On July 14, 2023, Gregory B. Braca and Philip A. Norcross provided notice to Republic First Bancorp, Inc. that they were nominating Gregory B. Braca, Daniel J. Hilferty, and Mary Pat Christie to stand for election to the Company?s board of directors at its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. Gregory B. Braca stated that the Company has not held an annual meeting in more than 2 years. Gregory B. Braca added that the meeting comes amid continued dysfunction and poor performance at the Company, which has seen its share price decline to an all-time low and has announced cuts to staff, services and locations.