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): October 19, 2023

 

Amerant Bancorp Inc.

(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	33134
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
(305) 460-8728       (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:

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbols	Name of exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock	AMTB	New York Stock Exchange

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. ☐

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 19, 2023, Amerant Bancorp Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release to report the Company’s financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023. The release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference to this Item 2.02.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On October 20, 2023, the Company will hold a live audio webcast to discuss its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023. In connection with the webcast, the Company is furnishing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the earnings slide presentation attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference to this Item 7.01.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.2 attached hereto, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 19, 2023, the Company announced that, on October 18, 2023, its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.09 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on November 30, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 14, 2023. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and is incorporated herein by reference

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Number	Exhibit
99.1	Press Release of Amerant Bancorp Inc., dated October 19, 2023
99.2	Earnings slide presentation of Amerant Bancorp Inc., dated October 20, 2023
99.3	Press Release of Amerant Bancorp Inc., dated October 19, 2023
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

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: October 19, 2023	Amerant Bancorp Inc.
	By:	/s/ Julio V. Pena
		Name: Julio V. Pena
		Title:  Senior Vice President, Securities Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EX-99.1

CONTACTS:

Investors

Laura Rossi

InvestorRelations@amerantbank.com

(305) 460-8728

Media

Victoria Verdeja

MediaRelations@amerantbank.com

(305) 441-5541

AMERANT REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2023 RESULTS

Board of Directors Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.09 per Common Share

CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, October 19, 2023. Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: AMTB) (the “Company” or “Amerant”) today reported net income attributable to the Company of $22.1 million in the third quarter of 2023, or $0.66 per diluted share, compared to net income attributable to the Company of $7.3 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2023.

“We are pleased to report significantly improved operating results this quarter” stated Jerry Plush, Chairman and CEO. “Our team members continued to focus on “deposits first” as the top strategic priority, and by originating strong organic deposit growth again this quarter, that enabled us to further reduce higher cost institutional deposits. In the fourth quarter, we look forward to completing the long-awaited systems conversion and then being able to fully focus our efforts on business development and customer service.”

•Total assets were $9.3 billion, a decrease of $173.8 million, or 1.8%, compared to 2Q23.

•Total gross loans were $7.14 billion, a decrease of $74.4 million, or 1.0%, compared to $7.22 billion in 2Q23. Total gross loans includes $69.2 million in held for sale loans out of which $43.3 million are related to a NYC commercial real estate loan transferred in 3Q23 from loans held for investment at the lower of its estimated fair value or cost, and mortgage loans at their estimated fair value totaling $26.0 million.

•Cash and cash equivalents were $309.0 million, down $136.1 million, or 30.6%, compared to $445.1 million in 2Q23.

•Total deposits were $7.55 billion, down $32.7 million, or 0.4%, compared to $7.58 billion in 2Q23. Organic deposit growth was $208million, which helped enable reductions in higher-cost institutional deposits of $292 million. Time deposits increased $221.3 million as customers continued to seek higher returns on deposits. This includes an increase in brokered time deposits in the amount of $92.4 million, a strategic move to obtain 2 to 5 year funding, as part of asset/liability management.

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•Total advances from Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) were $595.0 million, down $175.0 million, or 22.7%, compared to $770.0 million in 2Q23, the result of early repayment of $225.0 million during the quarter. The Bank had an additional $2.3 billion in availability from the FHLB as of September 30, 2023.

•Average yield on loans decreased to 6.77% in 3Q23, compared to 6.79% in 2Q23.

•Total non-performing assets decreased to $53.4 million, down $14.0 million, or 20.8%, compared to $67.4 million as of 2Q23.

•The allowance for credit losses ("ACL") was $98.8 million, a decrease of $7.2 million, or 6.8%, compared to $106.0 million as of 2Q23.

•Core deposits were $5.24 billion, down $254.0 million, or 4.6%, compared to $5.50 billion in 2Q23. Non-interest bearing deposits increased $76.6 million, or 5.9%, to $1.37 billion in 3Q23 compared to $1.29 billion in 2Q23.

•Average cost of total deposits increased to 2.66% in 3Q23 compared to 2.40% in 2Q23.

•Loan to deposit ratio improved to 94.64% in 3Q23 compared to 95.22% in 2Q23.

•Assets Under Management and custody (“AUM”) totaled $2.09 billion, down $55.3 million, or 2.6%, from $2.15 billion in 2Q23.

•Pre-provision net revenue (“PPNR”)(1) was $36.5 million in 3Q23, a decrease of $1.8 million or 4.7%, compared to $38.3 million in 2Q23.

•Net Interest Margin (“NIM”) was 3.57% in 3Q23 compared to 3.83% in 2Q23.

•Net Interest Income (“NII”) was $78.6 million, down $5.3 million, or 6.3%, from $83.9 million in 2Q23.

•Provision for credit losses was $8.0 million in 3Q23, down $21.1 million, or 72.5%, compared to $29.1 million in 2Q23. The provision for credit losses in 3Q23 was comprised of $7.6 million to cover charge-offs, $1.4 million due to loan composition and volume changes and $0.6 million added to the provision for credit contingencies, which is recorded in other liabilities. These provision requirements were offset by a $0.4 million release due to credit quality and factor updates and a $1.2 million release due to recoveries.

•Non-interest income was $21.9 million in 3Q23, down $4.7 million, or 17.6%, from $26.6 million in 2Q23. 3Q23 included $6.9 million in non-routine net gains compared to $12.4 million in 2Q23.

•Non-interest expense was $64.4 million, down $8.1 million, or 11.1%, from $72.5 million in 2Q23. 3Q23 included $6.3 million in non-routine non-interest expenses compared to $13.4 million in 2Q23.

•The efficiency ratio was 64.1% in 3Q23 compared to 65.6% in 2Q23.

•Return on average assets (“ROA”) was 0.92% in 3Q23 compared to 0.31% in 2Q23.

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•Return on average equity (“ROE”) was 11.93% in 3Q23 compared to 3.92% in 2Q23.

•Repurchased 142,888 shares for $2.7 million during 3Q23. As of September 30, 2023, repurchases totaled 259,853 shares for $4.9 million; $20 million remains available of $25 million Class A common stock share repurchase program.

Additional details on third quarter 2023 results can be found in the Exhibits to this earnings release, and the earnings presentation available under the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://investor.amerantbank.com.

On October 18, 2023, the Company’s board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per common share. The dividend is payable on November 30, 2023 to shareholders of record on November 14, 2023.

1 Non-GAAP measure, see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for more information and Exhibit 2 for a reconciliation to GAAP measures.

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Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call

The Company will hold an earnings conference call on Friday, October 20, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss its third quarter 2023 results. The conference call and presentation materials can be accessed via webcast by logging on from the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://investor.amerantbank.com. The online replay will remain available for approximately one month following the call through the above link.

About Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: AMTB)

Amerant Bancorp Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida since 1979. The Company operates through its main subsidiary, Amerant Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), as well as its other subsidiaries: Amerant Investments, Inc., Elant Bank and Trust Ltd., and Amerant Mortgage, LLC. The Company provides individuals and businesses in the U.S. with deposit, credit and wealth management services. The Bank, which has operated for over 40 years, is the largest community bank headquartered in Florida. The Bank operates 23 banking centers – 17 in South Florida and 6 in the Houston, Texas area, as well as an LPO in Tampa, Florida. For more information, visit investor.amerantbank.com.

FIS® and any associated brand names/logos are the trademarks of FIS and/or its affiliates.

Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” including statements with respect to the Company’s objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “should,” “indicate,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “point to,” “project,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “goals,” “outlooks,” “modeled,” “dedicated,” “create,” and other similar words and expressions of the future.

Forward-looking statements, including those relating to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance, achievements, or financial condition to be materially different from future results, performance, achievements, or financial condition expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should not rely on any forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. You should not expect us to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, together with those risks and uncertainties described in “Risk factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed on March 1, 2023 (the “Form 10-K”), our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 filed on May 2, 2023, and in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are available at the SEC’s website www.sec.gov.

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Interim Financial Information

Unaudited financial information as of and for interim periods, including the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, may not reflect our results of operations for our fiscal year ending, or financial condition, as of December 31, 2023, or any other period of time or date.

As previously disclosed in the Form 10-K, the Company adopted the new guidance on accounting for current expected credit losses on financial instruments (“CECL”) effective as of January 1, 2022. Quarterly amounts previously reported on our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022 do not reflect the adoption of CECL. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses totaling $20.9 million, including $11.1 million related to the retroactive effect of adopting CECL for all previous quarterly periods in the year ended December 31, 2022, including loan growth and changes to macro-economic conditions during the period. Quarterly amounts included in the Form 10-K and this earnings release and accompanying presentation reflect the impacts of the adoption of CECL on each interim period of 2022. See the Form 10-K for more details on the adoption of CECL.

The following table shows changes to previously-reported amounts for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 versus the corresponding amounts reflecting the adoption of CECL in 2022:

(in thousands, except per share amounts)	As Reported		As Recast		Changes
Total interest income	$	113,374	$	113,374	$	—
Total interest expense	31,196		31,196		—
Net interest income	82,178		82,178		—
Provision for credit losses	20,945		16,857		(4,088)
Net interest income after provision for credit losses	61,233		65,321		4,088
Total noninterest income	24,365		24,365		—
Total noninterest expense	62,241		62,241		—
Income before income taxes	23,357		27,445		4,088
Income tax expense	(4,746)		(5,627)		(881)
Net income before attribution of noncontrolling interest	18,611		21,818		3,207
Noncontrolling interest	(155)		(155)		—
Net income attributable to Amerant Bancorp Inc.	$	18,766	$	21,973	$	3,207
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.56	$	0.66	$	0.10
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.55	$	0.65	$	0.10
Cash dividends declared per common share	$	0.09	$	0.09	$	—

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company supplements its financial results that are determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) with non-GAAP financial measures, such as “pre-provision net revenue (PPNR)”, “core pre-provision net revenue (Core PPNR)”, “core noninterest income”, “core noninterest expenses”, “core net income”, “core earnings per share (basic and diluted)”, “core return on assets (Core ROA)”, “core return on equity (Core ROE)”, “core efficiency ratio”, “tangible stockholders’ equity (book value) per common share”, “tangible common equity ratio, adjusted for unrealized losses on debt securities held to maturity”, and “tangible stockholders' equity (book value) per common share, adjusted for unrealized losses on debt securities held to maturity”. This supplemental information is not required by, or is not presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company refers to these financial measures and ratios as “non-GAAP financial measures” and they should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the GAAP measures presented herein.

We use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including those mentioned above, both to explain our results to shareholders and the investment community and in the internal evaluation and management of our businesses. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and the information they provide are useful to investors since these measures permit investors to view our performance using the same tools that our management uses to evaluate our past performance and prospects for future performance, especially in light of the additional costs we have incurred in connection with the Company’s restructuring activities that began in 2018 and continued in 2023, including the effect of non-core banking activities such as the sale of loans and securities and other repossessed assets, the valuation of securities, derivatives, loans held for sale and other real estate owned and repossessed assets, the early repayment of FHLB advances, impairment of investments, and other non-routine actions intended to improve customer service and operating performance. While we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating our performance, this information should be considered as supplemental and not as a substitute for or superior to the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similar measures presented by other companies.

Exhibit 2 reconciles these non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP reported results.

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Exhibit 1- Selected Financial Information

The following table sets forth selected financial information derived from our interim unaudited and annual audited consolidated financial statements.

(in thousands)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Consolidated Balance Sheets							(audited)
Total assets	$	9,345,700	$	9,519,526	$	9,495,302	$	9,127,804
Total investments	1,314,367		1,315,303		1,347,697		1,366,680
Total gross loans (1)	7,142,596		7,216,958		7,115,035		6,919,632
Allowance for credit losses	98,773		105,956		84,361		83,500
Total deposits	7,546,912		7,579,571		7,286,726		7,044,199
Core deposits (2)	5,244,034		5,498,017		5,357,386		5,315,944
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank	595,000		770,000		1,052,012		906,486
Senior notes	59,447		59,368		59,289		59,210
Subordinated notes	29,412		29,369		29,326		29,284
Junior subordinated debentures	64,178		64,178		64,178		64,178
Stockholders' equity (3)(4)	719,787		720,956		729,056		705,726
Assets under management and custody (5)	2,092,200		2,147,465		2,107,603		1,995,666

	Three Months Ended
(in thousands, except percentages, share data and per share amounts)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Consolidated Results of Operations
Net interest income	$	78,577	$	83,877	$	82,333	$	82,178
Provision for credit losses (6)(7)	8,000		29,077		11,700		16,857
Noninterest income	21,921		26,619		19,343		24,365
Noninterest expense	64,420		72,500		64,733		62,241
Net income attributable to Amerant Bancorp Inc. (6) (8)	22,119		7,308		20,186		21,973
Effective income tax rate (6)	22.57%		21.00%		21.00%		20.50%
Common Share Data
Stockholders' book value per common share	$	21.43	$	21.37	$	21.56	$	20.87
Tangible stockholders' equity (book value) per common share (9)	$	20.63	$	20.66	$	20.84	$	20.19
Tangible stockholders' equity (book value) per common share, adjusted for unrealized losses on debt securities held to maturity (9)	$	19.86	$	20.11	$	20.38	$	19.65
Basic earnings per common share (6)	$	0.66	$	0.22	$	0.60	$	0.66
Diluted earnings per common share (6)(10)	$	0.66	$	0.22	$	0.60	$	0.65
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	33,489,560		33,564,770		33,559,718		33,496,096
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (10)	33,696,620		33,717,702		33,855,994		33,813,593
Cash dividend declared per common share (4)	$	0.09	$	0.09	$	0.09	$	0.09

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	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2023	June 30, 2023	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Other Financial and Operating Data (11)
Profitability Indicators (%)
Net interest income / Average total interest earning assets (NIM) (12)	3.57%	3.83%	3.90	%	3.96	%
Net income / Average total assets (ROA) (6) (13)	0.92%	0.31%	0.88	%	0.97	%
Net income / Average stockholders' equity (ROE) (6)(14)	11.93%	3.92%	11.15	%	12.10	%
Noninterest income / Total revenue (15)	21.81%	24.09%	19.02%		22.87%
Capital Indicators (%)
Total capital ratio (16)	12.70%	12.39%	12.36	%	12.39	%
Tier 1 capital ratio (17)	11.08%	10.77%	10.88	%	10.89	%
Tier 1 leverage ratio (18)	9.05%	8.91%	9.04	%	9.18	%
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (CET1) (19)	10.30%	10.00%	10.10	%	10.10	%
Tangible common equity ratio (20)	7.44%	7.34%	7.44	%	7.50	%
Tangible common equity ratio, adjusted for unrealized losses on debt securities held to maturity (21)	7.18%	7.16%	7.29%		7.31%
Liquidity Ratios (%)
Loans to Deposits (22)	94.64%	95.22%	97.64	%	98.23	%
Asset Quality Indicators (%)
Non-performing assets / Total assets (23)	0.57%	0.71%	0.51	%	0.41	%
Non-performing loans / Total gross loans (1) (24)	0.46%	0.65%	0.31	%	0.54	%
Allowance for credit losses / Total non-performing loans (24)	297.55%	224.51%	380.31	%	222.08	%
Allowance for credit losses / Total loans held for investment	1.40%	1.48%	1.20	%	1.22	%
Net charge-offs / Average total loans held for investment (25)	0.82%	0.42%	0.64	%	0.59	%
Efficiency Indicators (% except FTE)
Noninterest expense / Average total assets	2.69%	3.06%	2.82	%	2.75	%
Salaries and employee benefits / Average total assets	1.31%	1.45%	1.52	%	1.45	%
Other operating expenses/ Average total assets (26)	1.38%	1.62%	1.30	%	1.30	%
Efficiency ratio (27)	64.10%	65.61%	63.67	%	58.42	%
Full-Time-Equivalent Employees (FTEs) (28)	700	710	722		692

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	Three Months Ended
(in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Core Selected Consolidated Results of Operations and Other Data (9)
Pre-provision net revenue (PPNR)	$	36,456	$	38,258	$	37,187		$	44,457
Core pre-provision net revenue (Core PPNR)	$	35,880	$	39,196	$	37,103		$	37,838
Core net income (6)	$	21,664	$	8,048	$	20,120		$	16,817
Core basic earnings per common share (6)	0.65		0.24		0.60			0.50
Core earnings per diluted common share (6) (10)	0.64		0.24		0.59			0.50
Core net income / Average total assets (Core ROA) (6) (13)	0.91%		0.34%		0.88		%	0.74		%
Core net income / Average stockholders' equity (Core ROE) (6) (14)	11.69%		4.32%		11.11		%	9.26		%
Core efficiency ratio (29)	62.08%		60.29%		62.47		%	61.34		%

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(1)     Total gross loans include loans held for investment net of unamortized deferred loan origination fees and costs, as well as loans held for sale. As of September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, mortgage loans held for sale carried at fair value totaled $26.0 million, $49.9 million, $65.3 million and $62.4 million, respectively. In addition, as of September 30, 2023, includes $43.3 million in loans held for sale carried at the lower of estimated fair value or cost.

