Webster to Make Presentation at Investor Conference

Feb 26, 2009

WATERBURY, Conn., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, James C. Smith, and its Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer/Chief Risk Officer, Jerry Plush will make a presentation at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Regional Bank Conference on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 from 11:10 to 11:50 a.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 $17.6 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.

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