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
April 30, 2015
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)
WSFS Financial Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-35638 | 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) |
Registrants 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 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
As described in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, WSFS Financial Corporation (the Company) held its annual meeting of stockholders on April 30, 2015, and upon recommendation of the Companys Board of Directors, the stockholders voted on and approved an amendment to the Companys Amended and Restated Certificate if Incorporation. The amendment increases the number of authorized shares of the Companys common stock from 20,000,000 to 65,000,000.
A copy of the amendment is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
(a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the company was held on April 30, 2015.
(b) At the meeting, the stockholders:
| elected all three director nominees named in the 2015 Proxy Statement to the companys Board of Directors for three-year terms expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2018; and |
| approved the amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Companys common stock from 20,000,000 to 65,000,000; and |
| ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015; and |
| approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of named executive officers. |
The following are the final voting results for each of the proposals voted on at the meeting.
Proposal Number 1: Election of Directors
For | Withheld | Broker Non-vote | ||||||||||
Anat Bird |
7,095,935 | 101,645 | 783,452 | |||||||||
Jennifer W. Davis |
7,089,040 | 108,541 | 783,452 | |||||||||
Donald W. Delson |
7,112,827 | 84,754 | 783,452 |
Proposal Number 2: Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Companys common stock from 20,000,000 to 65,000,000
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-vote |
|||
7,799,502 | 165,764 | 11,348 | 4,418 |
Proposal Number 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP)
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-vote |
|||
6,921,788 | 1,041,094 | 18,147 | 0 |
Proposal Number 4: Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-vote |
|||
7,106,139 | 57,824 | 33,618 | 783,452 |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) | Exhibits |
3.1 Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of WSFS Financial Corporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 1, 2015.
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: May 5, 2015 | By: |
/s/ Rodger Levenson |
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Rodger Levenson | ||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 3.1
Certificate of Amendment
of
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of
WSFS Financial Corporation
WSFS Financial Corporation (the Company), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:
FIRST : that the Board of Directors of the Company, acting by unanimous written consent, duly adopted a resolution setting forth the following proposed amendment to the Companys Certificate of Incorporation and declaring its advisability:
RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the Company deems it advisable and in the best interests of the Company that Article FOURTH, Section A of the Certificate of Incorporation be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
A. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is seventy-two million five hundred thousand (72,500,000), consisting of:
(a) | seven million five hundred thousand (7,500,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value one cent ($.01) per share (the Preferred Stock); and |
(b) | sixty-five million (65,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value one cent ($.01) per share (the Common Stock). |
SECOND : that thereafter, pursuant to resolution of the Companys Board of Directors, the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company was duly called upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and such meeting was held on April 30, 2015, at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.
THIRD : that said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed this 1st day of May, 2015.
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ John L. Olsen |
|
Name: |
John L. Olsen |
|
Title: |
General Counsel and S.V.P. |