---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-097413"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000834285"
company_name: "REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:21:40.099951+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Republic First Bancorp files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; CEO and CFO resign

## Summary
- Filed voluntary Chapter 11 petition on Aug 27, 2024 in Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
- Bank subsidiary was closed by regulators in April 2024; FDIC appointed receiver.
- CEO Thomas X. Geisel resigned effective Aug 27, 2024; CFO Michael Harrington also resigned.
- Filing triggers defaults under debt indentures, but collection actions stayed by bankruptcy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-097413
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000834285
- company_name: REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.03, 2.04, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834285/000110465924097413/0001104659-24-097413-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834285/000110465924097413/tm2423456d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-097413
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-097413.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-097413.txt

## Key facts
- Distress & Bankruptcy
  REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC entered chapter 11 in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (petition 2024-08-27).
  - Proceeding: chapter 11
  - Court: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  - Petition: 2024-08-27
  source text: On August 27, 2024, the Company filed a voluntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (the “Bankruptcy Court”) for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), thereby commencing a case under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Chapter 11 Case”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834285/000110465924097413/0001104659-24-097413-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Harrington resigned as Chief Financial Officer at REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 27, 2024, Thomas X. Geisel resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Michael Harrington resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834285/000110465924097413/0001104659-24-097413-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas X. Geisel resigned as Chief Executive Officer at REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 27, 2024, Thomas X. Geisel resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Michael Harrington resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834285/000110465924097413/0001104659-24-097413-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.