(2)     Core deposits consist of total deposits excluding all time deposits.

(3) In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company announced that the Board of Directors authorized a new repurchase program pursuant to which the Company may purchase, from time to time, up to an aggregate amount of $25 million of its shares of Class A common stock (the “2023 Class A Common Stock Repurchase Program”). In the third, second and first quarters of 2023, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 142,188 shares of Class A common stock, 95,262 shares of Class A common stock and 22,403 shares of Class A common stock, respectively, at a weighted average price of $19.05 per share, $17.42 per share and $25.25 per share, respectively, under the 2023 Class A Common Stock Repurchase Program. In the third, second and first quarters of 2023, the aggregate purchase price for these transactions was approximately $2.7 million, $1.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, including transaction costs.    

(4) For each of the third, second and first quarters of 2023 and the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.09 per share of the Company’s common stock and paid an aggregate amount of $3.0 million per quarter in connection with these dividends. The dividend declared in the third quarter of 2023 was paid on August 31, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 15, 2023. The dividend declared in the second quarter of 2023 was paid on May 31, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2023. The dividend declared in the first quarter of 2023 was paid on February 28, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 13, 2023. The dividend declared in the fourth quarter of 2022 was paid on November 30, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 15, 2022.

(5) Assets held for clients in an agency or fiduciary capacity which are not assets of the Company and therefore are not included in the consolidated financial statements.

(6) As previously disclosed, the Company adopted CECL in the fourth quarter of 2022, effective as of January 1, 2022. See Form 10-K for more details on the CECL adoption and related effects to quarterly results for each quarter in the year ended December 31, 2022.

(7) In the third quarter of 2023, includes $7.4 million and $0.6 million of provision for credit losses on loans and unfunded commitments (contingencies), respectively. For all other periods shown, includes provision for credit losses on loans. There was no provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments in the second quarter of 2023 and the fourth quarter of 2022. In the first quarter of 2023, the provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments was $0.3 million.

(8)    In the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, net income excludes losses of $0.4 million, $0.3 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, attributable to a minority interest in Amerant Mortgage LLC.

(9) This presentation contains adjusted financial information determined by methods other than GAAP. This adjusted financial information is reconciled to GAAP in Exhibit 2 - Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.

(10)In all the periods shown, potential dilutive instruments consisted of unvested shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance stock units. Potential dilutive instruments were included in the diluted earnings per share computation because, when the unamortized deferred compensation cost related to these shares was divided by the average market price per share in all the periods shown, fewer shares would have been purchased than restricted shares assumed issued. Therefore, in

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those periods, such awards resulted in higher diluted weighted average shares outstanding than basic weighted average shares outstanding, and had a dilutive effect in per share earnings.

(11) Operating data for the periods presented have been annualized.

(12) NIM is defined as NII divided by average interest-earning assets, which are loans, securities, deposits with banks and other financial assets which yield interest or similar income.

(13) Calculated based upon the average daily balance of total assets.

(14)     Calculated based upon the average daily balance of stockholders’ equity.

(15)     Total revenue is the result of net interest income before provision for credit losses plus noninterest income.

(16)     Total stockholders’ equity divided by total risk-weighted assets, calculated according to the standardized regulatory capital ratio

calculations.

(17) Tier 1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets. Tier 1 capital is composed of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital plus outstanding qualifying trust preferred securities of $62.3 million at each of all the dates presented.

(18)     Tier 1 capital divided by quarter to date average assets.

(19) CET1 capital divided by total risk-weighted assets.

(20) Tangible common equity is calculated as the ratio of common equity less goodwill and other intangibles divided by total assets

less goodwill and other intangible assets. Other intangible assets primarily consist of naming rights and mortgage servicing rights and are included in other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

(21) Calculated in the same manner described in footnote 19 but also includes unrealized losses on debt securities held to maturity in the balance of common equity and total assets.

(22)     Calculated as the ratio of total loans gross divided by total deposits.

(23) Non-performing assets include all accruing loans past due by 90 days or more, all nonaccrual loans and other real estate owned (“OREO”) properties acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure, and other repossessed assets.

(24) Non-performing loans include all accruing loans past due by 90 days or more and all nonaccrual loans

(25) Calculated based upon the average daily balance of outstanding loan principal balance net of unamortized deferred loan origination fees and costs, excluding the allowance for credit losses. During the third, second and first quarters of 2023, and in the fourth quarter of 2022, there were net charge offs of $14.6 million, $7.5 million , $10.8 million, and $9.8 million, respectively. During the third quarter of 2023, the Company charged-off $6.4 million related to multiple consumer loans, primarily purchased indirect consumer loans, and $9.3 million related to multiple commercial loans. During the second quarter of 2023, the Company charged-off $7.6 million related to multiple purchased indirect consumer loans and $1.5 million related to multiple commercial loans. During the first quarter of 2023, the Company charged-off $6.5 million in connection with a commercial loan relationship, $6.3 million related to multiple consumer loans and $1.5 million related to multiple commercial and real estate loans. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company charged-off $3.9 million related to a CRE loan, $5.5 million related to multiple consumer loans and $1.1 million related to multiple commercial loans.

(26) Other operating expenses is the result of total noninterest expense less salary and employee benefits.

(27) Efficiency ratio is the result of noninterest expense divided by the sum of noninterest income and NII.

(28) As of September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, includes 98, 93, 94 and 68 FTEs for Amerant Mortgage LLC, respectively.

(29) Core efficiency ratio is the efficiency ratio less the effect of restructuring costs and other non-routine items, described in Exhibit 2 - Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.

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Exhibit 2- Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation

The following table sets forth selected financial information derived from the Company’s interim unaudited and annual audited consolidated financial statements, adjusted for certain costs incurred by the Company in the periods presented related to tax deductible restructuring costs, provision for (reversal of) credit losses, provision for income tax expense (benefit), the effect of non-core banking activities such as the sale of loans and securities and other repossessed assets, the valuation of securities, derivatives, loans held for sale and other real estate owned and repossessed assets, the early repayment of FHLB advances, impairment of investments and other non-routine actions intended to improve customer service and operating performance. The Company believes these adjusted numbers are useful to understand the Company’s performance absent these transactions and events.

	Three Months Ended,
(in thousands)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Net income attributable to Amerant Bancorp Inc. (1)	$	22,119	$	7,308	$	20,186	$	21,973
Plus: provision for credit losses (1)(2)	8,000		29,077		11,700		16,857
Plus: provision for income tax expense (1)	6,337		1,873		5,301		5,627
Pre-provision net revenue (PPNR)	36,456		38,258		37,187		44,457
Plus: non-routine noninterest expense items	6,303		13,383		3,372		2,447
Less: non-routine noninterest income items	(6,879)		(12,445)		(3,456)		(9,066)
Core pre-provision net revenue (Core PPNR)	$	35,880	$	39,196	$	37,103	$	37,838
Total noninterest income	$	21,921	$	26,619	$	19,343	$	24,365
Less: Non-routine noninterest income items:
Derivatives (losses) gains, net	(77)		242		14		1,040
Securities losses, net	(54)		(1,237)		(9,731)		(3,364)
Gains on early extinguishment of FHLB advances, net	7,010		13,440		13,173		11,390
Total non-routine noninterest income items	$	6,879	$	12,445	$	3,456	$	9,066
Core noninterest income	$	15,042	$	14,174	$	15,887	$	15,299
Total noninterest expenses	$	64,420	$	72,500	$	64,733	$	62,241
Less: non-routine noninterest expense items
Restructuring costs (3):
Staff reduction costs (4)	489		2,184		213		1,221
Contract termination costs (5)	—		1,550		—		—
Consulting and other professional fees (6)	—		2,060		2,690		1,226
Disposition of fixed assets (7)	—		1,419		—		—
Branch closure expenses and related charges (8)	252		1,558		469		—
Total restructuring costs	$	741	$	8,771	$	3,372	$	2,447
Other non-routine noninterest expense items:
Loans held for sale valuation expense (9)	5,562		—		—		—
Loss on sale of repossessed assets (10)	—		2,649		—		—
Impairment charge on investment carried at cost	—		1,963		—		—
Total non-routine noninterest expense items	$	6,303	$	13,383	$	3,372	$	2,447
Core noninterest expenses	$	58,117	$	59,117	$	61,361	$	59,794

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	Three Months Ended,
(in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)	September 30, 2023			June 30, 2023			March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Net income attributable to Amerant Bancorp Inc. (1)	$	22,119		$	7,308		$	20,186		$	21,973
Plus after-tax non-routine items in noninterest expense:
Non-routine items in noninterest expense before income tax effect	6,303			13,383			3,372			2,447
Income tax effect (11)	(1,486)			(2,811)			(708)			(460)
Total after-tax non-routine items in noninterest expense	4,817			10,572			2,664			1,987
Less after-tax non-routine items in noninterest income:
Non-routine items in noninterest income before income tax effect	(6,879)			(12,445)			(3,456)			(9,066)
Income tax effect (11)	1,607			2,613			726			1,923
Total after-tax non-routine items in noninterest income	(5,272)			(9,832)			(2,730)			(7,143)
Core net income (1)	$	21,664		$	8,048		$	20,120		$	16,817
Basic earnings per share (1)	$	0.66		$	0.22		$	0.60		$	0.66
Plus: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense	0.14			0.31			0.08			0.06
Less: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest income	(0.15)			(0.29)			(0.08)			(0.22)
Total core basic earnings per common share (1)	$	0.65		$	0.24		$	0.60		$	0.50
Diluted earnings per share (1) (12)	$	0.66		$	0.22		$	0.60		$	0.65
Plus: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense	0.14			0.31			0.08			0.06
Less: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest income	(0.16)			(0.29)			(0.09)			(0.21)
Total core diluted earnings per common share (1)	$	0.64		$	0.24		$	0.59		$	0.50
Net income / Average total assets (ROA) (1)	0.92		%	0.31		%	0.88		%	0.97		%
Plus: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense	0.20		%	0.45		%	0.12		%	0.09		%
Less: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest income	(0.21)		%	(0.42)		%	(0.12)		%	(0.32)		%
Core net income / Average total assets (Core ROA) (1)	0.91		%	0.34		%	0.88		%	0.74		%
Net income / Average stockholders' equity (ROE) (1)	11.93		%	3.92		%	11.15		%	12.10		%
Plus: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense	2.60		%	5.68		%	1.47		%	1.09		%
Less: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest income	(2.84)		%	(5.28)		%	(1.51)		%	(3.93)		%
Core net income / Average stockholders' equity (Core ROE) (1)	11.69		%	4.32		%	11.11		%	9.26		%
Efficiency ratio	64.10		%	65.61		%	63.67		%	58.42		%
Less: impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense	(6.27)		%	(12.11)		%	(3.32)		%	(2.30)		%
Plus: impact of non-routine items in noninterest income	4.25		%	6.79		%	2.12		%	5.22		%
Core efficiency ratio	62.08		%	60.29		%	62.47		%	61.34		%

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	Three Months Ended,
(in thousands, except percentages, share data and per share amounts)	September 30, 2023			June 30, 2023			March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Stockholders' equity	$	719,787		$	720,956		$	729,056		$	705,726
Less: goodwill and other intangibles (13)	(26,818)			(24,124)			(24,292)			(23,161)
Tangible common stockholders' equity	$	692,969		$	696,832		$	704,764		$	682,565
Total assets	9,345,700			9,519,526			9,495,302			9,127,804
Less: goodwill and other intangibles (13)	(26,818)			(24,124)			(24,292)			(23,161)
Tangible assets	$	9,318,882		$	9,495,402		$	9,471,010		$	9,104,643
Common shares outstanding	33,583,621			33,736,159			33,814,260			33,815,161
Tangible common equity ratio	7.44		%	7.34		%	7.44		%	7.50		%
Stockholders' book value per common share	$	21.43		$	21.37		$	21.56		$	20.87
Tangible stockholders' equity book value per common share	$	20.63		$	20.66		$	20.84		$	20.19
Tangible common stockholders' equity	$	692,969		$	696,832		$	704,764		$	682,565
Less: Net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity, net of tax (14)	(26,138)			(18,503)			(15,542)			(18,234)
Tangible common stockholders' equity, adjusted for net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity	$	666,831		$	678,329		$	689,222		$	664,331
Tangible assets	$	9,318,882		$	9,495,402		$	9,471,010		$	9,104,643
Less: Net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity, net of tax (14)	(26,138)			(18,503)			(15,542)			(18,234)
Tangible assets, adjusted for net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity	$	9,292,744		$	9,476,899		$	9,455,468		$	9,086,409
Common shares outstanding	33,583,621			33,736,159			33,814,260			33,815,161
Tangible common equity ratio, adjusted for net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity	7.18		%	7.16		%	7.29		%	7.31		%
Tangible stockholders' book value per common share, adjusted for net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity	$	19.86		$	20.11		$	20.38		$	19.65

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(1)      As previously disclosed, the Company adopted CECL in the fourth quarter of 2022, effective as of January 1, 2022. See Form 10-K for more details of the CECL adoption and related effects to quarterly results for each quarter in the year ended December 31, 2022.

(2)     In the third quarter of 2023, includes $7.4 million and $0.6 million of provision for credit losses on loans and unfunded commitments (contingencies), respectively. For all other periods shown, includes provision for credit losses on loans. There was no provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments in the second quarter of 2023 and the fourth quarter of 2022. In the first quarter of 2023, the provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments was $0.3 million.

(3)     Expenses incurred for actions designed to implement the Company’s business strategy. These actions include, but are not limited to reductions in workforce, streamlining operational processes, rolling out the Amerant brand, implementation of new technology system applications, decommissioning of legacy technologies, enhanced sales tools and training, expanded product offerings and improved customer analytics to identify opportunities.

(4) Staff reduction costs consist of severance expenses related to organizational rationalization.

(5) Contract termination and related costs associated with third party vendors resulting from the Company’s engagement of FIS.

(6) Includes expenses in connection with the engagement of FIS of $2.0 million, $2.6 million and $1.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

(7) Include expenses in connection with the disposition of fixed assets due to the write off of in-development software in the three months ended June 30, 2023.

(8) In the three months ended September 30, 2023, consists of expenses in connection with the closure of a branch in Houston, Texas in 2023. In the three months ended June 30, 2023, consists of expenses associated with the closure of a branch in Miami, Florida in 2023, including $0.9 million of accelerated amortization of leasehold improvements and $0.6 million of right-of-use, or ROU asset impairment. In the three months ended March 31, 2023, includes $0.5 million of ROU asset impairment associated with the closure of a branch in Houston, Texas in 2023.

(9) Fair value adjustment related to a New York-based CRE loan held for sale carried at the lower of fair value or cost.

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(10) In the three months ended June 30, 2023, amount represents the loss on sale of repossessed assets in connection with our equipment-financing activities.

(11) In the three months ended March 31, 2023, amounts were calculated based upon the effective tax rate for the period of 21.00%. For all of the other periods shown, amounts represent the difference between the prior and current period year-to-date tax effect.

(12) Potential dilutive instruments consisted of unvested shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance stock units. In all the periods presented, potential dilutive instruments were included in the diluted earnings per share computation because, when the unamortized deferred compensation cost related to these shares was divided by the average market price per share in those periods, fewer shares would have been purchased than restricted shares assumed issued. Therefore, in those periods, such awards resulted in higher diluted weighted average shares outstanding than basic weighted average shares outstanding, and had a dilutive effect on per share earnings.

(13) At September 30, 2023, other intangible assets primarily consist of naming rights and mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) of $2.7 million and $1.3 million, respectively. At June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, other intangible assets primarily consist of MSRs of $1.3 million, $1.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively. Other intangible assets are included in other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

(14) In the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, amounts were calculated based upon the fair value on debt securities held to maturity, and assuming a tax rate of 25.51%, 25.46%, 25.53% and 25.55%, respectively.

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Exhibit 3 - Average Balance Sheet, Interest and Yield/Rate Analysis

The following tables present average balance sheet information, interest income, interest expense and the corresponding average yields earned and rates paid for the periods presented. The average balances for loans include both performing and nonperforming balances. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and the amortization of non-refundable loan origination fees, net of direct loan origination costs, accounted for as yield adjustments. Average balances represent the daily average balances for the periods presented.

