Webster Financial Corporation Announces 2007 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Oct 03, 2007

WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced today the following details for its 2007 third quarter earnings release and conference call, which will be in listen-only mode.

Earnings Release: Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at approximately 8:00 a.m.
EDT

Conference Call: Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 9:00 a.m. 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 11:00 a.m.
EDT on Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Replay Number: (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415 for international
calls. The replay account number is 295 and the replay
ID number is 257555.

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association and Webster Insurance. With $16.9 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 Financial Corporation Media Contact Clark Finley 203-578-2287 cfinley@websterbank or Investor Contact Terry Mangan 203-578-2318 comtmangan@websterbank.com SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation

CONTACT: Webster Financial Corporation
Media Contact
Clark Finley 203-578-2287
cfinley@websterbank
or
Investor Contact
Terry Mangan 203-578-2318
comtmangan@websterbank.com