com.

A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the call's completion until August 1, 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 207355. A webcast replay will also be available at http://www.wbst.com.

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 159 banking offices, 306 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.

SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation
CONTACT: Media:
Clark Finley, 203-578-2287
cfinley@websterbank.com
or
Investors:
Terry Mangan, 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com
Web site: http://www.websteronline.com
http://www.wbst.com
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