Webster Financial Corporation Announces 2008 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Jan 09, 2009
    WATERBURY, Conn., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced
today the following details for its 2008 fourth quarter earnings release and
conference call:

Earnings Release: Friday, January 23, 2009, at approximately 8:00 a.m. EST

Conference Call: Friday, January 23, 9:00 a.m. EST

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 a.m. EST on January 23, 2009

Replay Number: (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415 for international calls. The replay account number is 295 and the replay conference number is 308498.

    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, 489 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

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    /CONTACT:  media, Ed Steadham, +1-203-578-2287, esteadham@websterbank.com;
or investors, Terry Mangan, +1-203-578-2318, tmangan@websterbank.com/
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    /Web Site:  www.wbst.com
                www.websteronline.com /
    (WBS WBS)

CO:  Webster Financial Corporation; Webster Bank, N.A.

ST:  Connecticut
IN:  FIN
SU:  CCA

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