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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                          FORM 11-K

(Mark One)

{X}           ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

                AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended  December 31, 2009                                                                                                                                         

                      OR

{  }           TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

                AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________________________  to  _______________________

Commission file number   0-16668

A.           Full title of the plan and the address of the plan:

WSFS Financial Corporation
401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan
500 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, DE  19801

B.           Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its
principal executive office:

WSFS Financial Corporation
500 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, DE  19801

 
 

 


REQUIRED INFORMATION
 

 
The audited financial statements required are included herein.
 
SIGNATURES
 

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 

 

 



 

 

WSFS Financial Corporation
401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan
   
 
 
 
DATE:  June 28, 2010
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
/s/ Peggy H. Eddens
     
Peggy H. Eddens
Plan Administrator

 
 

 


 
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)
 


 

 
 

 

WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Table of Contents
 
 
Page
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
1
   
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2009 and 2008
2
   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, Years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
3
   
Notes to Financial Statements
4
   
Schedule
 
   
1           Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year), December 31, 2009
13
   
   
   


 

 
 

 

 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To Participants and Administrator of the
WSFS Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan:
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the WSFS Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
 
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedule of assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2009 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
 
   
                                                

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 28, 2010


 
 

 


WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008

 
   
2009
   
2008
 
Assets:
           
Investments, at fair value (note 3)
  $ 36,227,792     $ 35,977,019  
Loans to Participants
    519,315       613,796  
Total investments and loans
    36,747,107       36,590,815  
Receivables:
               
Contributions
          125,639  
Total receivables
          125,639  
                 
Net assets available for plan benefits before adjustment
    36,747,107       36,716,454  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully
               
benefit-responsive investment contracts
    101,484       394,534  
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 36,848,591     $ 37,110,988  

 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
 

 

 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008

 
   
2009
   
2008
 
Investment (Loss) Income
           
Net (depreciation) in fair value of investments (Note 5)
  $ (2,482,989 )   $ (8,431,530 )
Interest and dividends
    43,329        57,722   
        Net Investment (Loss)
    (2,439,660 )       (8,373,808 )  
                 
Contributions:
               
  Employer
    1,388,238        1,791,059   
  Participants
    1,987,177        1,991,608   
Total Contributions
    3,375,415        3,782,667   
Deductions:
               
Benefits paid
    1,183,026        2,274,311   
Administrative expenses
    15,126        4,200   
Total Deductions
    1,198,152        2,278,511   
Net (Decrease) in Net Assets Available for Benefits
    (262,397 )       (6,869,652 )  
Net assets available for benefits:
               
Beginning of year
    37,110,988        43,980,640   
  End of year
  $ 36,848,591     $ 37,110,988  

 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
 

 

 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008
 

(1)
Description of Plan
 
The purpose of the WSFS Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (the Plan) is to encourage and assist employees (Associates) in following a systematic savings program suited to their individual long-term financial objectives. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The following description of the Plan provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan agreement or the summary plan description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
 
 
(a)
Eligibility
 
All full- and part-time regular (nontemporary) status Associates of WSFS Financial Corporation or its subsidiaries (the Employers) who have completed six months of service as of July 1, 2004 or who will complete six months of service on or after July 1, 2004 and have attained age 21 years or older are eligible to participate following the completion of six months of continuous employment. Peak time Associates, interns, temporary employees, leased employees, or nonresident aliens are not eligible to participate in the Plan, except as may otherwise be required to preserve the qualified status of the Plan.
 
 
(b)
Contributions
 
Participants may authorize the Employers to make payroll deductions under the Plan from 0% to 70% of their total compensation, not to exceed $16,500 in 2009. In addition, those participants, who are over age 50 or turning age 50 on or before December 31, 2009, are eligible for an additional catch-up contribution of $5,500 in 2009. The percentage contribution may be increased, decreased, revoked, or resumed at any time during the year. Such changes are effective as of the next pay period. Contributions made by participants are credited to their individual accounts and are made on a pretax basis assuming applicable regulations set forth in the Internal Revenue Code are satisfied.
 
All contributions made by the Employers on participants’ behalf are also on a pretax basis. The Employers’ contributions comprise the following:
 
Company Matching Contribution – The Plan includes an employer matching contribution program such that the Employers match 100% of the Associate’s contribution up to 5% of total compensation. The matching contribution is made in cash and participants are able to direct the investment of the contribution.  If they choose not to, the contribution will be invested in the default option which is 100% Reed, Conner & Birdwell, Inc. balanced fund.  Participants can make changes to their investment elections at any time.
 
Employer Base Profit Sharing Contribution – The Plan includes a profit sharing program. The contribution for each eligible participant is calculated as a fixed percentage of the participant’s total compensation.  Participants can direct the investment of the profit sharing contribution prior to when it is given.  If they choose not to, the contribution will be invested in the default option, which is 100% Reed, Conner & Birdwell, Inc. balanced fund.  Participants can make changes to their investment elections at any time.  The two types of profit sharing contributions are as follows:
 
 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008

 
·  
Base Contribution – Participants shall be entitled to a base contribution in each calendar quarter in which the Board approves such contributions, based upon the Employers’ performance. It is calculated based on a fixed percentage of eligible compensation.
 
·  
Supplemental Contribution – A participant shall be entitled to a supplemental contribution at the end of each plan year in which the Board approves such contributions, based upon the Employers’ performance.
 
 
(c)
Participants’ Accounts
 
Participants’ accounts are credited for their contributions and the Employers’ contribution made on their behalf. Participants’ accounts are also adjusted by an allocation of the earnings or losses of the Plan fund in which each participant’s account is invested based upon the change in unit share price of all funds and for the money market fund upon the ratio of the account balance to the total of all participants’ account balances in that fund.
 
 
(d)
Vesting
 
All Associate contributions are 100% vested and are not subject to forfeiture for any reason. Employer contributions that are forfeited by participants reduce future Employer contributions. Unallocated forfeitures were $173,308 and $179,076 as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Forfeitures used to offset Employer contributions amounted to $78,629 and $19,000 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The table below shows the vesting schedule for the Plan:
 
Years of service
 
Vested percentages as amended
0-1
 
   20%
2
 
40
3
 
60
4
 
80
5
 
100

 
 
(e)
Withdrawals
 
Participants’ accounts are segregated between pre-January 1, 1988 and post-January 1, 1988 contributions. Associate contributions made subsequent to January 1, 1988 are made on a pretax basis. Withdrawals are subject to tax and, in certain instances, penalty. Effective January 1, 1993, the Plan is required to withhold federal income taxes at a flat rate of 20% on the taxable portion of withdrawals that are not directly rolled over into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or another qualified retirement plan. This withholding tax does not apply to minimum distributions and annuity payments. Participant interest payments on loans, which are included in interest and dividends, are made on a post-tax basis.
 

 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008

Under the Plan, participants may request hardship withdrawals of vested contributions (but not income earned on contributions after December 31, 1988), which must be approved by the Associate Benefits Committee and can only be made for one of the following reasons:
 
1.  
Purchase of primary residence of the participant;
 
2.  
Preservation of primary residence;
 
3.  
Certain medical expenses of a participant or the participant’s dependents; and
 
4.  
Tuition for the next semester or quarter of postsecondary education of the participant, spouse, or dependents.
 
 
(f)
Loan Provision
 
Under the Plan, participants may obtain loans up to 50% of their vested account balance with a minimum loan of $1,000 and a maximum loan of $50,000. The interest rate on loans is the prime rate plus 1%. Interest paid on the loan is added to the participant’s account balance. Loans are secured by the participant’s interest in the Plan.  To be eligible for a loan, Associates must make Associate Savings Contributions of at least 1% of total compensation.  Participants may only have one outstanding loan at a time with no option to refinance.  Once that loan is paid in full, they are required to wait 30 days before they can reapply for a new loan.
 
 
(g)
Administrative Expenses
 
Expenses relating to the administration of the Plan are generally paid by WSFS Financial Corporation. Costs incurred by the Plan relating to voluntary removal of funds in the form of loan proceeds or withdrawals are paid by the participants.
 
 
 
(h)
Payment of Benefits
 
Any participant who separates from service for any reason, including disability, but excluding death, shall be entitled to receive their vested interest in their account balance.  This distribution can be in a lump-sum payment, rollover to an IRA, or rollover to the qualified plan of a new employer.  Upon the death of a participant prior to payment of all retirement benefits, the participant’s vested account balance shall be paid to the participant’s beneficiary in accordance with the plan document.
 
(2)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
 
(a)
Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.
 
 
(b)
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
 
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, codified in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 (“ASC 820”), “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, which defines fair value, establishes guidelines for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements. ASC 820 does not require any new fair value measurements but rather eliminates inconsistencies in guidance found in various prior accounting pronouncements and
 
 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
 
is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan adopted ASC 820 which did not have a material impact on the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits or the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. See note 3 for information and related disclosures regarding fair value measurements.
 
 
(c)
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
 
Investments are reported at fair value.  See note 3 for discussion of fair value measurements.
 
Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments is reflected in the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits and includes realized gains and losses on investments bought and sold and the change in appreciation (depreciation) from one period to the next. The estimated fair value of the investment in the ABN-AMRO Income Plus Stable Value Fund is adjusted to contract value in the adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts line item as described in paragraph (i) below.
 
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.
 
Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Acquisition costs are included in the cost of investments purchased, and sales are recorded net of selling expenses.
 
 
 (d)
Participant Loans
 
Participant loans are recorded at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
 
 
 (e)
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
 
(f)
Revenue Recognition and Method of Accounting
 
The Plan records all transactions on an accrual basis. Investment income is recorded as earned.
 
 
(g)
Fund Accounting for Income
 
The Collective Trust Funds, Stable Value Fund, and Common Stock Fund invest interest and dividend income within the fund to purchase additional fund assets rather than distribute the income among investors in the fund.
 
 
(h)
Payment of Benefits
 
Benefits are recorded when paid.
 
 
(i)
Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts
 
Effective January 1, 2006, the Plan adopted the provisions of ASC 946-210 (formerly FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment
 

 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans) with respect to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by the ABN-AMRO Income Plus Stable Value Fund (“ABN-AMRO Fund”), which is provided as a core investment option to participants in the Plan.
 
As provided in ASC 946-210, an investment contract is generally permitted to be valued at contract value, rather than fair value, to the extent it is fully benefit-responsive.  As also provided for by ASC 946-210, the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts are included at fair value in the investments of the Plan and are adjusted to contract value in the statements of net assets available for Plan benefits.
 
The average market yield of the ABN-AMRO Fund for the year ended December 31, 2009 was 2.85% and the average yield earned by the ABN-AMRO Fund that reflects the actual interest credited to participants for the year ended December 31, 2009 was 2.37%.
 
(3)
Fair Value Measurements
 
ASC 820 establishes a framework for measuring fair value, which provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:
 
Level 1
 
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.
Level 2
Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
 
· Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets
 
· Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets
 
· Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability
 
· Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
 
If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
 
Level 3
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

 

 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of observable inputs.
 
Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
Collective Investment Fund:  Valued at the net asset value (“NAV”) of shares held by the Plan at year end.
 
Common Stock Fund:  Valued at the NAV of the shares held by the plan at year end. The NAV is calculated based upon shares of Company stock and cash balances held by the Fund.
 
 Stable Value Funds:  Stable Value Funds are public investment vehicles valued using the NAV provided by the administrator of the fund.  As of December 31, 2009, the Plan invested in the ABN-AMRO Income Plus Stable Value Fund.  Per review of the fund’s audited financial statements as of December 31, 2009, substantially all of the fund’s investment valuations used to determine its NAV are Level 2 valuations.  Therefore, the Plan’s management classified the valuation of the ABN-AMRO Income Plus Stable Value Fund as Level 2.
 
The Plan has $36,227,792 of investments in alternative investment funds which are reported at fair value. For all of those investments, the Plan has concluded that the net asset value reported by the underlying fund approximates the fair value of the investment. These investments are redeemable with the fund at NAV under the original terms of the partnership agreements and/or subscription agreements and operations of the underlying funds.  However, it is possible that these redemption rights may be restricted or eliminated by the funds in the future in accordance with the underlying fund agreements. Due to the nature of the investments held by the funds, changes in market conditions and the economic environment may significantly impact the NAV of the funds and, consequently, the fair value of the Plan interests in the funds.  Furthermore, changes to the liquidity provisions of the funds may significantly impact the fair value of the Plan’s interest in the funds.
 
Although a secondary market exists for these investments, it is not active and individual transactions are typically not observable.  When transactions occur in this limited secondary market, they may occur at discounts to the reported net asset value.  Therefore, if the redemption rights in the funds were restricted or eliminated and the Plan were to sell these investments in the secondary market, it is reasonably possible that a buyer in the secondary market may require a discount to the reported NAV, and the discount could be significant.
 

 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2009:

 
   
Fair Value Measurements Using
       
   
Quoted
   
Significant
             
   
Prices
   
Other
   
Significant
       
   
in Active
   
Observable
   
Unobservable
   
Fair
 
   
Markets
   
Inputs
   
Inputs
   
Value
 
   
(Level 1)
   
(Level 2)
   
(Level 3)
   
Measurement
 
Collective Investment Funds
  $ -     $ 28,362,505     $ -     $ 28,362,505  
WSFS Common Stock Fund
    -       7,865,287       -       7,865,287  
Total investments, at fair value
  $ -     $ 36,227,792     $ -     $ 36,227,792  
 
The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2008:
 
   
Fair Value Measurements Using
       
   
Quoted
   
Significant
             
   
Prices
   
Other
   
Significant
       
   
in Active
   
Observable
   
Unobservable
   
Fair
 
   
Markets
   
Inputs
   
Inputs
   
Value
 
   
(Level 1)
   
(Level 2)
   
(Level 3)
   
Measurement
 
Collective Investment Funds
  $ -     $ 22,134,919     $ -     $ 22,134,919  
WSFS Common Stock Fund
    -       13,842,100       -       13,842,100  
Total investments, at fair value
  $ -     $ 35,977,019     $ -     $ 35,977,019  

(4)        Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500
 
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
 

   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
Net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements
  $ 36,848,591     $ 37,110,988  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-
               
responsive investment contracts
    (101,484 )     (394,534 )
Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500
  $ 36,747,107     $ 36,716,454  

 
 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008

 
The following is a reconciliation of net depreciation in fair value of investments per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
 

    Year Ended   
     December 31,  
   
2009
 
Net depreciation in fair value of investments per the financial statements
$
(2,482,989)
 
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive
     
    investment contracts for the year ended December 31, 2009
 
(101,484)
 
Net depreciation in fair value of investments per the Form 5500
$
(2,584,473)
 
 
 
(5)
Investments
 
The following represents the fair value of investments that are 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets:
 

   
2009
   
2008
 
WSFS Common Stock Fund*
  $ 7,865,287     $ 13,842,100  
ABN-AMRO Income Plus Stable Value Fund
    4,730,796       4,569,050  
Smith Group Asset Management Fund
    3,701,111       3,313,342  
Reed, Conner and Birdwell, Inc. Fund
    3,342,806       1,865,290  
FMT/Vanguard GNMA Fund
    2,919,830       2,583,384  
Eagle Global Advisors Fund
    2,744,852       2,130,227  
NWQ Investment Management, LLC Fund
    1,885,400       **  
                 
                 
*Party-in-interest.
               
                 
**Investment not 5% or more of Plan's net assets for this year.
         

The Plan holds an indirect investment in WSFS Financial Corporation common stock through shares held by the WSFS Common Stock Fund.  The WSFS Common Stock Fund represents approximately 22% and 38% of total investments as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  WSFS Financial Corporation is a bank holding company.
 
During 2009 and 2008, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) (depreciated) appreciated in value as follows:
 

   
2009
   
2008
 
Collective Investment Funds
  $ 3,734,486     $ (7,890,174 )
WSFS Common Stock Fund
    (6,217,475 )       (541,356 )  
Total depreciation
  $ (2,482,989 )   $ (8,431,530 )


 
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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
(6)
Income Tax Status
 
On December 15, 2005, the Plan was amended and restated effective March 28, 2005 and further amended on February 19, 2008. The Plan received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated May 6, 2005. The Employers believe that the Plan, as amended, is designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.  During 2008, the Internal Revenue Service formally audited the Plan for years ended 2005 and 2006 and the Plan continues to qualify under Section 401(a) and the related trust continues to be tax-exempt as of December 31, 2008. Therefore, no provision for income taxes is included in the Plan’s financial statements.
 
(7)
Plan Termination
 
Although WSFS Financial Corporation has not expressed any intention to terminate the Plan, it may do so at any time. Upon the complete discontinuation of contributions to the Plan, or the complete or partial termination of the Plan, the rights of all affected Associates under the Plan shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable.
 
(8)
Related-Party Transactions
 
During 2009 and 2008, certain plan investments which consisted of shares of Collective Investment Funds sponsored by First Mercantile Trust and WSFS Financial Corporation common stock.  Investment transactions with First Mercantile Trust and WSFS Financial Corporation qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Fees incurred for investment management, and custodial services were paid from the Plan, while record-keeping services were paid by WSFS Financial Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
(9)
Risks and Uncertainties
 
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.
 
Recent market conditions have resulted in an unusually high degree of volatility and increased the risks and short-term liquidity associated with certain investments held by the Plan, which could impact the value of investments after the date of these financial statements.
 

 

 
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Schedule 1
 
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
401(k) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
 
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
 
December 31, 2009

 
   
Investments
 
Shares
   
Current value
 
  *  
WSFS Common Stock Fund
    1,821,849      $ 7,865,287  
  *  
Collective Investment Funds:
               
     
    ABN-AMRO Income Plus Stable Value Fund
    380,348        4,730,796  
     
    Smith Group Asset Management Fund
    338,595        3,701,111  
     
    Reed, Conner and Birdwell, Inc. Fund
    301,730        3,342,806  
     
    FMT/Vanguard GNMA Fund
    225,649        2,919,830  
     
    Eagle Global Advisors Fund
    194,304        2,744,852  
     
    NWQ Investment Management, LLC Fund
    185,997        1,885,400  
     
    Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC Fund
    160,968        1,821,096  
     
    Washington Capital Management Fund
    135,239        1,559,257  
     
    FMT/Lifestyle Moderate Growth Strategy Fund
    74,833        1,248,769  
     
    FMT/iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth Index ETF Fund
    125,252        1,134,193  
     
    FMT/Lifestyle Aggressive Growth Strategy Fund
    43,076        745,116  
     
    FMT/American Funds Growth Fund of Amer. R4 Fund
    60,536        641,938  
     
    FMT/Lifestyle Income and Conservative Fund
    38,512        552,046  
     
    FMT/Lifestyle Conservative Growth Strategy Fund
    34,127        505,044  
     
    Tradewinds NWQ Global Investors, LLC Fund
    26,868        351,145  
     
    FMT/iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value Index ETF Fund
    27,701        256,833  
     
    FMT/Royce Micro-Cap Investment Fund
    15,925        222,273  
  *  
Loans to participants (interest rate of prime plus 1%)**
            519,315  
     
             Total investments and loans
          $ 36,747,107  
  *  
Party-in-interest.
               
  **   During 2009, the prime rate was 4.25%.                 
              
               
 
 
See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.
               


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