WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced
that its Board of Directors declared on Monday, October 22 a regular quarterly
cash dividend of $.30 per common share.
The dividend is payable on November 19, 2007 to shareholders of record on
November 5, 2007. This is the 81st 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 $16.8 billion in assets,
Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial
planning, trust and investment services through 179 banking offices, 339 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.
CONTACT: Webster Bank
Media:
Clark Finley, 203-578-2287
cfinley@websterbank.com
or
Investors:
Terry Mangan, 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com
SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation