8-K

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

August 26, 2013

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)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

WSFS Financial Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release on August 29, 2013, announcing the redemption of its remaining cumulative perpetual preferred stock on August 26, 2013. The redemption of this excess capital was funded by available cash on hand of the Company at the stated liquidation (par) value of $1,000 per share. The Company paid preferred stockholders a total of $32,675,000 which included accrued and unpaid dividends to, but excluding August 26, 2013. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release Dated August 29, 2013

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: August 29, 2013	By:	/s/ Stephen A. Fowle
		Stephen A. Fowle
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1 Press Release Dated August 29, 2013

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

PRESS RELEASE	Investor Relations Contact: Stephen A. Fowle
August 29, 2013	(302) 571-6833 sfowle@wsfsbank.com
	Media Contact: Stephanie Heist
	(302) 571-5259
	sheist@wsfsbank.com

WSFS COMPLETES REDEMPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK

WILMINGTON, Del. — WSFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, announced that it completed the redemption of its remaining cumulative preferred stock on August 26, 2013. This redemption of excess capital was funded by available cash on hand from WSFS Financial Corporation at the stated liquidation (par) value of $1,000 per share. WSFS paid preferred stockholders $32,675,000, which included accrued and unpaid dividends to, but excluding the date of redemption, that have been earned since the last regular quarterly payment of dividends.

The redemption of the excess capital will be immediately accretive to earnings per share of common stock, adding meaningfully to common stockholders’ value over time.

As reported earlier this year, WSFS previously repurchased $20,000,000 of the $52,600,000 outstanding preferred stock in open market transactions at or very near par value.

About WSFS Financial Corporation

WSFS Financial Corporation is a multi-billion dollar financial services company. Its primary subsidiary, WSFS Bank, is the oldest, locally-managed bank and trust company headquartered in Delaware with $4.4 billion in assets on its balance sheet and $17.1 billion in fiduciary assets, including approximately $1.1 billion in assets under management. WSFS operates from 51 offices located in Delaware (41), Pennsylvania (8), Virginia (1) and Nevada (1) and provides comprehensive financial services including commercial banking, retail banking and trust and wealth management. Other subsidiaries or divisions include Christiana Trust, WSFS Investment Group, Inc., Cypress Capital Management, LLC, Cash Connect^® and Array Financial. Serving the Delaware Valley since 1832, WSFS Bank is the seventh oldest bank in the United States continuously operating under the same name. For more information, please visit www.wsfsbank.com.

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