July 9, 2008

People's United Financial, Inc. 2nd Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call Scheduled For Friday, July 18, 2008

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. - People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT) announced today it will host a conference call on Friday, July 18, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its second quarter 2008 earnings announcement. People's United Financial will release its second quarter financial results on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

The call will be broadcast live through the company's Internet site, peoples.com. It is accessible by selecting "Investor Relations" in the "About People's United" section on the home page, and then selecting "Conference Calls" in the "News and Events" section.

The call will be archived on the site and available for retrieval for approximately 90 days.

People's United Bank, a diversified financial services company with $21 billion in assets, provides consumer and commercial banking services through a network of more than 300 branches in Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and New York. Through its subsidiaries, People's United Financial provides equipment financing, asset management, brokerage and financial advisory services, and insurance services.