Washington Trust Announces Date of Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Release, Conference Call and Webcast

WESTERLY, R.I., Oct. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:WASH), the publicly owned holding company of The Washington Trust Company, will release third quarter 2017 earnings and host a conference call with the Corporation’s executives as follows:

Earnings Release:		Monday, October 23, 2017, After Market Closes
Conference Call:		Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 8:30 a.m. EDT
Participant Dial In:		1-877-407-9208 (Toll-Free)
International Dial In:		1-201-493-6784
Webcast:		Washington Trust Bancorp’s website,
		www.washtrustbancorp.com
Teleconference Replay:		Available after the call, from October 24, 2017, 11:30 a.m.
		EDT through November 3, 2017, 11:59 p.m. EDT
Replay Number US:		1-844-512-2921 (Toll-Free)
Replay International:		1-412-317-6671
Replay Pin Number:		13671590

ABOUT WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC.
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. is the parent of The Washington Trust Company, with $4.4 billion in assets as of June 30, 2017. Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation, the largest state-chartered bank headquartered in Rhode Island and one of the Northeast’s premier financial services companies. Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including commercial banking, mortgage banking, personal banking and wealth management and trust services through its offices located in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Corporation’s common stock trades on NASDAQ under the symbol WASH. Investor information is available on the Corporation’s web site at www.washtrustbancorp.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
                    Elizabeth B. Eckel
                    SVP, Marketing & Investor Relations 
                    401.348.1309
                    ebeckel@washtrust.com