Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): September 21, 2018

 

Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  

Florida		001-38534		65-0032379
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation		(Commission file number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

220 Alhambra Circle

Coral Gables, Florida

(Address of principal executive offices)

[phone]

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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:

o	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 (17 CFR§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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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. o

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Section 2 - Financial Information

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

The information, including the exhibits attached hereto, in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation (the “Company”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any other filing or document made by the Company pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

On September 21, 2018, the Company issued a press release to report the Company’s financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018, which is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits  

99.1	Press Release of Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation issued September 21, 2018.

SIGNATURE

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

 

Date: September 21, 2018		Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation
		By:		/s/ Ivan Trujillo
				Name: Ivan Trujillo
				Title:  Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary