January 28, 2016

WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, reported net income of $14.0 million, or $0.46 per diluted common share for the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to net income of $12.7 million, or $0.44 per share for the fourth quarter of 2014 and net income of $14.4 million, or $0.51 per share for the third quarter of 2015.

Net income for the full year of 2015 was $53.5 million, or $1.85 per diluted common share, as compared to $53.8 million, or $1.93 per share for the full year of 2014. Results for 2014 included a one-time tax benefit of $6.7 million, or $0.24 per share, and $3.6 million (pre-tax), or $0.08 per share, less in corporate development costs.

Highlights for the fourth quarter of 2015:

  • Coreearnings per share (EPS) of $0.59 (enumerated later) increased 28% from $0.46 for the fourth quarter of 2014; and Corereturn on average assets (ROA) increased 17% to 1.31% from 1.12% for the fourth quarter of 2014.
  • Core net revenue increased $12.3 million, or 21% from the fourth quarter of 2014, including a $9.7 million, or a 25% increase in net interest income and a $2.6 million, or a 13% increase in Core fee income, reflecting both strong organic and acquisition growth. Core noninterest expenses increased $3.7 million, or only 10% in that same period resulting in 11 points of positive operating leverage.
  • Net interest margin increased by 39 basis points to 4.14% from fourth quarter of 2014 (discussed more later).
  • Organic loan growth was 15% (annualized) over September 30, 2015 and included growth in all major loan categories.
  • Organic growth in customer funding was $101.7 million or 12% (annualized) in the quarter.

Notable (Non-Core) items in the quarter:

  • WSFS recorded $5.5 million (pre-tax), or $0.12 per share (after-tax) in expenses related to corporate development activities during the fourth quarter of 2015, related to the acquisition of Alliance which closed in early October 2015 and the announced pending combination with Penn Liberty Bank scheduled to close in August 2016.
  • In the fourth quarter, WSFS recorded $651,000 of early debt extinguishment costs and $474,000 of security gains, primarily related to balance sheet repositioning to manage interest rate risk and liquidity in conjunction with the Alliance acquisition. Combined, these items had a negative impact of less than $0.01 per share.

CEO outlook and commentary:

Mark A. Turner, President and CEO, said, 'We are pleased to report that we reached a Core and sustainable ROA in the fourth quarter of 1.24%. This exceeds our goal of at least a 1.20% ROA we set in early 2013 as part of our 2013-2015 Strategic Plan. We have included a summary of the 3-Year Strategic Plan's goals and results later in this press release.

'These results reflect the continued growth in our traditional banking business as well as our other business segments of Wealth Management and Cash Connect. Additionally, it reflects the success of our balanced growth strategy that includes both robust organic and acquisition growth.

'Further, during the quarter we successfully completed our acquisition of Alliance Bank, and we also recently announced our combination with Penn Liberty Bank, which we expect to close in the third quarter of 2016. Our combination with high-quality community banks such as these allows us to further bolster our franchise value and ability to serve our customers in our highly desirable market in Southeastern Pennsylvania.'

'Our strong results are fundamentally driven by our business model and strategy of 'Engaged Associates delivering Stellar Service growing Customer Advocates and value for our Owners' which in 2015 is evidenced by our very good financial performance and being named a 'Top Work Place' ten years in a row and the '#1 Bank' five years in a row in our primary market.

Mr. Turner concluded, 'We are optimistic about 2016 and the future because of our increasingly strong culture, team, brand, financial fundamentals and momentum.'

Fourth Quarter 2015 Discussion of Financial Results
Alliance acquisition contributed to the increase in net interest income and margin
Net interest income for the fourth quarter of 2015 was $47.9 million, an increase of $6.9 million, or 16% (not annualized) compared to the third quarter of 2015. The net interest margin increased by 35 basis points (bps) to 4.14% from 3.79% in the third quarter of 2015. This increase included: 14bps from positive performance from a previously acquired credit-impaired loan in the 2014 FNBW transaction; 8bps from normal purchase accounting accretion related to the October 2015 Alliance acquisition; 7bps from fee accretion from organic loan pay-offs and pay-downs; and 2bps from better than expected performance from the legacy reverse mortgage portfolio. Adjusting for these items, the net interest margin was 3.83%. The reported and adjusted increase in both margin percentage and dollars over the third quarter of 2015 reflected the ongoing impact of the recent successful FNBW and Alliance acquisitions, strong organic growth and an improved balance sheet mix.

Compared to the fourth quarter of 2014, net interest income increased $9.7 million, or 25%, and net interest margin increased 39bps. These substantial year-over-year increases in margin dollars and percentages reflect the impact of organic and acquisition growth and improved balance sheet mix, in addition to the positive purchase accounting impacts from the recent acquisitions.

Strong loan growth was driven by both organic and acquisition increases
Net loans grew by $412.9 million during the quarter to $3.77 billion at December 31, 2015. Included in this increase was $291.1 million (fair market value) of loans acquired from Alliance. In addition to the acquired loans, organic loan growth was a strong $121.7 million, or 15% (annualized) during the quarter, with growth in all loan categories.

Compared to December 31, 2014, net loans increased $585.7 million, or 18%. In addition to $291.1 million, or 9% growth from the Alliance loans, year-over-year organic loan growth was a robust $294.6 million, or also 9%, and was spread across all major loan categories.

The following table summarizes loan balances and composition at December 31, 2015 compared to prior periods:

At At At
(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 2015 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014
Commercial & industrial $ 1,940,204 52 % $ 1,748,042 52 % $ 1,707,454 54 %
Commercial real estate 959,859 25 868,002 26 799,785 25
Construction 244,025 6 201,596 6 141,241 4
Total commercial loans 3,144,088 83 2,817,640 84 2,648,480 83
Residential mortgage 302,221 8 234,368 7 247,650 8
Consumer 361,637 10 342,403 10 328,455 10
Allowance for loan losses (37,089 ) (1 ) (36,412 ) (1 ) (39,426 ) (1 )
Net Loans $ 3,770,857 100 % $ 3,357,999 100 % $ 3,185,159 100 %

Fundamental credit quality continued favorable trends
Credit quality continued to show strong trends in most metrics. Total nonperforming assets were $39.9 million at December 31, 2015, a $939,000, or 2% (not annualized) improvement from September 30, 2015 despite the 18% growth in loans over the past year. The nonperforming assets to total assets ratio improved to 0.71% from 0.81% at September 30, 2015.

While delinquencies increased $26.1 million to 1.17% of gross loans at December 31, 2015 (this ratio includes nonperforming delinquencies), the increase included the impact of one large, $17.3 million, highly-seasonal relationship which has shown similar payment experience in prior years, and was brought current in early January 2016. Excluding this relationship delinquencies were $26.4 million, or 0.71% as of December 31, 2015 compared to $17.6 million, or 0.53% as of September 30, 2015. Delinquencies were impacted by two loans previously categorized as nonperforming assets (and had been written down to expected recoverable value) which also became delinquent in the quarter.

As expected, classified loans increased by $11.5 million from September 30, 2015 to $109.6 million due entirely to acquired classified loans, and the ratio of total classified loans to Tier 1 capital plus allowance for loan losses (ALLL) was 17.73% at December 31, 2015 compared to 17.00% at September 30, 2015.

Net charge-offs for the fourth quarter of 2015 were $1.1 million, or a low 12bps of total net loans on an annualized basis, a reduction from $5.9 million, or 70bps annualized in the third quarter of 2015 and $625,000, or 8bps annualized, in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Total credit costs (provision for loan losses, loan workout expenses, OREO expenses and other credit reserves) were $2.5 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2015, an increase of $894,000 from the previous quarter and $1.5 million from the fourth quarter of 2014 primarily due to provisioning for robust organic loan growth in the current quarter.

Primarily as a result of organic loan growth and the accounting impact of acquired loans, the ratio of the ALLL to total gross loans declined to 0.98% at December 31, 2015, compared to 1.08% at September 30, 2015. Excluding the accounting for acquired loans, the ALLL to total gross loans ratio would have been 1.11% at December 31, 2015 and 1.13% at September 30, 2015. The ALLL improved to 175% of nonaccruing loans from 152% at September 30, 2015 and 164% as of December 31, 2014.

Customer funding increase reflected strength in relationship accounts
Total customer funding increased $441.0 million, or 13% (not annualized) from September 30, 2015. In addition to the $339.3 million (fair market value) of deposits acquired from Alliance, organic customer funding growth was a strong $101.7 million, or 12% (annualized). This strong organic growth was mainly in relationship accounts and driven by an increase in core deposits of $86.4 million, or 11% (annualized).

Compared to December 31, 2014, customer funding increased $400.3 million, or 12% to $3.87 billion. In addition to the deposits gained from the acquisition of Alliance in 2015 and previously disclosed temporary trust related deposits of $188.5 million at December 31, 2014, organic customer funding grew $249.6 million, or 8% year-over-year. This organic growth was primarily in relationship accounts as core deposits increased $350.6 million reflecting strong growth in market share.

At December 31, 2015 core deposits represented a robust 84% of total customer funding, and no-cost and low-cost relationship checking deposit accounts represented 45% of total customer funding. The loan to customer funding ratio was also a healthy 99% at December 31, 2015.

The following table summarizes customer funding balances and composition at December 31, 2015 compared to prior periods:

At At At
(Dollars in thousands) December 31, 2015 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014
Noninterest demand $ 958,238 25 % $ 904,896 26 % $ 804,678 23 %
Interest-bearing demand 784,619 20 727,816 21 688,370 20
Savings 439,918 11 388,213 11 402,032 11
Money market 1,090,050 28 1,015,985 30 1,066,224 31
Total core deposits 3,272,825 84 3,036,910 88 2,961,304 85
Customer time 587,013 15 384,110 11 500,974 14
Total customer deposits 3,859,838 99 3,421,020 99 3,462,278 99
Customer sweep accounts 13,770 1 11,621 1 10,986 1
Total customer funding $ 3,873,608 100 % $ 3,432,641 100 % $ 3,473,264 100 %

Double-digit growth continued in fee income over prior year
Core fee income (noninterest income) increased $2.6 million, or 13% when compared to the same period a year ago. This represented across-the-board growth, including increases of $800,000 in investment management and fiduciary revenue, $593,000 in credit/debit card and ATM income, $424,000 in mortgage banking income, and $363,000 in deposit service charges.

Given the Company's mix of businesses, fee income (and related expenses) can be seasonal, with the fourth quarter typically being our strongest quarter. When compared to the third quarter of 2015, Core fee income increased by $974,000, or 5% (not annualized). Key growth drivers included seasonal and organic increases in investment management and fiduciary revenue of $338,000 and credit/debit card and ATM income of $241,000. In addition, mortgage banking fee income increased $101,000 during the fourth quarter of 2015, despite a more challenging mortgage banking market.

Noninterest expense management results in significant positive operating leverage
Noninterest expense for the fourth quarter of 2015 was $47.2 million, an increase of $8.8 million when compared to the fourth quarter of 2014. Core noninterest expense increased $3.7 million, or only 10% compared to the 21% increase in Core revenue. Contributing to the year-over-year growth was the result of the ongoing operating costs from the addition of the Alliance franchise, increased compensation expense tied to improved core performance and increased costs to support the infrastructure from the significant organic and acquisition growth.

For the same reasons mentioned above, when compared to the third quarter of 2015, noninterest expense increased $8.5 million and Core noninterest expenses increased $3.2 million.

Selected Business Segments (included in previous results):
Wealth Management segment fee revenue grew by 17% over the prior year

The Wealth Management segment provides a broad array of fiduciary, investment management, credit and deposit products to clients through four businesses. WSFS Wealth Investments provides insurance and brokerage products primarily to our retail banking clients. Cypress Capital Management, LLC is a registered investment advisor with approximately $638 million in assets under management (AUM). Cypress' primary market segment is high net worth individuals, offering a 'balanced' investment style focused on preservation of capital and providing for current income. Christiana Trust, with $12.6 billion in assets under management and administration, provides fiduciary and investment services to personal trust clients, and trustee, agency, bankruptcy administration, custodial and commercial domicile services to corporate and institutional clients. WSFS Private Banking serves high net worth clients by delivering credit and deposit products and partnering with other business units to deliver investment management and fiduciary products and services.

Total Wealth Management revenue (net interest income, fiduciary fees and other fee income) was $9.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2015. This was an increase of $1.2 million, or 15% compared to the fourth quarter of 2014 and an increase of $563,000, or 7% (not annualized) compared to the third quarter of 2015. This year-over-year increase included fee revenue growth of $893,000, or 17%, and reflects continued growth in several Wealth business lines, with particular strength in securitization trustee appointments, bankruptcy administration and the partnership with WSFS Mortgage/Array Financial in the delivery of mortgage products to Private Banking clients.

Total noninterest expense (including intercompany allocations and provision for loan losses and credit costs) was $6.1 million during the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to $4.3 million during the fourth quarter of 2014 and $5.9 million during the third quarter of 2015. The year-over-year increase in costs was due to $1.0 million of combined legal, consulting and anticipated dispute resolution costs on a few legacy trust accounts, in addition to increased compensation expense due to higher revenue and other infrastructure costs necessary to support the continuing significant growth of the Wealth business. The fourth quarter of 2014 also included a credit to provision expense from pay-offs and pay-downs in the Private Banking business.

Pre-tax income in the fourth quarter of 2015 was $3.1 million compared to $3.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and $2.7 million in the third quarter of 2015 and was impacted by the above-mentioned dynamics.

Cash Connect showed meaningful growth over 2014
Cash Connect is a premier provider of ATM vault cash and cash logistics services in the United States. Cash Connect services over 16,000 non-bank ATMs nationwide with $581 million in vault cash and also operates 467 ATMs for WSFS Bank, which has the largest branded ATM network in Delaware.

Cash Connect recorded $7.5 million in net revenue (fee income less funding costs) in the fourth quarter of 2015, an increase of $896,000, or 14% from the fourth quarter of 2014, reflecting strong continued organic growth. Net revenue also increased $493,000 compared to the third quarter of 2015. Noninterest expenses (including intercompany allocations of expense) were $5.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2015, an increase of $530,000 from the fourth quarter of 2014 and an increase of $277,000 compared to the third quarter of 2015. Cash Connect reported pre-tax income of $2.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, which was an increase of $364,000, or 19% from the fourth quarter of 2014. Fourth quarter 2015 pre-tax income also increased $215,000, or 10% (not annualized) when compared to the third quarter of 2015.

Cash Connect's solid growth was driven by continued market penetration of its core business offerings of ATM vault cash and related total cash management services. During the fourth quarter a high volume account was added to the portfolio increasing fee-earning balances by over $40 million. Cash Connect is also gaining traction with its new deposit safe cash logistics product rolled out earlier in 2015 and significant deposit safe partners have been added to the program which has built a strong pipeline for 2016. In addition, Cash Connect has expanded its use of partners' bank cash in the ATM vault cash program to boost risk-adjusted ROA to even higher performance levels.

Income taxes
The Company recorded an $8.0 million income tax provision in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to an $8.1 million tax provision in the third quarter of 2015 and a $6.6 million tax provision in the fourth quarter of 2014.

The effective tax rate was 36.4% in the fourth quarter of 2015, 35.9% in the third quarter of 2015 and 33.1% in the fourth quarter of 2014. The 2015 effective rates increased due to nondeductible expenses associated with acquisition activity and higher marginal state tax rates.

Capital management
Strong capital, earnings and prospects allowed for additional return to owners
WSFS' total stockholders' equity at December 31, 2015 increased $74.9 million to $580.5 million, due to the impact of the stock issued in conjunction with the acquisition of Alliance and quarterly earnings, offset by an interest-rate related reduction in the value of the available-for-sale investment portfolio, common stock dividends and the Company's stock buyback activity.

Similarly, WSFS' tangible common equity increased to $485.2 million at December 31, 2015 from $449.3 million at September 30, 2015. WSFS' tangible common equity to asset ratio decreased by 12bps during the quarter to 8.84%. Tangible common book value per share was $16.30 at December 31, 2015, or only a $0.10 decrease from September 30, 2015, with all ratios reflecting the combined impact of the above noted changes.

At December 31, 2015, WSFS Bank's Tier I leverage ratio of 10.88%, Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio and Tier 1 capital ratio of 12.31%, and total capital ratio of 13.11%, were all substantially in excess of the 'well-capitalized' regulatory benchmarks.

In the fourth quarter of 2015, WSFS repurchased 100,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $33.80 as part of our 5% buyback program approved by the Board of Directors in October, 2015. WSFS has 1,400,565 shares, or just under 5% of outstanding shares remaining to repurchase under this current authorization.

Finally, the Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share of common stock. This dividend will be paid on February 26, 2016 to shareholders of record as of February 12, 2016.

2013-2015 Strategic Plan Recap

In early 2013, as part of the Company's most recent 3-year Strategic Plan, and based on the investments we had made, the market opportunity we saw at that time and the then-current economic outlook, the Company established a goal to achieve a minimum core and sustainable ROA of 1.20% by the fourth quarter of 2015. We have reported on this 'path-to-high-performing' progress each quarter in our periodic investor presentations. The following table and discussion outlines the improvement in our key metrics and provides a summary of how we achieved this improved performance over the last 3 years.

Strategic Plan: Adjusted Results For the three months ended
December 31, 2015 December 31, 2012 Improvement
Net income $ 16,777 $ 8,432 $ 8,345 99 %
Earnings Per Share $ 0.55 $ 0.29 $ 0.26 90 %
ROA (see below) 1.24 % 0.78 % 0.46 % 59 %
ROTCE 14.11 % 9.52 % 4.59 % 48 %

In the fourth quarter of 2012, GAAP reported ROA was 0.70%. Excluding securities gains, debt extinguishment costs and normalizing credit costs to long-term run rates, core and sustainable ROA was estimated to an adjusted 0.78%. For the fourth quarter of 2015, GAAP reported ROA was 1.03%. Normalizing for similar items and corporate development costs, fourth quarter 2015 Core ROA was 1.31%. Our fourth quarter 2015 path-to-high-performing analysis also removed non-routine yield accretion from one acquired loan to get to an estimated core and sustainable ROA of 1.24%, a 46 basis point, or 59% improvement from the fourth quarter of 2012.

Our vastly improved bottom line performance came from almost every part of the business and almost every major line item of the income statement. Significant expansion in core net interest income was driven by pricing discipline and the success of our balanced growth strategy of robust organic growth including taking good market share, combined with a few successful acquisitions during the period. Further, total credit quality and costs recovered more than originally expected. Core and sustainable fee income from our other business segments (Wealth and Cash Connect) grew significantly; however the growth was muted slightly by deposit service charges, which were essentially flat, due to changes in the regulatory environment and customer behavior. The efficiency of the organization also improved substantially over the period due to management's ongoing focus on improving operating leverage and prudently managing expenses while continuing to significantly grow the Company. Finally, the core tax rate has benefitted from the additional municipal investments, however this improvement was offset by higher marginal tax rates from increased performance and geographic growth during the period.

Management is in the final stages of completing the Company's 2016-2018 Strategic Plan which will continue to build on our momentum and enhance our commitment to being a sustainable high-performing company.

Fourth quarter 2015 earnings release conference call
Management will conduct a conference call to review fourth quarter results at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Friday, January 29, 2016. Interested parties may listen to this call by dialing 1-877-312-5857. A rebroadcast of the conference call will be available two hours after the completion of the call, until Saturday, February 13, 2016, by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and using Conference ID 22756730.

About WSFS Financial Corporation
WSFS Financial Corporation is a multi-billion dollar financial services company. Its primary subsidiary, WSFS Bank, is the oldest and largest, locally-managed bank and trust company headquartered in Delaware and the Delaware Valley. As of December 31, 2015 WSFS Financial Corporation had $5.6 billion in assets on its balance sheet and $13.2 billion in fiduciary assets, including approximately $1.2 billion in assets under management. As of December 31, 2015, WSFS operates from 63 offices located in Delaware (44), Pennsylvania (17), Virginia (1) and Nevada (1) and provides comprehensive financial services including commercial banking, retail banking, cash management and trust and wealth management. Other subsidiaries or divisions include Christiana Trust, WSFS Wealth Investments, Cypress Capital Management, LLC, Cash Connect, Array Financial and Arrow Land Transfer. Serving the Delaware Valley since 1832, WSFS Bank is the seventh oldest bank in the United States continuously operating under the same name. For more information, please visit www.wsfsbank.com.

Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
This press release contains estimates, predictions, opinions, projections and other 'forward-looking statements' as that phrase is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, without limitation, references to the Company's predictions or expectations of future business or financial performance as well as its goals and objectives for future operations, financial and business trends, business prospects, and management's outlook or expectations for earnings, revenues, expenses, capital levels, liquidity levels, asset quality or other future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations. Such forward-looking statements are based on various assumptions (some of which may be beyond the Company's control) and are subject to risks and uncertainties (which change over time) and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those related to difficult market conditions and unfavorable economic trends in the United States generally, and particularly in the market areas in which the Company operates and in which its loans are concentrated, including the effects of declines in housing markets, an increase in unemployment levels and slowdowns in economic growth; the Company's level of nonperforming assets and the costs associated with resolving any problem loans including litigation and other costs; changes in market interest rates may increase funding costs and reduce earning asset yields thus reducing margin; the impact of changes in interest rates and the credit quality and strength of underlying collateral and the effect of such changes on the market value of the Company's investment securities portfolio; the credit risk associated with the substantial amount of commercial real estate, construction and land development, and commercial and industrial loans in our loan portfolio; the extensive federal and state regulation, supervision and examination governing almost every aspect of the Company's operations including the changes in regulations affecting financial institutions, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the rules and regulations being issued in accordance with this statute and potential expenses associated with complying with such regulations; possible additional loan losses and impairment of the collectability of loans; the Company's ability to comply with applicable capital and liquidity requirements (including the finalized Basel III capital standards), including our ability to generate liquidity internally or raise capital on favorable terms; possible changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies, laws and regulations and other activities of governments, agencies, and similar organizations; any impairment of the Company's goodwill or other intangible assets; failure of the financial and operational controls of the Company's Cash Connect division; conditions in the financial markets that may limit the Company's access to additional funding to meet its liquidity needs; the success of the Company's growth plans, including the successful integration of past and future acquisitions; negative perceptions or publicity with respect to the Company's trust and wealth management business; system failure or cybersecurity breaches of the Company's network security; the Company's ability to recruit and retain key employees; the effects of problems encountered by other financial institutions that adversely affect the Company or the banking industry generally; the effects of weather and natural disasters such as floods, droughts, wind, tornadoes and hurricanes as well as effects from geopolitical instability and man-made disasters including terrorist attacks; possible changes in the speed of loan prepayments by the Company's customers and loan origination or sales volumes; possible acceleration of prepayments of mortgage-backed securities due to low interest rates, and the related acceleration of premium amortization on prepayments on mortgage-backed securities due to low interest rates; regulatory limits on the Company's ability to receive dividends from its subsidiaries and pay dividends to its shareholders; the effects of any reputational, credit, interest rate, market, operational, legal, liquidity, regulatory and compliance risk resulting from developments related to any of the risks discussed above; and the costs associated with resolving any problem loans, litigation and other risks and uncertainties, discussed in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Forward looking statements are as of the date they are made, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data) Three months ended Twelve months ended
(Unaudited) December 31, September 30, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2015 2015 2014 2015 2014
Interest income:
Interest and fees on loans $ 45,449 $ 38,437 $ 36,677 $ 157,220 $ 137,048
Interest on mortgage-backed securities 3,629 3,588 3,381 14,173 13,511
Interest and dividends on investment securities 1,085 875 842 3,672 3,285
Interest on reverse mortgage loans 1,336 1,561 1,212 5,299 5,129
Other interest income 314 396 228 2,212 1,364
