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): February 13, 2014

 

 

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)

 

 

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):

 

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

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 13, 2014, Edwin W. Hortman, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”), and Dennis J. Zember Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, gave a presentation to attendees at the Sterne Agee 2014 Financial Institutions Investor Conference in Boca Raton, Florida. A copy of the investor presentation materials is being furnished as an exhibit to this report and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

99.1    Investor Presentation Materials

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.

 

AMERIS BANCORP
By:  

/s/ Dennis J. Zember Jr.

  Dennis J. Zember Jr.
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: February 13, 2014

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

   

Exhibit

99.1    Investor Presentation Materials