STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of July 27,
2009, by and between WSFS Financial Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (“Seller”), and Peninsula Investment
Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“Buyer”).
WHEREAS , the Board of Directors of Seller proposes to
sell to Buyer, and Buyer proposes to purchase from Seller, (i) such
amount of shares of common stock of Seller, $.01 par value per
share (“Seller Common Stock”), and (ii) a warrant to
purchase shares of the Seller Common Stock (the
“Warrant”), in each case as set forth below, for an
aggregate purchase price of $25,000,000, in cash; and
WHEREAS , the Board of Directors of Seller believes that
the sale of the shares of Seller Common Stock and the Warrant to
Buyer, under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
is in the best interests of the Seller and its
stockholders;
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the mutual
promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally
bound, mutually agree as follows:
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Purchase and Sale of Shares;
Warrant .
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1.1 Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, at the Closing (as
defined in Section 2.1 hereof), Seller shall sell, transfer, assign
and deliver unto Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase from Seller, (a)
Eight Hundred Sixty Two Thousand Sixty Nine (862,069) shares of
Seller Common Stock (each, a “Share”, and collectively,
the “Shares”), and (b) a Warrant to purchase upon
exercise thereof One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand Three Hundred Ten
(129,310) Shares (each such Share, a “Warrant Share”,
and, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”) in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth in the certificate
evidencing the Warrant attached hereto as Exhibit A.
1.2 At
the Closing, Buyer shall pay to Seller a purchase price (the
“Purchase Price”) of $25,000,000, in cash, in
consideration of its purchase of the Shares and the Warrant. At any
exercise of the Warrant, in whole or in part, Buyer shall pay to
Seller the Warrant’s exercise price multiplied by the number
of Warrant Shares for which the Warrant is being exercised in
immediately available cash funds, or net settlement in Shares as
set forth in Section 4 of the Warrant, and Seller shall deliver to
Buyer the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
2.1 The
closing under this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take
place within seven (7) business days following the approval by the
Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”) of the
Rebuttal of Rebuttable Determination of Control filed by Buyer with
respect to the Seller. At such time, the Closing shall take place
at 10:00 am at the main office of the Seller, 500 Delaware Avenue,
Wilmington, Delaware, or at such other place and time as the
parties shall agree in writing.
2.2 Immediately
prior to the Closing (and as a condition of the Buyer’s
obligations to purchase the Shares and the Warrant and otherwise
perform its obligations under this Agreement), the Seller shall
deliver to the Buyer a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer
of the Seller certifying that (a) as of such date, to his
knowledge, the representations and warranties set forth herein are
true and accurate in all respects, and (b) that there has not been
since the execution of this Agreement any material adverse change
to the Seller’s business.
2.3 Immediately
prior to the Closing (and as a condition of the Seller’s
obligations to deliver the Shares and the Warrant and otherwise
perform its obligations under this Agreement), the Buyer shall
deliver to the Seller a certificate from its general partner
certifying as to the Buyer that as of such date, to his knowledge,
the representations and warranties set forth herein are true and
accurate in all material respects. For purposes of this Section
2.3, the term “knowledge” shall mean the actual
knowledge of Mr. Ted Weschler.
2.4 At
the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer a certificate for each
of the Shares and the Warrant, duly registered in the name of the
Seller.
2.5 At
the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller the Purchase Price by
wire transfer of immediately available funds.
3.
Registration Rights . As additional consideration for the
agreement of Buyer to purchase the Shares and the Warrant under
this Agreement, Seller further agrees to provide to Buyer the
following registration rights with respect to the Shares and the
Warrant Shares.
3.1
Listing of Common Stock . The Seller shall use its best
efforts to cause the Seller Common Stock to remain listed on The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). The Seller shall
cause the Shares and, upon exercise, the Warrant Shares to be
listed or included in such listing or on each securities exchange
or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by
the Seller are then listed or included.
