WATERBURY, Conn., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial
Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced
today that its board of directors has scheduled the corporation's annual
meeting of shareholders for 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)April 23, 2009
at the Courtyard by Marriott, 63 Grand Street, Waterbury, Conn.
The record date for shareholders to vote at the meeting is February 19,
2009.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank,
National Association. With $17.6 billion in assets, Webster provides business
and consumer banking, mortgage, financial planning, trust and investment
services through 181 banking offices, 492 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: Ed Steadham, +1-203-578-2287, esteadham@websterbank.com; or
Terry Mangan, +1-203-578-2318, tmangan@websterbank.com/