51,813 44,857 42,340 182,576 160,337
Interest expense:
Interest on deposits 1,811 1,587 1,958 7,165 7,151
Interest on Federal Home Loan Bank advances 676 868 577 3,008 2,427
Interest on trust preferred borrowings 353 343 333 1,362 1,321
Interest on senior debt 941 942 942 3,766 3,766
Interest on bonds payable - - - - 15
Interest on other borrowings 136 120 291 475 1,150
3,917 3,860 4,101 15,776 15,830
Net interest income 47,896 40,997 38,239 166,800 144,507
Provision for loan losses 1,778 1,453 567 7,790 3,580
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 46,118 39,544 37,672 159,010 140,927
Noninterest income:
Credit/debit card and ATM income 6,727 6,486 6,134 25,702 24,129
Investment management and fiduciary revenue 5,711 5,373 4,911 21,884 17,364
Deposit service charges 4,342 4,338 3,979 16,684 17,071
Mortgage banking activities, net 1,352 1,251 928 5,896 3,994
Loan fee income 497 405 515 1,834 1,921
Investment securities gains, net 474 76 58 1,478 1,037
Bank-owned life insurance income 232 162 233 776 700
Other income 3,702 3,574 3,229 14,001 12,062
23,037 21,665 19,987 88,255 78,278
Noninterest expense:
Salaries, benefits and other compensation 21,779 20,784 19,953 83,908 76,387
Occupancy expense 3,849 3,757 3,438 15,121 14,192
Equipment expense 2,348 2,059 2,095 8,448 7,705
Professional fees 2,473 2,039 1,714 7,737 6,797
Data processing and operations expense 1,498 1,570 1,494 5,949 6,105
Marketing expense 792 619 819 3,002 2,403
FDIC expenses 711 786 642 2,853 2,653
Early Extinguishment of Debt Costs 651 - - 651 -
Corporate development expense 5,473 855 999 7,620 4,031
Loan workout and OREO expense 613 166 623 1,108 2,542
Other operating expenses 7,000 6,070 6,596 27,062 23,830
47,187 38,705 38,373 163,459 146,645
Income before taxes 21,968 22,504 19,286 83,806 72,560
Income tax provision 7,984 8,078 6,578 30,273 18,803
Net income $ 13,984 $ 14,426 $ 12,708 $ 53,533 $ 53,757
Diluted earnings per share of common stock (p):
Net income allocable to common stockholders $ 0.46 $ 0.51 $ 0.44 $ 1.85 $ 1.93
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for fully diluted EPS 30,234,365 28,231,895 28,869,678 28,943,017 27,908,199
Performance Ratios:
Return on average assets (a) 1.03 % 1.14 % 1.07 % 1.05 % 1.17 %
Return on average equity (a) 9.71 11.41 10.40 10.24 12.21
Return on tangible common equity (a) (n) 11.84 13.27 12.16 12.06 13.80
Net interest margin (a)(b) 4.14 3.79 3.75 3.87 3.68
Efficiency ratio (c) 65.86 61.24 65.84 63.52 65.76
Noninterest income as a percentage of total net revenue (b) 32.15 34.28 34.03 34.29 34.82
See 'Notes'
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
SUMMARY STATEMENTS OF CONDITION
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited) December 31, September 30, December 31,
2015 2015 2014
Assets:
Cash and due from banks $ 83,065 $ 94,756 $ 93,717
Cash in non-owned ATMs 477,924 434,044 414,188
Investment securities (d) 196,776 169,167 156,200
Other investments 30,709 28,180 23,412
Mortgage-backed securities (d) 690,115 725,624 710,164
Net loans (e)(f)(l) 3,770,857 3,357,999 3,185,159
Reverse mortgage loans 24,284 24,476 29,298
Bank owned life insurance 90,208 77,053 76,509
Goodwill and intangibles 95,295 56,339 57,593
Other assets 126,729 100,304 107,080
Total assets $ 5,585,962 $ 5,067,942 $ 4,853,320
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
Noninterest-bearing deposits $ 958,238 $ 904,896 $ 804,678
Interest-bearing deposits 2,901,598 2,516,124 2,657,599
Total customer deposits 3,859,836 3,421,020 3,462,277
Brokered deposits 156,730 223,582 186,958
Total deposits 4,016,566 3,644,602 3,649,235
Federal Home Loan Bank advances 669,514 643,027 405,894
Other borrowings 264,697 225,352 261,881
Other liabilities 54,714 49,344 47,259
Total liabilities 5,005,491 4,562,325 4,364,269
Stockholders' equity 580,471 505,617 489,051
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 5,585,962 $ 5,067,942 $ 4,853,320
Capital Ratios:
Equity to asset ratio 10.39 % 9.98 % 10.08 %
Tangible common equity to asset ratio (n) 8.84 8.96 9.00
Common equity Tier 1 capital (g) (required: 4.5%; well capitalized: 6.5%) 12.31 12.91 --
Tier 1 leverage (g) (required: 4.00%; well-capitalized: 5.00%) 10.88 10.81 10.25
Tier 1 risk-based capital (g) (required: 6.00%; well-capitalized: 8.00%) 12.31 12.91 12.79
Total Risk-based capital (g) (required: 8.00%; well-capitalized: 10.00%) 13.11 13.80 13.83
Asset Quality Indicators:
Nonperforming Assets:
Nonaccruing loans $ 21,165 $ 23,916 $ 24,051
Troubled debt restructuring (accruing) 13,647 13,616 22,600
Assets acquired through foreclosure 5,080 3,299 5,734
Total nonperforming assets $ 39,892 $ 40,831 $ 52,385
Past due loans (h) $ 18,032 $ 918 $ -
Allowance for loan losses $ 37,089 $ 36,412 $ 39,426
Ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets 0.71 % 0.81 % 1.08 %
Ratio of nonperforming assets (excluding accruing TDRs) 0.47 0.54 0.61
Ratio of allowance for loan losses to total gross loans (i) 0.98 1.08 1.23
Ratio of allowance for loan losses to nonaccruing loans 175 152 164
Ratio of quarterly net charge-offs to average gross loans (a)(e) 0.12 0.70 0.08
Ratio of year-to-date net charge-offs to average gross loans (a)(f) 0.29 0.36 0.18
See 'Notes'
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited) Three months ended
December 31, 2015 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014
Average Interest & Yield/ Average Interest & Yield/ Average Interest & Yield/
Balance Dividends Rate (a)(b) Balance Dividends Rate (a)(b) Balance Dividends Rate (a)(b)
Assets:
Interest-earning assets:
Loans: (e) (j)
Commercial real estate loans $ 1,193,235 $ 16,532 5.54 % $ 1,076,077 $ 12,630 4.69 % $ 942,372 $ 11,380 4.83 %
Residential real estate loans (l) 294,255 3,205 4.36 249,645 2,516 4.03 246,462 2,537 4.12
Commercial loans 1,886,691 21,736 4.65 1,738,824 19,484 4.52 1,672,848 19,078 4.50
Consumer loans 359,708 3,976 4.39 335,487 3,807 4.50 326,174 3,682 4.48
Total loans (l) 3,733,889 45,449 4.89 3,400,033 38,437 4.54 3,187,856 36,677 4.62
Mortgage-backed securities (d) 694,803 3,629 2.09 743,312 3,588 1.93 697,346 3,381 1.94
Investment securities (d) 183,161 1,085 3.49 152,356 875 3.32 158,317 842 3.03
Reverse mortgage loans 25,266 1,336 21.15 25,485 1,561 24.50 29,294 1,212 16.55
Other interest-earning assets 25,351 314 4.90 31,346 396 5.01 23,784 228 3.80
Total interest-earning assets 4,662,470 51,813 4.47 4,352,532 44,857 4.14 4,096,597 42,340 4.18
Allowance for loan losses (36,516 ) (40,978 ) (39,597 )
Cash and due from banks 101,860 88,855 86,435
Cash in non-owned ATMs 415,311 415,652 384,099
Bank owned life insurance 88,926 76,947 76,358
Other noninterest-earning assets 200,674 157,811 155,784
Total assets $ 5,432,725 $ 5,050,819 $ 4,759,676
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest-bearing deposits:
Interest-bearing demand $ 741,602 $ 195 0.10 % $ 677,665 $ 162 0.09 % $ 670,379 $ 162 0.10 %
Money market 1,110,235 712 0.25 961,654 622 0.26 873,635 461 0.21
Savings 434,973 130 0.12 400,275 52 0.05 404,644 54 0.05
Customer time deposits 555,108 600 0.43 395,637 553 0.55 511,342 1,089 0.84
Total interest-bearing customer deposits 2,841,918 1,637 0.23 2,435,231 1,389 0.23 2,460,000 1,766 0.28
Brokered deposits 187,878 174 0.37 212,117 198 0.37 223,195 192 0.34
Total interest-bearing deposits 3,029,796 1,811 0.24 2,647,348 1,587 0.24 2,683,195 1,958 0.29
FHLB of Pittsburgh advances 543,562 676 0.50 693,202 868 0.50 451,674 577 0.50
Trust preferred borrowings 67,011 353 2.09 67,011 343 2.03 67,011 333 1.94
Senior Debt 55,000 941 6.85 55,000 942 6.85 55,000 942 6.85
Other borrowed funds 143,929 136 0.38 138,465 120 0.35 148,062 291 0.79
Total interest-bearing liabilities 3,839,298 3,917 0.40 3,601,026 3,860 0.43 3,404,942 4,101 0.48
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits 967,436 895,711 826,817
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities 49,980 48,405 39,243
Stockholders' equity 576,011 505,677 488,674
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 5,432,725 $ 5,050,819 $ 4,759,676
Excess of interest-earning assets
over interest-bearing liabilities $ 823,172 $ 751,506 $ 691,655
Net interest and dividend income $ 47,896 $ 40,997 $ 38,239
Interest rate spread
4.07 % 3.71 % 3.70 %
Net interest margin
4.14 % 3.79 % 3.75 %
See 'Notes'
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited) Three months ended Twelve months ended
December 31, September 30, December 31, December 31, December 31,
Stock Information (p): 2015 2015 2014 2015 2014
Market price of common stock:
High $ 35.42 $ 29.44 $ 26.66 $ 35.42 $ 26.66
Low 27.51 26.26 23.38 23.59 21.25
Close 32.36 28.81 25.63 32.36 25.63
Book value per share of common stock 19.50 18.46 17.34
Tangible common book value per share of common stock (n) 16.30 16.40 15.30
Number of shares of common stock outstanding (000s) 29,763 27,392 28,209
Other Financial Data:
One-year repricing gap to total assets (k) 1.80 % 3.55 % 0.63 %
Weighted average duration of the MBS portfolio 4.7 years 4.3 years 4.0 years
Unrealized (losses) gains on securities available-for-sale, net of taxes $ (1,887 ) $ 4,543 $ 2,653
Number of Associates (FTEs) (m) 947 893 841
Number of offices (branches, LPO's, operations centers, etc.) 63 55 55
Number of WSFS owned ATMs 467 452 456
Notes:
(a) Annualized.
(b) Computed on a fully tax-equivalent basis.
(c) Noninterest expense divided by (tax-equivalent) net interest income and noninterest income.
(d) Includes securities available-for-sale at fair value.
(e) Net of unearned income.
(f) Net of allowance for loan losses.
(g) Represents capital ratios of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB and subsidiaries.
(h) Accruing loans which are contractually past due 90 days or more as to principal or interest.
(i) Excludes loans held-for-sale.
(j) Nonperforming loans are included in average balance computations.
(k) The difference between projected amounts of interest-sensitive assets and interest-sensitive liabilities repricing within
one year divided by total assets, based on a current interest rate scenario.
(l) Includes loans held-for-sale.
(m) Includes seasonal Associates, when applicable.
(n) The Company uses non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) financial information in its analysis of
the Company's performance. This non-GAAP data should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance
with GAAP, and is not a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. See pages 20
(o) Beginning in 2015, the annualization method used to calculate net interest margin was changed to actual/actual
from 30/360. All periods net interest margin calculations were updated to reflect this change.
(p) All stock information has been adjusted for the 3 for 1 stock dividend completed on May 18, 2015.
(q) Core and sustainable values are non-GAAP financial information and should be considered in addition to results prepared
in accordance with GAAP, and not a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. For additional information on the calculation
of core and sustainable financial information in conjunction with our 2013-2015 Strategic Plan see page 21
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Non-GAAP Reconciliation (n): Three months ended Twelve months ended
December 31, September 30, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2015 2015 2014 2015 2014
Net interest Income (GAAP) $ 47,896 $ 40,997 $ 38,239 $ 166,800 $ 144,507
Noninterest Income (GAAP) 23,037 21,665 19,987 88,255 78,278
Less: Securities gains (474 ) (76 ) (58 ) (1,478 ) (1,037 )
Core fee income (non-GAAP) 22,563 21,589 19,929 86,777 77,241
Core net revenue (non-GAAP) $ 70,459 $ 62,586 $ 58,168 $ 253,577 $ 221,748
Noninterest expense (GAAP) $ 47,187 $ 38,705 $ 38,373 $ 163,459 $ 147,819
Less: Corporate Development Costs (5,473 ) (855 ) (999 ) (7,620 ) (4,031 )
Debt extinguishment costs (651 ) - - (651 ) -
Core noninterest expense (non-GAAP) $ 41,063 $ 37,850 $ 37,374 $ 155,188 $ 143,788
End of period
December 31, September 30, December 31,
2015 2015 2014
Total assets $ 5,585,491 $ 5,067,942 $ 4,853,320
Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets (95,295 ) (56,339 ) (57,593 )
Total tangible assets $ 5,490,196 $ 5,011,603 $ 4,795,727
Total Stockholders' equity $ 580,471 $ 505,617 $ 489,051
Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets (95,295 ) (56,339 ) (57,593 )
Total tangible common equity $ 485,176 $ 449,278 $ 431,458
Calculation of tangible common book value per share:
Book Value per share (GAAP) $ 19.50 $ 18.46 $ 17.34
Tangible common book value per share (non-GAAP) 16.30 16.40 15.30
Calculation of tangible common equity to assets:
Equity to asset ratio (GAAP) 10.39 % 9.98 % 10.08 %
Tangible common equity to asset ratio (non-GAAP) 8.84 8.96 9.00
Three months ended
Twelve months ended
December 31, September 30, December 31, December 31, December 31,
2015 2015 2014 2015 2014
GAAP net income $ 13,984 $ 14,426 $ 12,708 $ 53,533 $ 53,757
Less: Sec. gains, corp. dev. costs, debt ext. & income tax benefit, net of taxes 3,855 548 576 4,921 (4,632 )
Non-GAAP net income $ 17,839 $ 14,974 $ 13,284 $ 58,454 $ 49,125
Return on Average Assets (ROA) 1.03 % 1.14 % 1.07 % 1.05 % 1.17 %
Less: Sec. gains, corp. dev. costs, debt ext. & income tax benefit, net of taxes 0.28 0.04 0.05 0.10 (0.10 )
Non-GAAP ROA 1.31 % 1.18 % 1.12 % 1.15 % 1.07 %
GAAP EPS $ 0.46 $ 0.51 $ 0.44 $ 1.85 $ 1.93
Less: Sec. gains, corp. dev. costs, debt ext. & income tax benefit, net of taxes 0.13 0.02 0.02 0.17 (0.17 )
Core EPS (non-GAAP) $ 0.59 $ 0.53 $ 0.46 $ 2.02 $ 1.76
WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Strategic Plan Core and Sustainable
Results Non-GAAP Reconciliation : Three months ended
December 31, December 31,
2015 2012
GAAP net income $ 13,984 $ 7,558
Adjustments net of tax:
Non-recurring PCI accretion (1,056 ) -
Securities gains (301 ) (2,358 )
Long-term credit normalization (6 ) 852
Corporate development expense 3,743 -
Debt extinguishment costs 413 2,380
Strategic Plan net income $ 16,777 $ 8,432
GAAP net income allocable to common stockholders $ 13,984 $ 6,865
Adjustments net of tax:
Non-recurring PCI accretion (1,056 ) -
Securities gains (301 ) (2,358 )
Long-term credit normalization (6 ) 852
Corporate development expense 3,743 -
Debt extinguishment costs 413 2,380
Strategic Plan net income allocable to common stockholders $ 16,777 $ 7,739
Return on Average Assets (ROA) 1.03 % 0.70 %
Adjustments:
Non-recurring PCI accretion (0.07 ) -
Securities gains (0.02 ) (0.22 )
Long-term credit normalization - 0.08
Corporate development expense 0.27 -
Debt extinguishment costs 0.03 0.22
Strategic Plan ROA 1.24 % 0.78 %
GAAP EPS $ 0.46 $ 0.26
Adjustments:
Non-recurring PCI accretion (0.04 ) -
Securities gains (0.01 ) (0.09 )
Long-term credit normalization - 0.03
Corporate development expense 0.12 -
Debt extinguishment costs 0.02 0.09
Strategic Plan EPS $ 0.55 $ 0.29
Total average Stockholders' equity $ 576,011 $ 421,119
Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets and preferred stock (83,860 ) (85,919 )
Total average tangible common equity $ 492,151 $ 335,200
Strategic plan net income allocable to common stockholders $ 16,777 $ 7,739
Plus: Amortization of Goodwill and other intangibles 587 240
Strategic plan total tangible net income allocable to common stockholders $ 17,364 $ 7,979
Strategic Plan return on tangible common equity 14.11 % 9.52 % 

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rlevenson@wsfsbank.com
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