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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>First
Priority Financial Corp. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Pennsylvania</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>20-8420347</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2 West Liberty Boulevard, Suite 104 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U></U>(Address and zip code of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>First Priority Financial Corp. Stock Compensation Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>David E. Sparks </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>First Priority Financial Corp. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2 West Liberty Boulevard, Suite 104 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and Address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(610)&nbsp;280-7100 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>David&nbsp;W. Swartz, Esquire </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stephanie R. Hager, Esquire </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stevens&nbsp;&amp; Lee, P.C. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>111 N. Sixth Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Reading, Pennsylvania 19603 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(610) 478-2184 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount to be<BR>registered&nbsp;(1)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price<BR>per&nbsp;share</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate<BR>offering&nbsp;price</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount of<BR>registration fee</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common stock, par value $1.00 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">1,308,000&nbsp;(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$6.00&nbsp;(3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$7,848,000.00</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$790.29</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416, this Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares stated herein, an indeterminate number of shares which may be subject to grant or otherwise issuable by reason of stock
splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Based on the maximum number of shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $1.00 per share, authorized for issuance under the Plan set forth above. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and (h)(1) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices for a share of the registrant&#146;s common
stock on May&nbsp;12, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information
required by Item&nbsp;1 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 adopted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the
Note to Part&nbsp;I of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information required by Item&nbsp;2 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 adopted under the Securities Act and Note to Part&nbsp;I of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">PART II </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In this Registration Statement, &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; and &#147;our&#148; refer to First Priority Financial Corp. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and
made a part hereof: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our Quarterly Reports on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2016; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our Current Reports on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;25, 2016,&nbsp;January&nbsp;29, 2016, and April&nbsp;27, 2016; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the description of our common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-4</FONT> as initially filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act on
August&nbsp;7, 2012; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all other documents filed by us after the date of this Registration Statement under Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;4. Description of
Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;5.
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the &#147;PBCL&#148;), contains provisions for mandatory and discretionary
indemnification of a corporation&#146;s directors, officers and other personnel and related matters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1741 of the PBCL
authorizes a Pennsylvania corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign
corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the action or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption
that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1742 of the PBCL further authorizes a Pennsylvania corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation or is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of the action if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except
that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the proper court
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determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the
expenses that the court deems proper. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Section&nbsp;1743 of the PBCL, to the extent that a representative of a business corporation
has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action or proceeding referred to in Section&nbsp;1741 of the PBCL or Section&nbsp;1742 of the PBCL, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, a Pennsylvania corporation must
indemnify such person against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1744 of the PBCL provides that, unless ordered by a court, any indemnification under Section&nbsp;1741 of the PBCL or 1742 of the
PBCL shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the representative met the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination will be made by the board of directors (i)&nbsp;by a majority
vote of a quorum of directors not parties to the action or proceeding; (ii)&nbsp;if such a quorum is not obtainable, or if obtainable and a majority of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion; or (iii)&nbsp;by the shareholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1745 of the PBCL provides that expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
incurred in defending any action or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding referred to in Subchapter&nbsp;E of the PBCL upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person
to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1746 of the PBCL provides generally that, except in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for
indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Subchapter E of the PBCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person
seeking indemnification or advancement action in such person&#146;s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding that office. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1747 of the PBCL grants to a corporation the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
representative of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any
liability asserted against and incurred by such person in such capacity as a representative of the corporation or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person under
Subchapter&nbsp;E of the PBCL. Sections&nbsp;1748 and 1749 extend the indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions contained in Subchapter&nbsp;E of the PBCL to successor corporations in consolidations, mergers or divisions and to
representatives serving as fiduciaries of employee benefit plans. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1750 of the PBCL provides that the indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Subchapter&nbsp;E of the PBCL, shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a representative of the corporation and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representative of such person. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our articles of incorporation provide that we will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by
all laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and any other applicable law, against liabilities for monetary damages incurred in connection with any proceeding in which the indemnified pay may be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact
that such person is or was serving in such capacity. We are not obligated to indemnify such persons under our articles of incorporation under certain specified circumstances, including when indemnification would be expressly prohibited by applicable
law, when the conduct of the indemnified person has been determined to constitute willful misconduct or recklessness in accordance with the dispute resolution provision of our articles of incorporation, or in connection with the receipt by the
indemnified person from the Company of a personal benefit to which the indemnified person is not legally entitled.&nbsp;Our bylaws include similar indemnification provisions. We are also not obligated to indemnify such person under our articles of
incorporation with respect to the responsibility or liability of a Director under any criminal statute or the liability of a director for the payment of taxes pursuant to local, state, or federal law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We maintain insurance to cover our directors and officers for liabilities which may be incurred by our directors and officers in the
performance of their duties. We have also entered into an employment agreement with our president which also provides for indemnification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibits: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to First Priority&#146;s Quarterly Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT> for the period ended
March&nbsp;31, 2016, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;16, 2016).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-147950</FONT> on
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-4</FONT> filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;7, 2007).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion and consent of Stevens&nbsp;&amp; Lee, P.C.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">First Priority Financial Corp. Stock Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to First Priority&#146;s Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT> for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;27, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of BDO USA, LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Stevens&nbsp;&amp; Lee, P.C. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided,
however</I>, that paragraphs&nbsp;(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section&nbsp;13(a) or section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of Malvern, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on May&nbsp;3, 2016. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">FIRST PRIORITY FINANCIAL CORP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ David E. Sparks</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David E. Sparks</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
David&nbsp;E. Sparks, Mark&nbsp;J. Myers, or David&nbsp;W. Swartz, Esquire, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, as agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution of him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacity, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David E. Sparks</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mark J. Myers</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven A. Ehrlich</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Irvin Cohen</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Irvin Cohen</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jerome I. Marcus</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jerome I. Marcus</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Barry L. Myers</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barry L. Myers</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Alan P. Novak</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Frank Sabatucci</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mel A. Shaftel</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vincent P. Small, Jr.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christopher E. Spinieo</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to First Priority&#146;s Quarterly Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT> for the period ended
March&nbsp;31, 2016, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;16, 2016).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-147950</FONT> on
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-4</FONT> filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;7, 2007).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion and consent of Stevens&nbsp;&amp; Lee, P.C.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">First Priority Financial Corp. Stock Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to First Priority&#146;s Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT> for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;27, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of BDO USA, LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Stevens&nbsp;&amp; Lee, P.C. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney of Directors and Officers (included on signature page).</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2016
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
First
Priority Financial Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
20-8420347
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2 West Liberty Boulevard, Suite 104
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
(Address and zip code of Principal Executive Offices)
First Priority Financial Corp. Stock Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David E. Sparks
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
First Priority Financial Corp.
2 West Liberty Boulevard, Suite 104
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355
(Name and Address of agent for service)
(610) 280-7100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
David W. Swartz, Esquire
Stephanie R. Hager, Esquire
Stevens & Lee, P.C.
111 N. Sixth Street
Reading, Pennsylvania 19603
(610) 478-2184
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
x
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered (1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share
1,308,000 (2)
$6.00 (3)
$7,848,000.00
$790.29
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416, this Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares stated herein, an indeterminate number of shares which may be subject to grant or otherwise issuable by reason of stock
splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.
(2)
Based on the maximum number of shares of the registrant's common stock, par value $1.00 per share, authorized for issuance under the Plan set forth above.
(3)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices for a share of the registrant's common
stock on May 12, 2016.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Information
required by Item 1 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 adopted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the
Note to Part I of
Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Information required by Item 2 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule 428 adopted under the Securities Act and Note to Part I of
Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
In this Registration Statement, "we," "us," and "our" refer to First Priority Financial Corp.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and
made a part hereof:
(a)
our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015;
(b)
our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016;
(c)
our Current Reports on
Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on January 25, 2016, January 29, 2016, and April 27, 2016;
(d)
the description of our common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on
Form S-4
as initially filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act on
August 7, 2012; and
(e)
all other documents filed by us after the date of this Registration Statement under Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
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any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of
Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the "PBCL"), contains provisions for mandatory and discretionary
indemnification of a corporation's directors, officers and other personnel and related matters.
Section 1741 of the PBCL
authorizes a Pennsylvania corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign
corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the action or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption
that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful.
Section 1742 of the PBCL further authorizes a Pennsylvania corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a representative of the corporation or is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of the action if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except
that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the proper court
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determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the
expenses that the court deems proper.
