On January 14, 2022, Driver Management Company LLC filed a preliminary proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders of Republic First Bancorp, Inc. to vote for the election of its 3 director nominees, Peter B. Bartholow, Pamela D. Bundy, and Richard H. Sinkfield, to the Board as Class III directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified at the Company's annual shareholders meeting.