# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000351569
**File Stem:** 0000351569-26-000119
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6668
**Document Hash:** 307ed29a06299ce09d22f055dd5c3af5
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000351569-26-000119.hdr.sgml**: 20260526

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000351569-26-000119

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260521

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260526

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260526

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Ameris Bancorp
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000351569
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 581456434
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** GA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-13901
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261020087

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3490 PIEDMONT RD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1550
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30305
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4046396500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3490 PIEDMONT RD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1550
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30305

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ABC BANCORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ABC HOLDING CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19870119

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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): <u>May 21, 2026</u>

Ameris Bancorp <br> (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Georgia 001-13901 58-1456434 <br> (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

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

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: <u>(404)</u> <u>639-6500</u>

 <br> (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):

☐**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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

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

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

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share | ABCB | New York Stock Exchange |

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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).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. ◻

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**Item 5.07**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.** 

On May 21, 2026, Ameris Bancorp (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 60,341,934 shares of the Company's common stock, $1.00 par value per share, representing 88.38% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders: (1) elected 10 members to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the Company's 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; (2) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026; and (3) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. Each of the foregoing proposals was set forth and described in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement of the Company dated April 7, 2026. The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Election of the following director nominees by a majority vote to serve as directors until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2027:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nominee | For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| William I. Bowen, Jr. | 53644537 | 3023749 | 14686 | 3658962 |
| Rodney D. Bullard | 56464781 | 204310 | 13881 | 3658962 |
| Wm. Millard Choate | 53878564 | 2792622 | 11786 | 3658962 |
| Leo J. Hill | 53226253 | 3441212 | 15507 | 3658962 |
| Daniel B. Jeter | 55316520 | 1351794 | 14658 | 3658962 |
| Robert P. Lynch | 55086883 | 1581443 | 14646 | 3658962 |
| Claire E. McLean | 56472407 | 199659 | 10906 | 3658962 |
| James B. Miller, Jr. | 55719501 | 948880 | 14591 | 3658962 |
| H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. | 55970465 | 698396 | 14111 | 3658962 |
| William H. Stern | 50067725 | 6575312 | 39935 | 3658962 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 by a vote of 60,277,906 for, 45,689 against, 18,339 abstentions and 0 broker non-votes.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers by a vote of 55,662,993 for, 898,391 against, 121,588 abstentions and 3,658,962 broker non-votes.

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**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**

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| By: | /s/ Nicole S. Stokes |
|  | Nicole S. Stokes |
|  | Chief Financial Officer |

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Date: May 26, 2026