Webster Shareholders Meeting Will Be April 26, 2007

Feb 14, 2007

WATERBURY, Conn., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced today that its board of directors has scheduled the corporation's annual meeting of shareholders for 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) April 26, 2007 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 63 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT.

The record date for shareholders to vote at the meeting is February 22, 2007.

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association and Webster Insurance. With $17.1 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial planning, trust and investment services through 177 banking offices, 334 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.

SOURCE
Webster Financial Corporation

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