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Issuer:     REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC (—)
CIK:        0000834285
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-24-005725
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 4.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Republic First Bancorp dismisses Crowe, flags material weaknesses and going-concern uncertainty
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- Audit committee dismissed Crowe effective Feb 21, 2024 citing material weaknesses in internal controls.
- Crowe reported seven material weaknesses including control environment, CECL adoption, core system conversion, and deposit operations.
- Crowe identified going concern and subsequent events (investment securities impairment, CECL changes) as matters impacting financial statements.
- Company appointed Wolf & Company as new auditor for fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024; 2022 10-K not yet filed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834285/000143774924005725/0001437749-24-005725-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-005725

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