Webster Financial Corporation Announces 2009 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call

WATERBURY, Conn., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced today the following details for its 2009 fourth quarter earnings release and conference call:

    Earnings Release:   Friday, January 22, 2010, at approximately
                        8:00 a.m. EST

    Conference Call:    Friday, January 22, 2010, at
                        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
                        approximately 11:00 a.m. EST on
                        January 22, 2010

    Replay Number:      (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415
                        for international calls. The replay account
                        number is 295 and the replay conference
                        number is 342343.

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association. With $17.8 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, 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.websterbank.com.

SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation