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GLOBAL NOTE


 


UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.


 







WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION


 


6.25% Senior Note Due 2019


 



	
No. 1

	  	
CUSIP No.: 929328409


 


$55,000,000


 







WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation), for value received promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $55,000,000 (the “Principal”) on September 1, 2019.


 


Interest Payment Dates:  March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on December 1, 2012.


 


Interest Record Dates:  February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 (each, an “Interest Record Date”).


 


Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.


 






  





  











  













 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.


 



	  	
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION


 


 


 


By:   ________________________________________________                                                          


Name:  Mark A. Turner


Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer


 

















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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION







This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.


 



	
Dated:  August 27, 2012

	
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,


Trustee


 


 


By:  ___________________________________________                                                           


Name: ______________________________________ 

Title:  Authorized Signatory


 

















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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION


 


6.25% Senior Note Due 2019


 


1.  Interest.  WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above.  Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from August 27, 2012.  The Company will pay interest quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, commencing December 1, 2012.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the related payment of interest for such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date and no further interest shall accrue as a result of such delay.


 


The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.


 


2.  Method of Payment.  The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Interest Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Note subsequent to such Interest Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date.  Holders must surrender Notes to the Trustee to collect principal payments.  The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (“U.S. Legal Tender”).  Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at any other office or agency designated by the Company for such purpose; provided that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Holder entitled thereto as such address appears in the Note register.  However, the payments of interest, and any portion of the principal (other than interest payable at maturity or on any redemption or repayment date or the final payment of principal) shall be made by the Paying Agent, upon receipt from the Company of immediately available funds by 12:30 p.m., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed to between the Company and the Paying Agent or the Company), directly to a Holder (by Federal funds wire transfer or otherwise) if the Holder owns at least $10 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and has delivered written instructions to the Paying Agent and the Company at least ten Business Days prior to such Interest Payment Date requesting that such payment will be so made and designating the bank account to which such payments shall be so made and in the case of payments of principal surrenders the same to the Trustee in exchange for a Note or Notes aggregating the same principal amount as the unredeemed principal amount of the Notes surrendered.


 


3.  Paying Agent.  Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent.  The Company may change any Paying Agent without notice to the Holders.


 




  





  











  






4.  Indenture. The Company and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of August 27, 2012 (the “Base Indenture”) and a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 27, 2012, setting forth certain terms of the Notes pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).  Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein.  The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Base Indenture and those made part of the Base Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”), as in effect on the date of the Base Indenture.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Base Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them.  To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.


 


5.  Optional Redemption.  The Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, on September 1, 2017, or on any Interest Payment Date thereafter at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.  On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions thereof called for redemption.


 


6.  Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.  The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25.  A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture.  The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture.  The Company need not issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of 15 days before such series is selected for redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.


 


7.  Persons Deemed Owners.  The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.


 


8.  Unclaimed Funds.  If funds for the payment of principal or interest remain unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will repay the funds to the Company at its written request.  After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such funds shall cease.


 


9.  Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.  The Company may be discharged from its obligations under the Notes and under the Indenture with respect to the Notes except for certain provisions thereof, and may be discharged from obligations to comply with certain covenants contained in the Notes and in the Indenture with respect to the Notes, in each case upon satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Indenture.


 


10. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.  Subject to certain exceptions, the Notes and the provisions of the Indenture relating to the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of all series then outstanding affected by such amendment or supplement (voting as one class), 


 


 




  





  











  






and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture with respect to a series may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Notes of such series then outstanding.  Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note in any material respect.


 


11.  Defaults and Remedies.  If an Event of Default (occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued interest to the date of declaration, may be declared to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.  Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.  The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity satisfactory to it.  The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.  The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of certain continuing Defaults or Events of Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.


 


12.  No Sinking Fund.  There is no sinking fund provided for the Notes.


 


13.  Trustee Dealings with Company.  Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA and the Indenture, the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee.


 


14.  No Recourse Against Others.  No stockholder, director, officer, employee, member or incorporator, as such, of the Company, or any successor Person thereof shall have any liability for any obligation under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of a Note by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.


 


15.  Authentication.  This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Note.


 


16.  Abbreviations and Defined Terms.  Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as:  TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).


 


17.  CUSIP Numbers.  Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes.  No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.


 




  





  











  






18.  Governing Law.  The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note thereof.


 






  





  











  






 



ASSIGNMENT FORM


 


    I or we assign and transfer this Note to _____________________________________________







 









(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee or transferee)


 


 









(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)







and irrevocably appoint ______________________________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.








	
Dated:

	  	
Signed:


 


	 	 	  

(Signed exactly as name appears on the other side of this Note)