f8k_032812-0312.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


 
March 28, 2012
 
 
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)
 

WSFS Financial Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
 
0-16668
 
22-2866913
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(SEC Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

500 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware
 
19801
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (302) 792-6000

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01    Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 28, 2012, WSFS Financial Corporation (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (the “Bank”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P., as representatives of the underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), with respect to the sale by Treasury and the purchase by the Underwriters of 52,625 shares of the Company’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), at a public offering price of $915.1100 per share in an underwritten public offering.  Treasury originally acquired the Preferred Stock in January 2009 as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Capital Purchase Program.
 
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants among the parties as of the date of entering into such Underwriting Agreement.  These representations, warranties and covenants are not factual information to investors about the Company or the Bank.  A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.  This description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
 
The shares of Preferred Stock were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-157454) declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2009 (the “Registration Statement”).  The offer and sale of the Preferred Stock are described in the Company’s prospectus, constituting a part of the Registration Statement, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated March 28, 2012.
 
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
 
1.1
Underwriting Agreement


 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


   
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
 
Date: March 28, 2012
 
 
 
By:
 
 
/s/ Stephen A. Fowle 
     
Stephen A. Fowle
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer