As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2007.

 

Registration No. 333-______

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

 

 

 

WSFS Financial Corporation

 

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

22-2866913

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

500 Delaware Avenue

 

 

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

 

 

WSFS Financial Corporation 2005 Incentive Plan

 

 

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen A. Fowle

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

WSFS Financial Corporation

 

 

500 Delaware Avenue

 

 

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

 

 

(302) 792-6000

 

 

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

 

 

 

Copies to:

 

 

Evan M. Seigel, Esq.

 

 

Richard Fisch, Esq.

 

 

Malizia Spidi & Fisch, PC

 

 

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

 

 

Suite 210 East

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

 

(202) 434-4660

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of

Securities to

be Registered

 

Amount to be

Registered (1)

 

Proposed Maximum

Offering

Price Per Share

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)

 

Amount of

Registration

Fee (2)

 

Common Stock $0.01 par value per share

 

462,000 shares

 

$

63.29

(2)

$

 

 

29,239,980

 

 

 

$

 

 

897.67

 

 

(1)

Maximum number of additional shares issuable under the WSFS Financial Corporation 2005 Incentive Plan, as such amount may be increased in accordance with said plan in the event of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split or similar event involving the Registrant.

(2)

In accordance with Rule 457(h) the registration fee has been calculated based upon the average of the high and low selling prices of the common stock of the Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on September 28, 2007 of $63.29 per share ($29,239,980 in aggregate).

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective automatically upon the date of filing, in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”) and Rule 462 of the 1933 Act.

 


 

* * * * * * *

 

 

Note:  This registration statement registers 462,000 additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant to be issued under the WSFS Financial Corporation 2005 Incentive Plan for which a registration statement on Form S-8, (Commission File No. 333-127225, has been filed and is effective. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, this registration statement incorporates by reference the contents of such prior registration statement.

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wilmington in the State of Delaware, as of October 1, 2007.

 

 

 

WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/Mark A. Turner

 

 

 

Mark A. Turner

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

We, the undersigned directors and officers of WSFS Financial Corporation, do hereby severally constitute and appoint Mark A. Turner as our true and lawful attorney and agent, to do any and all things and acts in our names in the capacities indicated below and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below which said Mark A. Turner may deem necessary or advisable to enable WSFS Financial Corporation, to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering of the Company’s Common Stock, including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign, for any of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto; and we hereby ratify and confirm all that said Mark A. Turner shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/Mark A. Turner

 

 

 

Mark A. Turner

 

 

 

President and Director

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Charles G. Cheleden

 

 

 

Charles G. Cheleden

 

 

 

Vice Chairman and Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Marvin N. Schoenhals

 

 

 

Marvin N. Schoenhals

 

 

 

Chairman

 

 


Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ John F. Downey

 

 

 

John F. Downey

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Linda C. Drake

 

 

 

Linda C. Drake

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ David E. Hollowell

 

 

 

David E. Hollowell

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Joseph R. Julian

 

 

 

Joseph R. Julian

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Dennis E. Klima

 

 

 

Dennis E. Klima

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.

 

 

 

Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Thomas P. Preston

 

 

 

Thomas P. Preston

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Scott E. Reed

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Claibourne D. Smith

 

 

 

Claibourne D. Smith

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 1, 2007

By:

/s/ Stephen A. Fowle

 

 

 

Stephen A. Fowle

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Malizia Spidi & Fisch, PC as to the validity of the Common Stock being registered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Malizia Spidi & Fisch, PC (appears in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of KPMG LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

Reference is made to the Signatures section of this Registration Statement for the Power of Attorney contained therein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

WSFS Financial Corporation 2005 Incentive Plan, as amended