WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS) announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer James C. Smith and its Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer Jerry Plush will make a presentation at the Lehman Brothers
Global Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 from 3:15 p.m.
to 3:55 p.m.
Presentation slides and a link to the live webcast will be available at
Webster's Investor Relations website, www.wbst.com.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank,
National Association. With $17.5 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, Conn., 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.
SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation
CONTACT: Media Contact
Ed Steadham +1-203-578-2287
esteadham@websterbank.com
or
Investor Contact
Terry Mangan +1-203-578-2318
tmangan@websterbank.com