UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

DRIVER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

DRIVER OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS I LP

J. ABBOTT R. COOPER

PETER B. BARTHOLOW

PAMELA D. BUNDY

RICHARD H. SINKFIELD III

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Driver Management Company LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “Driver”), has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying WHITE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders of Republic First Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“FRBK” or the “Company”).

On September 20, 2022, J. Abbott R. Cooper, Managing Member of Driver Management Company LLC, delivered a letter to the Company’s board of directors, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.