Webster to Make Presentation at Investor Conference

Sep 07, 2006

WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS) announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, James C. Smith, and its Chief Financial Officer, Jerry Plush, will make a presentation at the Lehman Brothers 2006 Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 from 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.

Presentation slides and a link to the live webcast will be available at Webster's Investor Relations website, www.wbst.com.

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                  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
               +1-203-578-2287
               cfinley@websterbank.com

               Investor Contact
               Terry Mangan
               +1-203-578-2318
               tmangan@websterbank.com /
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    /Web site:  http://www.wbst.com
                http://www.websteronline.com /
    (WBS)

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

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