	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2023						June 30, 2023						September 30, 2022
(in thousands, except percentages)	Average Balances		Income/ Expense		Yield/ Rates		Average Balances		Income/ Expense		Yield/ Rates		Average  Balances		Income/ Expense		Yield/ Rates
Interest-earning assets:
Loan portfolio, net (1)(2)	$	7,048,891	$	120,244	6.77	%	$	7,068,034	$	119,570	6.79	%	$	6,021,294	$	76,779	5.06	%
Debt securities available for sale (3) (4)	1,052,147		10,924		4.12	%	1,041,039		10,397		4.01	%	1,110,153		8,379		2.99	%
Debt securities held to maturity (5)	232,146		1,958		3.35	%	236,297		1,976		3.35	%	235,916		1,921		3.23	%
Debt securities held for trading	2,048		4		0.77	%	262		3		4.59	%	65		1		6.10	%
Equity securities with readily determinable fair value not held for trading	2,479		21		3.36	%	27		—		—	%	12,018		—		—	%
Federal Reserve Bank and FHLB stock	54,056		961		7.05	%	52,917		857		6.50	%	49,398		605		4.86	%
Deposits with banks	344,015		5,248		6.05	%	379,123		5,694		6.02	%	258,237		1,452		2.23	%
Other short-term investments	1,964		23		4.65	%	—		—		—	%	—		—		—	%
Total interest-earning assets	8,737,746		139,383		6.33	%	8,777,699		138,497		6.33	%	7,687,081		89,137		4.60	%
Total non-interest-earning assets (6)	756,141						710,404						639,118
Total assets	$	9,493,887					$	9,488,103					$	8,326,199

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	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2023							June 30, 2023							September 30, 2022
(in thousands, except percentages)	Average Balances			Income/ Expense		Yield/ Rates		Average Balances			Income/ Expense		Yield/ Rates		Average  Balances			Income/ Expense		Yield/ Rates
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Checking and saving accounts
Interest bearing DDA	$	2,523,092		$	16,668	2.62	%	$	2,641,746		$	16,678	2.53	%	$	2,077,321		$	4,934	0.94	%
Money market	1,144,580			11,013		3.82	%	1,169,047			9,401		3.23	%	1,363,799			3,555		1.03	%
Savings	280,096			32		0.05	%	287,493			36		0.05	%	320,861			54		0.07	%
Total checking and saving accounts	3,947,768			27,713		2.79	%	4,098,286			26,115		2.56	%	3,761,981			8,543		0.90	%
Time deposits	2,201,138			22,482		4.05	%	2,045,747			18,528		3.63	%	1,247,084			4,717		1.50	%
Total deposits	6,148,906			50,195		3.24	%	6,144,033			44,643		2.91	%	5,009,065			13,260		1.05	%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	326			4		4.87	%	60			1		6.68	%	—			—		—	%
Advances from the FHLB (7)	800,978			8,207		4.07	%	828,301			7,621		3.69	%	866,639			3,977		1.82	%
Senior notes	59,409			942		6.29	%	59,330			941		6.36	%	59,092			941		6.32	%
Subordinated notes	29,391			361		4.87	%	29,348			362		4.95	%	29,220			362		4.92	%
Junior subordinated debentures	64,178			1,097		6.78	%	64,178			1,052		6.57	%	64,178			700		4.33	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities	7,103,188			60,806		3.40	%	7,125,250			54,620		3.07	%	6,028,194			19,240		1.27	%
Non-interest-bearing liabilities:
Non-interest bearing demand deposits	1,335,041							1,332,189							1,316,988
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities	320,369							283,653							245,425
Total non-interest-bearing liabilities	1,655,410							1,615,842							1,562,413
Total liabilities	8,758,598							8,741,092							7,590,607
Stockholders’ equity	735,289							747,011							735,592
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	9,493,887						$	9,488,103						$	8,326,199
Excess of average interest-earning assets over average interest-bearing liabilities	$	1,634,558						$	1,652,449						$	1,658,887
Net interest income				$	78,577						$	83,877						$	69,897
Net interest rate spread						2.93	%						3.26	%						3.33	%
Net interest margin (8)						3.57	%						3.83	%						3.61	%
Cost of total deposits (9)						2.66	%						2.40	%						0.83	%
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities	123.01		%					123.19		%					127.52		%
Average non-performing loans/ Average total loans	0.56		%					0.54		%					0.42		%

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	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2023							September 30, 2022
(in thousands, except percentages)	Average Balances			Income/ Expense		Yield/ Rates		Average Balances			Income/ Expense		Yield/ Rates
Interest-earning assets:
Loan portfolio, net (1)(2)	$	7,006,633		$	348,315	6.65	%	$	5,718,264		$	194,631	4.55	%
Debt securities available for sale (3)(4)	1,050,648			31,494		4.01	%	1,130,231			23,371		2.76	%
Debt securities held to maturity (5)	236,325			6,046		3.42	%	176,462			3,605		2.73	%
Debt securities held for trading	783			6		1.02	%	67			3		5.99	%
Equity securities with readily determinable fair value not held for trading	2,455			21		1.14	%	8,615			—		—	%
Federal Reserve Bank and FHLB stock	54,911			2,833		6.90	%	50,118			1,690		4.51	%
Deposits with banks	342,127			14,272		5.58	%	247,401			2,102		1.14	%
Other short-term investments	662			23		4.65	%	—			—		—	%
Total interest-earning assets (6)	8,694,544			403,010		6.20	%	7,331,158			225,402		4.11	%
Total non-interest-earning assets less allowance for loan losses	735,943							592,087
Total assets	$	9,430,487						$	7,923,245
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Checking and saving accounts -
Interest bearing DDA	$	2,503,147		$	46,201	2.47	%	$	1,769,001		$	6,258	0.47	%
Money market	1,215,005			28,295		3.11	%	1,293,748			5,639		0.58	%
Savings	288,959			114		0.05	%	321,634			80		0.03	%
Total checking and saving accounts	4,007,111			74,610		2.49	%	3,384,383			11,977		0.47	%
Time deposits	2,006,417			53,844		3.59	%	1,265,982			13,501		1.43	%
Total deposits	6,013,528			128,454		2.86	%	4,650,365			25,478		0.73	%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	130			5		5.14	%	20			—		—	%
Advances from the FHLB (7)	862,310			22,591		3.50	%	883,566			9,799		1.48	%
Senior notes	59,330			2,825		6.37	%	59,014			2,825		6.40	%
Subordinated notes	29,349			1,084		4.94	%	22,030			811		4.92	%
Junior subordinated debentures	64,178			3,264		6.80	%	64,178			2,002		4.17	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities	7,028,825			158,223		3.01	%	5,679,173			40,915		0.96	%
Non-interest-bearing liabilities:
Non-interest bearing demand deposits	1,348,242							1,275,689
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities	313,967							209,123
Total non-interest-bearing liabilities	1,662,209							1,484,812
Total liabilities	8,691,034							7,163,985
Stockholders’ equity	739,453							759,260
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	9,430,487						$	7,923,245
Excess of average interest-earning assets over average interest-bearing liabilities	$	1,665,719						$1,651,985
Net interest income				$	244,787						$	184,487
Net interest rate spread						3.19	%						3.15	%
Net interest margin (8)						3.76	%						3.36	%
Cost of total deposits (9)						2.33	%						0.57	%
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities	123.70		%					129.09		%
Average non-performing loans/ Average total loans	0.48		%					0.56		%

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(1)    Includes loans held for investment net of the allowance for credit losses, and loans held for sale. The average balance of the allowance for credit losses was $101.2 million, $84.6 million, and $51.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $89.1 million and $58.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The average balance of total loans held for sale was $58.8 million, $85.1 million and $142.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $70.1 million and $130.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(2) Includes average non-performing loans of $39.8 million, $38.5 million and $25.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, $34.1 million and $32.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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(3)    Includes the average balance of net unrealized gains and losses in the fair value of debt securities available for sale. The average balance includes average net unrealized losses of $119.8 million, $106.7 million, and $72.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $110.5 million and $42.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(4)    Includes nontaxable securities with average balances of $18.6 million, $19.5 million and $17.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $18.6 million in each of the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. The tax equivalent yield for these nontaxable securities was 4.34%, 4.53% and 2.69% for the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and 4.64% and 3.67% in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. In 2023 and 2022, the tax equivalent yields were calculated assuming a 21% tax rate and dividing the actual yield by 0.79.

(5)    Includes nontaxable securities with average balances of $49.6 million, $50.1 million and $41.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $50.1 million and $42.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The tax equivalent yield for these nontaxable securities was 4.26%, 4.16% and 3.48% for the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and 4.21% and 3.31% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. In 2023 and 2022, the tax equivalent yields were calculated assuming a 21% tax rate and dividing the actual yield by 0.79.

