WATERBURY, Conn., Jan 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced
that its Board of Directors declared today a regular quarterly cash dividend
of $.30 per common share.
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The dividend is payable on February 27, 2008 to shareholders of record on
February 13, 2008. This is the 82nd 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 $17.2 billion in assets,
Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial
planning, trust and investment services through 181 banking offices, 343 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. Member FDIC and equal housing lender.
For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the
latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.WebsterOnline.com.
Media Contact:
Arthur House, 203-578-2391
ahouse@websterbank.com
or
Investor Contact:
Terry Mangan, 203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com
SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation
http://www.websteronline.com