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| EX-2.3 - EXHIBIT 2.3 - REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC | ex2-3.htm |
| EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC | ex99-1.htm |
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
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Date
of Report (Date of earliest
event reported):
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December
18, 2009
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Republic
First Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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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
1.01 Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement.
On
December 18, 2009, Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (“Republic First”) and Metro
Bancorp, Inc., formerly known as Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (“Metro”)
entered into a Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, amending the
November 7, 2008 Agreement and Plan of Merger between the
parties. The Second Amendment extends a contractual deadline for the
completion of the merger of Republic First into Metro until March 31, 2010, and
provides each party with a right to further extend the contractual deadline
until June 30, 2010, in the event that all required regulatory approvals for the
merger have not been obtained by March 1, 2010. The Agreement was
previously amended by a First Amendment on July 31, 2009.
The
foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amendment, which is
filed as Exhibit 2.3 hereto, and is incorporated into this report by
reference.
Item
8.01 Other
Events.
On
December 22, 2009, Republic First and Metro issued a press release announcing
the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger. The full text
of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
The
following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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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: December
22, 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
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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