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Republic First Bank schedules long-delayed shareholder meeting – NJBIZ
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Matthew Fazelpoor//July 3, 2023
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Republic First Bank schedules long-delayed shareholder meeting
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Matthew Fazelpoor//July 3, 2023
Just before the start of the holiday weekend, Republic First Bank announced it will hold its annual shareholder meeting Oct. 5, 2023.
As NJBIZ has extensively reported in its coverage of the proxy fight between the bank’s board and an activist investor group led by South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross III, the shareholder meeting has been delayed for more than two years and at the center of much of that drama.
Republic says its board intends to expand in size by one director at the meeting, meaning that shareholders will have an opportunity to vote on three directors for a board of eight.
The bank says the addition is part of the board’s ongoing refreshment process, intended to ensure that independent and diverse directors with relevant skills and experience are leading the business forward. As a result, Republic says, four new directors will have joined the board since July 2022.
The board has set Aug. 11 as the record for determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of, and vote at, the annual meeting. Shareholders have until July 15, 2023, to propose nominees for election.
See below for an index of NJBIZ’s complete coverage of this ongoing story.
Republic says the date of the annual meeting and the deadline for shareholder nominations are consistent with the agreement between the company and the Norcross Braca Group entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia in April. That followed an injunction filed by the group in November 2022 to stop what it described as “Republic First’s leaders from blocking the Norcross Braca Group from nominating board members at a hastily and improperly called board meeting.”
Earlier last week, the Norcross Braca Group had called on Republic to schedule the long-delayed shareholder meeting, answer questions, and allow a vote on new leadership.
“If the leadership of Republic First cares about the company and its shareholders, it is beyond time for them to stop their gamesmanship and schedule a shareholder meeting – it is clearly the only way they will have to answer questions, detail their plans and, most importantly, allow a vote by shareholders on whether they should be allowed to continue in their positions,” said Greg Braca on June 26.
In response to the news of the meeting finally being scheduled, Braca, in a statement on behalf of the group, said they hope that it actually happens.
“And the leadership of Republic First doesn’t try to use some sort of gimmick to protect themselves, as they have done before,” he said June 30. “If it is held, we expect to take the opportunity to put forth candidates that can help save the company from the slow rolling mismanagement disaster and personal enrichment we’ve seen under the leadership of Harry Madonna, Andrew Cohen, the two board members who will face shareholders, Benjamin Duster and Peter Bartholow and their handpicked CEO, Tom Geisel.”
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BKFC 53 Rankings Report – BKFC
Sunday, Oct 29 2023 by BKFC Staff
Four fighters ranked in the Top 5 of their respective weight classes are back in action at BKFC 53 on Friday, LIVE on The BKFC App from the 2023 Olympia Weekend in Orlando, FL.
x David “Redneck” Mundell is the BKFC World Middleweight Champion and the No. 1 contender in the BKFC light-heavyweight division. He defends his BKFC World Middleweight Championship for the second time against Doug Coltrane (3-0, 2 KOs). The Oldsmar, FL fighter boasts a record of 7-1, with five of his wins coming by stoppage. He’s won five straight and finished his last three opponents, including former BKFC champ Francesco Ricchi at BKFC 34 and Mike Richman in his first title defense at BKFC 47.
x Doug “ColdRed” Coltrane is the No. 2 contender in the BKFC middleweight division heading into his World Championship showdown with Mundell. The fast-rising Smithfield, NC fighter is undefeated in his first three trips to the BKFC Squared Circle. He’s gunning for his third straight stoppage victory against Mundell.
x Chancey “Superfly” Wilson is the No. 2 contender in the BKFC flyweight division. He takes on the debuting Dagoberto Aguero, a Dominican Republic boxing sensation with a pro gloved boxing record of 15-2 (10 KOs). The Wichita, KS product is 3-2 in the Squared Circle and coming off a victory over Tyler Randall, the No. 3 contender in the flyweight division.
x Sawyer “Diesel” Depee is the No. 5 contender in the BKFC cruiserweight division. He tries to improve to 4-2 in the Squared Circle with a second straight victory over Jonathan Miller (2-0, 2 KOs). All of the Lolo, MN fighter’s wins have come by first-round stoppage. His only two losses came against former BKFC World Championship challengers Ulysses Diaz and Quintin Henry.
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What on earth has happened to our political culture?
Remember stories of Democrats and Republicans in Congress disagreeing on the floor of their respective chambers and then joining each other for dinner with their families? Remember when Joe Biden and John McCain loved each other?
As we say in the South, “them days are gone.” Nowadays, members are more likely to punch each other, or at least give it some thought. This month has been especially embarrassing in the “let’s rumble” department.
It began with a heated exchange between Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin and a Teamster official testifying before a Senate committee. The two men, both of a brawny, macho-man sort, apparently have a history of bad blood between them. What should have been a Q&A between Senator and witness degenerated into a “take-it-outside moment,” with Senator Mullin standing to leave his committee chair and head down toward the witness. That prompted the committee chair, 82-year-old Senator Bernie Sanders, to shout, “Sit down! You are a United States Senator. Act it!” Blessedly, Mullin did as he was told, but the mortifying moment lives forever on the internet.
But wait! There is even more bad blood!
A Tennessee Congressman who vowed to remove former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker’s chair accused McCarthy of elbowing him in his kidney while charging through the halls of Congress. McCarthy denied the accusation, but an NPR reporter who was interviewing the Congressman when McCarthy barreled down the hall later tweeted that McCarthy “shoved” the Congressman and that she had “NEVER seen this on Capitol Hill.”
And, there was a Congressional taunt, highly inappropriate but amusing nevertheless. A House committee chair, James Comer, got into a tense exchange with a committee member of the opposite political persuasion. Arguing over President Biden’s finances and the chair’s personal finances, Comer lost his temper, used the word “bull****” in his role as chair, and finished up by yelling at his blue plaid sportscoat-clad Congressional colleague, “You look like a Smurf!”
Of course, the ongoing saga of George Santos continues with shocking revelations from the House Ethics Committee that he used his campaign funds for trips, gambling, fancy shoes, Botox treatments and a membership to a porn website, among other expenses. The report is on top of all the lies the man has told and various swindles he is alleged to have devised.
Really? Is there no shame, even when well-earned?
The United States is now less than a year away from a Presidential election year and all manner of down-ballot contests, and I do not know a single soul who is looking forward to it.
As we consider the candidates we will support, no matter whether we are Democrats, Republicans, or unaffiliateds, please, please, please look for candidates who are reasonable and responsible adults, not hotheaded partisans of any stripe. Look for people who have a demonstrated record of supporting what is best for our community, state, and nation as opposed to a partisan or special interest agenda. Look for people you would feel comfortable visiting your own home in the presence of your own family.
And, yes, I agree that some of this outrageous behavior would be laughable if it were not so terrifying that these are the people in charge of our government.
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