---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000828944-26-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSFS"
cik: "0000828944"
company_name: "WSFS FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-19T20:42:44+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T20:50:38.874659+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WSFS Financial holds 2026 annual meeting; stockholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG

## Summary
- Elected Eleuthère l. du Pont, Michelle Hong, and David G. Turner as directors for three-year terms; each received over 40M votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 45.15M votes for, 0.49M against, and 0.05M abstentions.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2026 approved with 47.05M for, 1.47M against, 8.8K abstentions.
- Broker non-votes totaled ~2.84M on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000828944-26-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSFS
- cik: 0000828944
- company_name: WSFS FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-19T20:42:44+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000082894426000018/0000828944-26-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000082894426000018/wsfs-20260514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WSFS FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory (Non-binding) Basis, of the Compensation of the Registrant's Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal Number 2: Approval, on an Advisory (Non-binding) Basis, of the Compensation of the Registrant's Named Executive Officers For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 45,154,752 487,208 46,953 2,841,562
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000082894426000018/0000828944-26-000018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WSFS FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP) at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal Number 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP) For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 47,050,616 1,471,016 8,843 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000082894426000018/0000828944-26-000018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WSFS FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of three directors for a three-year term ending at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: At the Meeting, the stockholders: • elected three directors (Eleuthère l. du Pont, Michelle Hong, and David G. Turner) for a three-year term ending at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; • approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Registrant's named executive officers; and • ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/828944/000082894426000018/0000828944-26-000018-index.htm

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