Current Report Filing (8-k)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

October 18, 2019

  

Ameris Bancorp
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Georgia	001-13901	58-1456434
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3490 Piedmont Road N.E., Suite 1550, Atlanta, Georgia	30305
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

[phone]

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share	ABCB	Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On October 18, 2019, Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. A copy of that press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”) as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information contained in this Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 attached to this Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. Furthermore, such information shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

A copy of the investor presentation material that the Company will present regarding its earnings during the teleconference beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time on October 18, 2019 is attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.2. The investor presentation material is also available on the “Investor Relations” page of the Company’s website (http://www.amerisbank.com).

 

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.2 attached to this Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. Furthermore, such information shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)       Exhibits.

 

99.1		Press release dated October 18, 2019
99.2		Investor Presentation dated October 18, 2019

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

	AMERIS BANCORP
	By:	/s/ Nicole S. Stokes
		Nicole S. Stokes
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date: October 18, 2019