WATERBURY, Conn., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Webster Financial Corporation , the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.27 per common share.
The dividend is payable on August 21, 2006 to shareholders of record on August 7, 2006. This is the 76th consecutive quarterly dividend since Webster first paid a dividend in 1987.
Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association and Webster Insurance. With $17.9 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, insurance, financial planning, trust and investment services through 160 banking offices, 308 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, Connecticut and provides health savings account trustee and administrative services through HSA 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 http://www.websteronline.com/.
Media Contact Clark Finley 203-578-2287
Investor Contact Terry Mangan 203-578-2318
