Webster Financial Corporation Announces Earnings Conference Call

Oct 06, 2006

WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., today announced the following details for its third quarter earnings release and conference call, which will be in listen-only mode.

Earnings Release: Tuesday, October 17, 2006, before the market opens

Conference Call: Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 11:00 am EDT

Dial-in number: (877) 407-8293 or (201) 689-8349 for international callers

Webcast: Via Webster's website at www.wbst.com.

Web Replay: Will be available shortly after the call's completion, also at www.wbst.com

Telephone Replay: Will be available for one week, beginning at 1:00 pm EDT on Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Replay Number: (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415 for international calls. The replay account number is 295 and the replay conference number is 216764.

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association and Webster Insurance. With $18.0 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, 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
Clark Finley 203-578-2287
cfinley@websterbank.com

Investor Contact
Terry Mangan 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com

SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation