- Current report filing (8-K)
November 02 2009 - 4:16PM
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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November
2, 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
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Item
8.01 Other Events.
On
November 2, 2009, Republic First Bancorp, Inc., the “Company,” announced that it
has begun preparations for a 2009 annual meeting of shareholders, should one
prove necessary. Earlier this year, the Company reported that it had
not fixed a date for a 2009 annual meeting of shareholders in anticipation of
completing a merger with Metro Bancorp, Inc., or “Metro” (formerly known as
Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp, Inc.).
While the
Company believes the merger with Metro will be completed prior to year end, the
completion of the merger remains subject, among other things, to the receipt of
required regulatory approvals, which are outside of the Company’s
control.
Accordingly,
the board of directors of the Company has fixed December 23, 2009 as the date
for the 2009 annual meeting of shareholders, should the merger with Metro not be
completed by such date.
In order
to have the Company consider the inclusion of a shareholder proposal in the
Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting, a shareholder must submit his
proposal to the Company in accordance with the Company’s bylaws and Securities
and Exchange Commission Rule 14a-8 no later than November 13,
2009. Any shareholder proposal received after November 13, 2009 will
be considered untimely.
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: November
2, 2009
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By:
Frank A.
Cavallaro
Frank A. Cavallaro
Senior Vice President
and
Chief Financial
Officer
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