(6)    Excludes the allowance for credit losses.

(7)    The terms of the FHLB advance agreements require the Bank to maintain certain investment securities or loans as collateral for these advances.

(8)    NIM is defined as net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets, which are loans, securities, deposits with banks and other financial assets which yield interest or similar income.

(9)    Calculated based upon the average balance of total noninterest bearing and interest bearing deposits.

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Exhibit 4 - Noninterest Income

This table shows the amounts of each of the categories of noninterest income for the periods presented.

	Three Months Ended												Nine Months Ended September 30,
	September 30, 2023				June 30, 2023				September 30, 2022				2023				2022
(in thousands, except percentages)	Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%
Deposits and service fees	$	5,053	23.1	%	$	4,944	18.6	%	$	4,629	29.0	%	$	14,952	22.0	%	$	13,826	32.2	%
Brokerage, advisory and fiduciary activities	4,370		19.9	%	4,256		16.0	%	4,619		29.0	%	12,808		18.9	%	13,654		31.8	%
Change in cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”)(1)	1,483		6.8	%	1,429		5.4	%	1,352		8.5	%	4,324		6.4	%	4,028		9.4	%
Cards and trade finance servicing fees	734		3.4	%	562		2.1	%	622		3.9	%	1,829		2.7	%	1,720		4.0	%
Gain (loss) on early extinguishment of FHLB advances, net	7,010		32.0	%	13,440		50.5	%	—		—	%	33,623		49.5	%	(712)		(1.7)	%
Securities losses, net (2)	(54)		(0.3)	%	(1,237)		(4.7)	%	1,508		9.5	%	(11,022)		(16.2)	%	(325)		(0.8)	%
Loan-level derivative income (3)	1,196		5.5	%	476		1.8	%	2,786		17.5	%	3,743		5.5	%	6,947		16.2	%
Derivative (losses) gains, net (4)	(77)		(0.4)	%	242		0.9	%	(95)		(0.6)	%	179		0.3	%	(585)		(1.4)	%
Other noninterest income (5)	2,206		10.0	%	2,507		9.4	%	535		3.2	%	7,447		10.9	%	4,359		10.3	%
Total noninterest income	$	21,921	100.0	%	$	26,619	100.0	%	$	15,956	100.0	%	$	67,883	100.0	%	$	42,912	100.0	%

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(1)    Changes in cash surrender value of BOLI are not taxable.

(2) Includes net loss of $1.2 million and net gains of $22 thousand in the three months ended June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and net loss of $10.8 million and net gain of $0.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, in connection with the sale of debt securities available for sale. There were no significant gains and losses in connection with the sale of debt securities available for sale in the three months ended September 30, 2023. In addition, includes unrealized losses of $0.1 million and unrealized gains of $1.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and unrealized losses of $0.1 million and $0.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to the change in fair value of equity securities with readily available fair value not held for trading which are recorded in results of the period. There were no significant unrealized losses related to equity securities with readily available fair value not held for trading in the three months ended June 30, 2023. Also, in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company sold equity securities with readily available fair value not held for trading, with a total fair value of $11.2 million at the time of sale, and recognized a net loss of $0.2 million in connection with this transaction.

(3) Income from interest rate swaps and other derivative transactions with customers. The Company incurred expenses related to derivative transactions with customers of $18.0 thousand, $0.1 million and $1.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $1.7 million and $4.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which are included as part of noninterest expenses under loan-level derivative expense.

(4) Net unrealized gains and losses related to uncovered interest rate caps with clients.

(5)    Includes mortgage banking income of $0.5 million, $1.6 million and $0.1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $3.9 million and $3.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to Amerant Mortgage. In addition, includes rental income from operating leases of $0.3 million and $0.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023, respectively, and $0.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Other sources of income in the periods shown include foreign currency exchange transactions with customers and valuation income on the investment balances held in the non-qualified deferred compensation plan.

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Exhibit 5 - Noninterest Expense

This table shows the amounts of each of the categories of noninterest expense for the periods presented.

	Three Months Ended												Nine Months Ended September 30,
	September 30, 2023				June 30, 2023				September 30, 2022				2023				2022
(in thousands, except percentages)	Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%
Salaries and employee benefits (1)	$	31,334	48.6	%	$	34,247	47.2	%	$	30,109	53.7	%	$	100,457	49.8	%	$	90,724	50.6	%
Occupancy and equipment (2)	7,293		11.3	%	6,737		9.3	%	6,559		11.7	%	20,828		10.3	%	21,044		11.8	%
Professional and other services fees (3)	5,325		8.3	%	7,415		10.2	%	5,045		9.0	%	20,368		10.1	%	15,918		8.9	%
Loan-level derivative expense (4)	18		—	%	110		0.2	%	1,810		3.2	%	1,728		0.9	%	4,865		2.7	%
Telecommunications and data processing (5)	3,556		5.5	%	5,027		6.9	%	3,861		6.9	%	11,647		5.8	%	11,113		6.2	%
Depreciation and amortization (6)	1,795		2.8	%	2,275		3.1	%	1,481		2.6	%	5,362		2.7	%	3,927		2.2	%
FDIC assessments and insurance	2,590		4.0	%	2,739		3.8	%	1,746		3.1	%	8,066		4.0	%	4,668		2.6	%
Loans held for sale valuation expense (7)	5,562		8.6	%	—		—	%	—		—	%	5,562		2.8	%	159		0.1	%
Advertising expenses	2,724		4.2	%	4,332		6.0	%	2,066		3.7	%	9,642		4.8	%	8,291		4.6	%
Other real estate owned and repossessed assets (income) expense, net (8)(9)	(134)		(0.2)	%	2,431		3.4	%	234		0.4	%	2,297		1.1	%	3,408		1.9	%
Contract termination costs (10)	—		—	%	1,550		2.1	%	289		0.5	%	1,550		0.8	%	7,103		4.0	%
Other operating expenses (11)	4,357		6.9	%	5,637		7.8	%	2,913		5.2	%	14,146		6.9	%	7,952		4.4	%
Total noninterest expense (12)	$	64,420	100.0	%	$	72,500	100.0	%	$	56,113	100.0	%	$	201,653	100.0	%	$	179,172	100.0	%

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(1) Includes staff reduction costs of $0.5 million, $2.2 million and $0.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $2.9 million and $1.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which consist of severance expenses primarily related to organizational rationalization.

(2) In each of the three and the nine month periods ended September 30, 2023, includes a rent termination fee of $0.3 million in connection with the closure of a branch in Houston, Texas. In each of the three months ended June 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes $0.6 million related to ROU asset impairment in connection with the closure of a branch in Miami, Florida in 2023. In addition, in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes $0.5 million related to ROU asset impairment in connection with the closure of a branch in Houston, Texas in 2023. In the nine months ended September 30, 2022, includes ROU asset impairment charge of $1.6 million in connection with the closure of a branch in Pembroke Pines, Florida in 2022. There were no ROU asset impairment charges in connection with branch closures in the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.

(3) Includes additional expenses of $2.0 million and $1.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $4.6 million and $1.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to the engagement of FIS.

(4) Includes services fees in connection with our loan-level derivative income generation activities.

(5) Includes a charge of $1.4 million in each of the three months ended June 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023 related to the disposition of fixed assets due to the write off of in-development software.

(6) Includes a charge of $0.9 million in each of the three months ended June 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023 for the accelerated depreciation of leasehold improvements in connection with the closure of a branch in Miami, Florida in 2023.

(7) Valuation allowance as a result of changes in the fair value of loans held for sale carried at the lower of cost or fair value.

(8) In each of the three months ended June 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes a loss on sale of repossessed assets in connection with our equipment-financing activities of $2.6 million. In the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022, includes $0.2 million and $3.4 million, respectively, related to the fair value adjustment of one other real estate owned (“OREO”) property in New York. In addition, in the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023, and the nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes OREO rental income of $0.4 million, $0.4 million, and $0.9 million, respectively. We had no OREO rental income in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022.

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(9) Beginning in the three months ended June 30, 2023, OREO and repossessed assets expense is presented separately in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. In 2022, while OREO valuation expense was presented separately, all other OREO-related expenses were presented as part of other operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. We had no other repossessed assets in 2022.

(10)Contract termination and related costs associated with third party vendors resulting from the Company’s transition to our new technology provider.

(11) In each of the three months ended June 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes an impairment charge of $2.0 million related to an investment carried at cost and included in other assets. In addition, in all of the periods shown, includes charitable contributions, community engagement, postage and courier expenses and debits which mirror the valuation income on the investment balances held in the non-qualified deferred compensation plan in order to adjust the liability to participants of the deferred compensation plan.

(12) Includes $3.0 million, $4.0 million and $2.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively, and $10.9 million and $9.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to Amerant Mortgage, primarily consisting of salaries and employee benefits, mortgage lending costs and professional and other services fees.

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Exhibit 6 - Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share data)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets							(audited)
Cash and due from banks	$	48,145	$	45,184	$	41,489	$	19,486
Interest earning deposits with banks	202,946		365,673		411,747		228,955
Restricted cash	51,837		34,204		32,541		42,160
Other short-term investments	6,024		—		—		—
Cash and cash equivalents	308,952		445,061		485,777		290,601
Securities
Debt securities available for sale, at fair value	1,033,797		1,027,676		1,045,883		1,057,621
Debt securities held to maturity, at amortized cost (estimated fair value of $195,165, $209,546, $218,388 and $217,609 at September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)	230,254		234,369		239,258		242,101
Trading securities	—		298		—		—
Equity securities with readily determinable fair value not held for trading	2,438		2,500		—		11,383
Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock	47,878		50,460		62,556		55,575
Securities	1,314,367		1,315,303		1,347,697		1,366,680
Loans held for sale, at lower of fair value or cost (1)	43,257		—		—		—
Mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value	25,952		49,942		65,289		62,438
Loans held for investment, gross	7,073,387		7,167,016		7,049,746		6,857,194
Less: Allowance for credit losses	98,773		105,956		84,361		83,500
Loans held for investment, net	6,974,614		7,061,060		6,965,385		6,773,694
Bank owned life insurance	232,736		231,253		229,824		228,412
Premises and equipment, net	43,004		43,714		42,380		41,772
Deferred tax assets, net	63,501		56,779		46,112		48,703
Operating lease right-of-use assets	116,763		116,161		119,503		139,987
Goodwill	20,525		20,525		20,525		19,506
Accrued interest receivable and other assets (2)	202,029		179,728		172,810		156,011
Total assets	$	9,345,700	$	9,519,526	$	9,495,302	$	9,127,804
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Deposits
Demand
Noninterest bearing	$	1,370,157	$	1,293,522	$	1,360,626	$	1,367,664
Interest bearing	2,416,797		2,773,120		2,489,565		2,300,469
Savings and money market	1,457,080		1,431,375		1,507,195		1,647,811
Time	2,302,878		2,081,554		1,929,340		1,728,255
Total deposits	7,546,912		7,579,571		7,286,726		7,044,199
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank	595,000		770,000		1,052,012		906,486
Senior notes	59,447		59,368		59,289		59,210
Subordinated notes	29,412		29,369		29,326		29,284
Junior subordinated debentures held by trust subsidiaries	64,178		64,178		64,178		64,178
Operating lease liabilities (3)	120,665		119,921		122,214		140,147
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities (4)	210,299		176,163		152,501		178,574
Total liabilities	8,625,913		8,798,570		8,766,246		8,422,078
Stockholders’ equity
Class A common stock	3,359		3,374		3,383		3,382
Additional paid in capital	194,103		195,275		194,782		194,694
Retained earnings	630,933		611,829		607,544		590,375
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(105,634)		(86,926)		(74,319)		(80,635)
Total stockholders' equity before noncontrolling interest	722,761		723,552		731,390		707,816
Noncontrolling interest	(2,974)		(2,596)		(2,334)		(2,090)
Total stockholders' equity	719,787		720,956		729,056		705,726
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	9,345,700	$	9,519,526	$	9,495,302	$	9,127,804

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(1) As of September 30, 2023, includes a valuation allowance of $5.6 million as a result of fair value adjustment.

(2) As of September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, includes derivative assets with a total fair value of $87.1 million, $75.8 million, $60.8 million and $78.3 million, respectively.

(3) Consists of total long-term lease liabilities. Total short-term lease liabilities are included in other liabilities.

(4) As of September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, includes derivatives liabilities with a total fair value of $85.6 million, $74.5 million, $59.5 million and $77.2 million, respectively.

Exhibit 7 - Loans

Loans by Type - Held For Investment

The loan portfolio held for investment consists of the following loan classes:

(in thousands)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Real estate loans
Commercial real estate
Non-owner occupied	$	1,593,571	$	1,645,224	$	1,630,451	$	1,615,716
Multi-family residential	771,654		764,712		796,125		820,023
Land development and construction loans	301,938		314,010		303,268		273,174
	2,667,163		2,723,946		2,729,844		2,708,913
Single-family residential	1,371,194		1,285,857		1,189,045		1,102,845
Owner occupied	1,129,921		1,063,240		1,069,491		1,046,450
	5,168,278		5,073,043		4,988,380		4,858,208
Commercial loans (1)	1,452,759		1,577,209		1,497,649		1,381,234
Loans to financial institutions and acceptances	13,353		13,332		13,312		13,292
Consumer loans and overdrafts (2)	438,997		503,432		550,405		604,460
Total loans	$	7,073,387	$	7,167,016	$	7,049,746	$	6,857,194

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(1) As of September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, includes approximately $49.3 million, $47.7 million, $46.7 million and $45.3 million, respectively, in commercial loans and leases originated under a white-label equipment financing solution launched in the second quarter of 2022.

(2) As of September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, includes $254.7 million, $312.3 million, $372.2 million and $433.3 million, respectively, in consumer loans purchased under indirect lending programs. In addition, as of September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, includes $57.5 million, $61.8 million, $62.1 million and $43.8 million, respectively, in consumer loans originated under a white-label program.

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Loans by Type - Held For Sale

The loan portfolio held for sale consists of the following loan classes:

(in thousands)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Loans held for sale at the lower of fair value or cost							(audited)
Real estate loans
Commercial real estate
Non-owner occupied	$	43,256	$	—	$	—	$	—
Total loans held for sale at the lower of fair value or cost (1)	43,256		—		—		—
Loans held for sale at fair value
Land development and construction loans (2)	6,931		3,726		15,527		9,424
Single-family residential (3)	19,022		46,216		49,762		53,014
Total loans held for sale at fair value (4)	25,953		49,942		65,289		62,438
Total loans held for sale (5)	$	69,209	$	49,942	$	65,289	$	62,438

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(1) In the third quarter of 2023, the Company transferred a New York-based CRE loan held for investment to the loans held for sale category, and recognized a valuation allowance of $5.6 million as a result of the fair value adjustment of this loan.

(2) In the second quarter of 2023, the Company transferred approximately $13 million in land development and construction loans held for sale to the loans held for investment category.

(3) In the third and second quarters of 2023, the Company transferred approximately $17 million and $28 million, respectively, in single-family residential loans held for sale to the loans held for investment category.

(4) Loans held for sale in connection with Amerant Mortgage’s ongoing business.

(5) Remained current and in accrual status at each of the periods shown.

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Non-Performing Assets

This table shows a summary of our non-performing assets by loan class, which includes non-performing loans, other real estate owned, or OREO, and other repossessed assets at the dates presented. Non-performing loans consist of (i) nonaccrual loans, and (ii) accruing loans 90 days or more contractually past due as to interest or principal.

(in thousands)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Non-Accrual Loans(1)							(audited)
Real Estate Loans
Commercial real estate (CRE)
Non-owner occupied	$	—	$	1,696	$	—	$	20,057
Multi-family residential	23,344		24,306		—		—
	23,344		26,002		—		20,057
Single-family residential	2,533		1,681		1,367		1,526
Owner occupied (2)	2,100		6,890		7,118		6,270
	27,977		34,573		8,485		27,853
Commercial loans (2)(3)	4,713		12,241		13,643		9,271
Consumer loans and overdrafts (4)	1		1		1		4
Total Non-Accrual Loans	$	32,691	$	46,815	$	22,129	$	37,128
Past Due Accruing Loans(5)
Real Estate Loans
Commercial real estate (CRE)
Single-family residential	—		302		—		253
Commercial	504		—		—		183
Consumer loans and overdrafts	—		78		53		35
Total Past Due Accruing Loans	$	504	$	380	53		$	471
Total Non-Performing Loans	33,195		47,195		22,182		37,599
OREO and other repossessed assets	20,181		20,181		26,534		—
Total Non-Performing Assets	$	53,376	$	67,376	$	48,716	$	37,599

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(1)    Prior to the first quarter of 2023, included loan modifications that met the definition of troubled debt restructurings, or TDR, which may be performing in accordance with their modified loan terms.

