CORRESP 1 filename1.htm SEC Acceleration Request

May 7, 2015

VIA EDGAR

Mr. Dietrich King

Assistant Director

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

  Re: WSFS Financial Corporation
     Registration Statement on Form S-4
     File No. 333-203572

Dear Mr. King:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, WSFS Financial Corporation (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-203572) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to Friday, May 8, 2015 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Through this letter, the undersigned, on behalf of the Company, hereby acknowledges that:

 

  •   should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

 

  •   the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

 

  •   the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

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Should you have any questions or comments regarding the foregoing, please call the Company’s counsel, Rusty Conner or Michael Reed of Covington & Burling LLP, who can be reached at (202) 662-5986 or (202) 662-5988, respectively.

 

Sincerely,
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:

/s/ Rodger Levenson

Rodger Levenson
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

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