3.2
Shelf Registration . The Seller shall prepare and file with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”), as soon as practicable but in no event later
than ninety (90) days after the Closing, a Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (or such other form as the Seller is then eligible to
use) registering the resale from time to time by the Buyer of the
Shares and the Warrant Shares pursuant to a plan of distribution
reasonably acceptable to the Buyer (the “Registration
Statement”). The Buyer agrees to promptly provide to the
Seller, in writing, such information as the Seller may reasonably
request for inclusion in the Registration Statement. The Seller
shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to
be declared effective by the SEC on the earlier of (a) ninety (90)
days after its filing date, or (b) the fifth business day following
the date on which the Seller is notified by the SEC that the
Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject
to further review and comments (the “Effectiveness
Deadline”), and to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”) until the earlier of (x) the
date on which all Shares and Warrant Shares covered by the
Registration Statement may be sold without restriction (including,
without limitation, any applicable filing requirements, manner of
sale, current public information and volume limitations whether as
a result of Buyer being deemed an “affiliate” of the
Seller as such term is defined and used in Rule 144 or otherwise)
by the Buyer pursuant to Rule 144(b)(ii), or (y) such date as all
Shares and Warrant Shares registered on such Registration Statement
have been sold by the Buyer (the earlier to occur of (x) or (y) is
the “Registration Termination Date”).
(a) If
a Registration Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at
any time prior to the applicable Registration Termination Date, the
Seller shall use its best efforts to reinstate the effectiveness
thereof.
(b) The
Seller shall supplement and amend the Registration Statement if
required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to
the registration form used by the Seller for such Registration
Statement, if required by the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder, or to the extent to which the
Seller does not reasonably object, as requested by the
Buyer.
(c) All
Registration Expenses (as defined below) incurred in connection
with the registrations pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be borne
by the Seller. “Registration Expenses” shall mean all
expenses incurred by the Seller in complying with this Section 3.2
hereof including, without limitation, all registration and filing
fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Seller, blue sky fees and expenses, and the expense of any special
audits incident to or required by any such registration.
(d) The
Seller may suspend sales of Shares and Warrant Shares (if
applicable) pursuant to the Registration Statement for a period of
not more than thirty (30) days during any six (6) month period in
the event it determines in good faith that such Registration
Statement contains an untrue statement of material fact or omits to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statement therein not misleading; provided that (i) the
Seller shall immediately notify the Buyer in writing of such
suspension and (ii) the Seller shall promptly amend such
Registration Statement in order to correct any untrue statement
and/or ensure that such Registration Statement is not misleading.
At the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, the
Buyer shall be named as a selling security holder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus in such a manner
as to permit the Buyer to deliver such prospectus to purchasers of
Shares in accordance with applicable law.
(e) The
Seller shall promptly furnish to the Buyer upon receipt thereof (i)
any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the
Seller or its representatives relating to any Registration
Statement (but shall redact any material non-public information
therefrom), and (ii) after the same is prepared and filed with the
SEC, a copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s)
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all
documents incorporated therein by reference and all
exhibits.
(f) The
Seller shall furnish to the Buyer at Seller’s sole cost and
expense such number of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Shares and
Warrant Shares owned by them.
(g) The
Seller shall use its best efforts to register and qualify the
securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be
reasonably requested by the Buyer at Seller’s sole cost and
expense.
(h) The
Seller shall immediately notify the Buyer at any time when a
prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which
the prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in
effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances then existing; provided, however, that, subject to
Section 3.2(d), the Seller shall promptly amend such Registration
Statement in order to correct any untrue statement and/or ensure
that such Registration Statement is not misleading. The Seller
shall immediately notify Buyer (i) when such registration statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; (ii)
of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state
governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a
Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information
that pertains to the Buyer as a selling stockholder or its plan of
distribution; (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement
covering any or all of the Shares or the Warrant Shares or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including pursuant
to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (iv) of the receipt by
the Seller of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Shares or the Warrant Shares for sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the occurrence of any other event that results in the Buyer
being unable to sell Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to the
Registration Statement or related prospectus.
