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): November 1, 2013

 

 

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.)

 

310 First Street, S.E., Moultrie, Georgia				31768
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (229) 890-1111

 

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

 

 

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 1, 2013, William (Bill) H. Stern was appointed as a director of Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”) to fill a vacancy on the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Stern will receive the standard compensation paid to members of the Company’s Board of Directors. There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Stern and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. The Board has not yet determined the committees of the Board to which Mr. Stern may be appointed.

Mr. Stern currently serves as President and CEO of Stern & Stern and Associates, a real estate development firm. Mr Stern is also Chairman of Ameris Bank’s community board for the State of South Carolina, and is Chairman of the South Carolina Ports Authority.

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SIGNATURE

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

 

Dated: November 1, 2013