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Republic
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April
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REPUBLIC
FIRST BANCORP, INC. FILES S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Philadelphia,
PA, April 26, 2010 (PR Newswire) – Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRBK),
the holding company for Republic First Bank, today announced that it has filed a
registration statement for a proposed underwritten public offering of up to $40
million of its common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
S-1. Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. will be the lead underwriter
for the proposed securities offering.
Republic
First Bancorp, Inc. offers a variety of retail and commercial banking services
to individuals and businesses throughout the Greater Philadelphia and Southern
New Jersey area through Republic First Bank, from eleven store locations in
Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware Counties in Pennsylvania, and one in
Camden County, New Jersey. The company intends for the bank to use
the proceeds from the proposed securities offering for general corporate
purposes, including implementing the bank’s retail and rebranding strategies,
and improving its branches and adding branch locations.
A
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These
securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time
the registration statement becomes effective.
The
offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. An electronic copy of the
prospectus is included in the registration statement and available on the web
site of the Securities and Exchange Commission at
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000834285.
This
press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy any of the securities, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Republic First
Bank
Republic
First Bank is a full-service, state-chartered commercial bank, whose deposits
are insured up to the applicable limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. The Bank provides diversified financial products through its twelve
offices located in Abington, Ardmore, Bala Cynwyd, Plymouth Meeting, Media and
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Voorhees, New Jersey.
Forward Looking
Statements
The
Company may from time to time make written or oral “forward-looking statements”,
including statements contained in this release and in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking
statements include statements with respect to the Company's beliefs, plans,
objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates, and intentions that
are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and are subject to change
based on various factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control. These
risks and uncertainties include the risk that the registration statement never
becomes effective and we are not able to conduct any offering of securities in
connection with the registration statement, as well as other risk factors
detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The words “may”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “believe”,
“anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All such
statements are made in good faith by the Company pursuant to the “safe harbor”
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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, except
as may be required by applicable law or regulations.
Source:
Republic
First Bancorp, Inc.
Contact:
Frank A.
Cavallaro, CFO
(215)
735-4422