Webster Financial Corporation Announces 2008 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Apr 08, 2008

WATERBURY, Conn., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced today the following details for its 2008 first quarter earnings release and conference call:

    Earnings Release:  Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at approximately 8:00 a.m. EDT

    Conference Call:   Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 9:00 a.m. EDT

    Dial-in number:    (877) 407-8289 or (201) 689-8341 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 am
                       EDT on Tuesday, April 22, 2008

    Replay Number:     (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415 for international
                       calls.  The replay account number is 295 and the replay
                       conference number is 281368.

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, insurance, 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
Media Contact
Ed Steadham +1-203-578-2287
esteadham@websterbank.com
or
Investor Contact
Terry Mangan +1-203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com/