Under Section 1743 of the PBCL, to the extent that a representative of a business corporation
has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action or proceeding referred to in Section 1741 of the PBCL or Section 1742 of the PBCL, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, a Pennsylvania corporation must
indemnify such person against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 1744 of the PBCL provides that, unless ordered by a court, any indemnification under Section 1741 of the PBCL or 1742 of the
PBCL shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the representative met the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination will be made by the board of directors (i) by a majority
vote of a quorum of directors not parties to the action or proceeding; (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or if obtainable and a majority of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion; or (iii) by the shareholders.
Section 1745 of the PBCL provides that expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred in defending any action or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding referred to in Subchapter E of the PBCL upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person
to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
Section 1746 of the PBCL provides generally that, except in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for
indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Subchapter E of the PBCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person
seeking indemnification or advancement action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding that office.
Section 1747 of the PBCL grants to a corporation the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
representative of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any
liability asserted against and incurred by such person in such capacity as a representative of the corporation or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person under
Subchapter E of the PBCL. Sections 1748 and 1749 extend the indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions contained in Subchapter E of the PBCL to successor corporations in consolidations, mergers or divisions and to
representatives serving as fiduciaries of employee benefit plans.
Section 1750 of the PBCL provides that the indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Subchapter E of the PBCL, shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a representative of the corporation and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representative of such person.
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Our articles of incorporation provide that we will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by
all laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and any other applicable law, against liabilities for monetary damages incurred in connection with any proceeding in which the indemnified pay may be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact
that such person is or was serving in such capacity. We are not obligated to indemnify such persons under our articles of incorporation under certain specified circumstances, including when indemnification would be expressly prohibited by applicable
law, when the conduct of the indemnified person has been determined to constitute willful misconduct or recklessness in accordance with the dispute resolution provision of our articles of incorporation, or in connection with the receipt by the
indemnified person from the Company of a personal benefit to which the indemnified person is not legally entitled. Our bylaws include similar indemnification provisions. We are also not obligated to indemnify such person under our articles of
incorporation with respect to the responsibility or liability of a Director under any criminal statute or the liability of a director for the payment of taxes pursuant to local, state, or federal law.
We maintain insurance to cover our directors and officers for liabilities which may be incurred by our directors and officers in the
performance of their duties. We have also entered into an employment agreement with our president which also provides for indemnification.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibits:
Number
Description
3.1
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to First Priority's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended
March 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on May 16, 2016).
3.2
Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
No. 333-147950
on
Form S-4
filed with the SEC on December 7, 2007).
5.1
Opinion and consent of Stevens & Lee, P.C.
10.1
First Priority Financial Corp. Stock Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to First Priority's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended
December 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March 27, 2015).
23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP
23.3
Consent of Stevens & Lee, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney of Directors and Officers (included on signature page).
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Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
Provided,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of Malvern, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on May 3, 2016.
FIRST PRIORITY FINANCIAL CORP.
By:
/s/ David E. Sparks
David E. Sparks
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
David E. Sparks, Mark J. Myers, or David W. Swartz, Esquire, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, as agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution of him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacity, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ David E. Sparks
David E. Sparks
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
May 3, 2016
/s/ Mark J. Myers
Mark J. Myers
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
May 3, 2016
/s/ Steven A. Ehrlich
Steven A. Ehrlich
President
May 3, 2016
/s/ Irvin Cohen
Irvin Cohen
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ Jerome I. Marcus
Jerome I. Marcus
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ Barry L. Myers
Barry L. Myers
Director
May 3, 2016
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/s/ Alan P. Novak
Alan P. Novak
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ Frank Sabatucci
Frank Sabatucci
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ Mel A. Shaftel
Mel A. Shaftel
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ Vincent P. Small, Jr.
Vincent P. Small, Jr.
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ Patrick M. Smith
Patrick M. Smith
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ Christopher E. Spinieo
Christopher E. Spinieo
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ Michael G. Wade
Michael G. Wade
Director
May 3, 2016
/s/ William L. Wetty
William L. Wetty
Director
May 3, 2016
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description
3.1
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to First Priority's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the period ended
March 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on May 16, 2016).
3.2
Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
No. 333-147950
on
Form S-4
filed with the SEC on December 7, 2007).
5.1
Opinion and consent of Stevens & Lee, P.C.
10.1
First Priority Financial Corp. Stock Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to First Priority's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended
December 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March 27, 2015).
23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP
23.3
Consent of Stevens & Lee, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney of Directors and Officers (included on signature page).
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