WATERBURY, Conn., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., today
announced it has been added to the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index
effective at the start of trading on May 8, 2008.
Webster announced on April 22 that its Board of Directors declared a
regular quarterly cash dividend of $.30 per common share. The dividend is
payable on May 19, 2008 to shareholders of record on May 5, 2008. This will
mark the 83rd consecutive quarterly dividend since Webster first paid a
dividend in 1987.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank,
National Association. With $17.2 billion in assets, Webster provides business
and consumer banking, mortgage, financial planning, trust and investment
services through 181 banking offices, 484 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. 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.
SOURCE: Webster Financial Corporation
CONTACT: Webster Financial Corporation
Media Contact
Ed Steadham
+1-203-578-2287
esteadham@websterbank.com
or
Investor Contact
Terry Mangan
+1-203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com