3.3
Piggyback Registration Rights . If at any time following the
issuance of the Shares under this Agreement, the Seller (a) has not
registered the Shares and the Warrant Shares in accordance with
this Agreement and, (b) the Seller proposes to register any common
stock under the Securities Act (other than registration pursuant to
a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor
form of securities to be offered in a transaction of the type
referred to in Rule 145 under the Securities Act or to employees of
Seller pursuant to any employee benefit plan, respectively), Seller
will promptly, but not less than thirty (30) days prior to the
filing date of any such registration statement, give written notice
to Buyer of its intention to effect that registration and of the
rights of Buyer under this Agreement to participate therein
(“Piggyback Registration”), which notice shall include
the estimated filing date for the registration statement. Upon the
written request of Buyer made within twenty (20) days after receipt
of any such notice, Seller will include in the Piggyback
Registration (and any related qualifications under applicable state
securities laws) all Shares and/or Warrant Shares that Buyer has so
requested Seller to register. In connection with any piggyback
registration, the Seller shall comply with procedures set forth in
Section 3.2(b) – (h). Seller shall pay all reasonable and
customary registration expenses in connection with any Piggyback
Registration (including maintenance of the effectiveness of any
registration, as required under this Agreement), including, without
limitation: (a) all registration and filing fees required by or
payable to the SEC, any stock exchange or the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), including, if
applicable, the fees and expenses of any a qualified independent
underwriter (and its counsel) that is retained in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the FINRA, (b) all fees and expenses
to comply with state securities or blue sky laws (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters,
if any, in connection with blue sky qualifications), (c) all
printing, messenger and delivery expenses (d) all fees and
disbursements of counsel for Seller and Seller’s independent
public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits
and/or “cold comfort” or other accountants’
letters required by or incident to such registration, (e) fees and
disbursements of underwriters imposed on Seller by the underwriting
agreements to which Seller is a part, and the reasonable fees and
expenses of any special experts retained in connection with the
requested registration, and (f) the actual and reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for Buyer in an amount not to exceed
$30,000.
3.4 Reports
under Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With a view to making
available to the Buyer the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule
or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Buyer to
sell securities of the Seller to the public without registration or
pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Seller agrees
to:
(a) use
its reasonable best efforts to make and keep adequate current
public information available in accordance with Rule 144(c) at all
times as the Seller remains subject to the periodic reporting
requirements under Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”);
(b) use
its reasonable best efforts to take such action as is necessary to
enable the Buyer to qualify for use of the SEC’s Form S-3 or
such other registration statement form as may be applicable for the
sale of their Shares and the Warrant Shares;
(c) use
its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner
all reports and other documents required of the Seller under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(d) furnish
to the Buyer, so long as the Buyer owns any Shares or Warrant
Shares, upon reasonable request (i) a written statement by the
Seller that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, or that it qualifies as a
registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (or
such other form as the Seller is then eligible to use), and (ii) a
copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Seller
and such other reports and documents so filed by the Seller with
the SEC.
(a)
Indemnification by Seller . To the extent permitted by
applicable law, Seller will indemnify Buyer and each of its
respective controlling persons, affiliates, shareholders,
directors, officers, employees and agents (a “Seller
Indemnified Person”) with respect to which registration,
qualification or compliance has been effected pursuant to this
Agreement, against all claims, losses, damages, costs, expenses
(including reasonable costs of investigation and legal expenses)
and liabilities whatsoever (or actions in respect thereof) arising
out of or based on (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material fact contained in any registration
statement, prospectus, offering circular or other similar document
(including any related registration statement, notification or the
like) incident to any such registration, qualification or
compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, or (ii) any violation by
Seller of the Securities Act or any state securities law or of any
rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act or any
state securities law or any common law or any other law applicable
to Seller in connection with any such registration, qualification
or compliance, and will reimburse a Seller Indemnified Person for
any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action, unless such action arises out of or is based
on any untrue statement or omission based upon written information
furnished to Seller by Buyer. It is expressly acknowledged that
Seller shall not indemnify a Seller Indemnified Person otherwise
entitled to indemnification hereunder if such Seller Indemnified
Person made an untrue statement or failed to state a material fact
in information furnished to Seller by Buyer for use in a
registration statement and if the use of such
information by Seller in connection
with its registration statement causes the claim, loss, damages,
cost, expense or liability for which indemnification is being
sought.
(b)
Indemnification by Buyer . Buyer will indemnify Seller and
each of its respective controlling persons, affiliates,
shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (a
“Buyer Indemnified Person”) against all claims,
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