- Current report filing (8-K)
October 02 2009 - 4:33PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report
(Date of earliest
event reported)
:
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October
1, 2009
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Republic
First Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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000-17007
(Commission
File Number)
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23-2486815
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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50
South 16th Street, Suite 2400, Philadelphia, PA 19102
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(215)-735-4422
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act
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Item
4.01.
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Changes
in Registrant’s Certifying
Accountant.
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On
October 1, 2009, Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) was notified that
the audit practice of Beard Miller Company LLP (“Beard”) an independent
registered public accounting firm, was combined with ParenteBeard LLC
(“ParenteBeard”) in a transaction pursuant to which Beard combined its
operations with ParenteBeard and certain of the professional staff and partners
of Beard joined ParenteBeard either as employees or partners of
ParenteBeard. On October 1, 2009, Beard notified the Company that the
client-auditor relationship between the Company and Beard had
ceased. With the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company’s
Board of Directors, ParenteBeard was engaged as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm upon the cessation of the client-auditor
relationship with Beard.
Prior to
engaging ParenteBeard, the Company did not consult with ParenteBeard regarding
the application of accounting principles to a specific completed or contemplated
transaction or regarding the type of audit opinions that might be rendered by
ParenteBeard on the Company’s financial statements, and ParenteBeard did not
provide any written or oral advice that was an important factor considered by
the Company in reaching a decision as to any such accounting, auditing or
financial reporting issue.
The
report of independent registered public accounting firm of Beard regarding the
Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not
qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles.
During
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006, and during the interim period
from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through October 1, 2009,
the date of resignation, there were no disagreements with Beard on any matter of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing
scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of
Beard would have caused it to make reference to such disagreement in its
reports.
The
Company provided Beard with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to
its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and requested that Beard
furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission stating whether it agrees with above statements and, if it does not
agree, the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of the letter,
dated October 1, 2009, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K.
Item
9.01.
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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The
following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K:
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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16.1
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Letter
from Beard Miller Company LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission
dated October 1, 2009.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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REPUBLIC
FIRST BANCORP, INC.
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Date: October
1, 2009
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By:
Frank A.
Cavallaro
Frank A. Cavallaro
Senior Vice President
and
Chief Financial
Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
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Description
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16.1
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Letter
from Beard Miller Company LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission
dated October 1, 2009.
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