(2)    In the third quarter of 2023, the Company sold a loan relationship in nonaccrual status and classified as Substandard with a total carrying value of $8.6 million at the time of sale. This loan relationship included a commercial loan of $4.6 million and multiple owner occupied loans totaling $4.0 million. The Company charged-off $2.1 million against the ACL in the third quarter of 2023 in connection with this sale, which had already been reserved in a prior period. Therefore, this transaction had no impact to the Company’s results of operations in the third quarter of 2023.

(3)    In the second quarter of 2023, we collected $2.8 million in full satisfaction of a commercial loan relationship in nonaccrual status and classified as Substandard at March 31, 2023.

(4)    In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company changed its charge-off policy for unsecured consumer loans from 120 to 90 days past due. This change resulted in an additional $3.4 million in charge-offs for unsecured consumer loans in the fourth quarter of 2022.

(5)    Loans past due 90 days or more but still accruing.

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Loans by Credit Quality Indicators

This table shows the Company’s loans by credit quality indicators. The Company has not purchased credit-impaired loans.

	September 30, 2023								June 30, 2023								September 30, 2022
(in thousands)	Special Mention		Substandard		Doubtful		Total (1)		Special Mention		Substandard		Doubtful		Total (1)		Special Mention		Substandard		Doubtful		Total (1)
Real Estate Loans
Commercial Real Estate (CRE)
Non-owner occupied	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	8,301	$	1,753	$	—	$	10,054	$	37,364	$	—	$	—	$	37,364
Multi-family residential	—		23,344		—		23,344		—		24,306		—		24,306		—		—		—		—
Land development and construction  loans	—		—		—		—		6,497		—		—		6,497		—		—		—		—
	—		23,344		—		23,344		14,798		26,059		—		40,857		37,364		—		—		37,364
Single-family residential	—		3,085		—		3,085		—		2,154		—		2,154		—		1,717		—		1,717
Owner occupied (2)	2,234		2,180		—		4,414		2,236		6,972		—		9,208		—		6,445		—		6,445
	2,234		28,609		—		30,843		17,034		35,185		—		52,219		37,364		8,162		—		45,526
Commercial loans (2)(3)	26,975		5,732		3		32,710		13,029		13,312		3		26,344		1,800		10,942		3		12,745
Consumer loans and overdrafts	—		1		—		1		—		70		—		70		—		947		—		947
Totals	$	29,209	$	34,342	$	3	$	63,554	$	30,063	$	48,567	$	3	$	78,633	$	39,164	$	20,051	$	3	$	59,218

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(1) There were no loans categorized as “loss” as of the dates presented.

(2) In the third quarter of 2023, the Company sold a loan relationship in nonaccrual status and classified as Substandard with a total carrying value of $8.6 million at the time of sale. This loan relationship included a commercial loan of $4.6 million and multiple owner occupied loans totaling $4.0 million. The Company charged-off $2.1 million against the ACL in the third quarter of 2023 in connection with this sale, which had already been reserved in a prior period. Therefore, this transaction had no impact to the Company’s results of operations in the third quarter of 2023.

(3) In the second quarter of 2023, we collected $2.8 million in full satisfaction of a commercial loan relationship in nonaccrual status and classified as Substandard at March 31, 2023.

Exhibit 8 - Deposits by Country of Domicile

This table shows the Company’s deposits by country of domicile of the depositor as of the dates presented.

(in thousands)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
							(audited)
Domestic	$	5,067,937	$	5,113,604	$	4,891,873	$	4,620,906
Foreign:
Venezuela	1,892,453		1,912,994		1,897,199		1,911,551
Others	586,522		552,973		497,654		511,742
Total foreign	2,478,975		2,465,967		2,394,853		2,423,293
Total deposits	$	7,546,912	$	7,579,571	$	7,286,726	$	7,044,199

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EX-99.2

2 Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains “forward-looking statements” including statements with respect to the Company’s objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “should,” “indicate,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “point to,” “project,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “goals,” “outlooks,” “modeled,” “dedicated,” “create,” and other similar words and expressions of the future. Forward-looking statements, including those relating to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance, achievements, or financial condition to be materially different from future results, performance, achievements, or financial condition expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should not rely on any forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. You should not expect us to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, together with those risks and uncertainties described in “Risk factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed on March 1, 2023 (the "Form 10-K"), our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 filed on May 2, 2023, and in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are available at the SEC’s website www.sec.gov. Interim Financial Information Unaudited financial information as of and for interim periods, including the three month periods ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022 and September 30, 2022, may not reflect our results of operations for our fiscal year ending, or financial condition as of December 31, 2023, or any other period of time or date. As previously disclosed in the Form 10-K, the Company adopted the new guidance on accounting for current expected credit losses on financial instruments (“CECL”) effective as of January 1, 2022. Quarterly amounts previously reported on our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022 do not reflect the adoption of CECL. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses totaling $20.9 million, including $11.1 million related to the retroactive effect of adopting CECL for all previous quarterly periods in the year ended December 31, 2022, including loan growth and changes to macro-economic conditions during the period. Recast amounts included in the earnings release and accompanying presentation reflect the impacts of the adoption of CECL on each interim period of 2022. See the Form 10-K for more details on the adoption of CECL and related effects to quarterly results for each quarter in the year ended December 31, 2022. Non-GAAP Financial Measures The Company supplements its financial results that are determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) with non-GAAP financial measures, such as “pre-provision net revenue (PPNR)”, “core pre-provision net revenue (Core PPNR)”, “core noninterest income”, “core noninterest expenses”, “core net income”, “core earnings per share (basic and diluted)”, “core return on assets (Core ROA)”, “core return on equity (Core ROE)”, “core efficiency ratio”, “tangible stockholders’ equity (book value) per common share”, “tangible common equity ratio, adjusted for unrealized losses on debt securities held to maturity”, and “tangible stockholders' equity (book value) per common share, adjusted for unrealized losses on debt securities held to maturity”, and "tangible stockholders' book value per common share, adjusted for unrealized losses on securities held to maturity". This supplemental information is not required by, or is not presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company refers to these financial measures and ratios as “non-GAAP financial measures” and they should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the GAAP measures presented herein. We use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including those mentioned above, both to explain our results to shareholders and the investment community and in the internal evaluation and management of our businesses. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and the information they provide are useful to investors since these measures permit investors to view our performance using the same tools that our management uses to evaluate our past performance and prospects for future performance, especially in light of the additional costs we have incurred in connection with the Company’s restructuring activities that began in 2018 and continued in 2023, including the effect of non-core banking activities such as the sale of loans and securities and other repossessed assets, the valuation of securities, derivatives, loans held for sale and other real estate owned, impairment of investments, early repayment of FHLB advances, and other non-recurring actions intended to improve customer service and operating performance. While we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating our performance, this information should be considered as supplemental and not as a substitute for or superior to the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similar measures presented by other companies. Exhibit 2 reconciles these non-GAAP financial measures to reported results. Important Notices and Disclaimers

3Performance Highlights 3Q23 Business • Net income attributable to the Company was $22.1 million in 3Q23 compared to $7.3 million in 2Q23 • Pre-provision net revenue was $36.5 million in 3Q23 compared to $38.3 million in 2Q23 • Diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $0.66 in 3Q23 compared to $0.22 in 2Q23 • Net Interest Margin (“NIM”) was 3.57% in 3Q23 compared to 3.83% in 2Q23 • Total assets were $9.3 billion, a decrease of $173.8 million, or 1.8%, compared to 2Q23 • Total gross loans were $7.14 billion, a decrease of $74.4 million, or 1.0%, compared to $7.22 billion in 2Q23 • Average yield on loans slightly down to 6.77% in 3Q23 compared to 6.79% in 2Q23 • Total deposits were $7.55 billion, a decrease of $32.7 million, or 0.4%, compared to $7.58 billion in 2Q23. • Core deposits were $5.24 billion, down $254.0 million, or 4.6%, compared to $5.50 billion as of 2Q23. The decrease in 3Q23 includes reductions in institutional deposits of $292 million • Average cost of total deposits increased to 2.66% in 3Q23 compared to 2.40% in 2Q23 • Loan to deposit ratio improved to 94.64% compared to 95.22% in 2Q23 • FHLB advances were $595.0 million, a decrease of $175.0 million, or 22.7%%, compared to $770.0 million in 2Q23 due to prepayments during 3Q23, as part of asset/liability management • Assets under management totaled $2.09 billion, down $55.3 million, or 2.6%, compared to $2.15 billion in 2Q23 Earnings Capital • All capital ratios continue to be substantially above "well-capitalized" levels • Quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share of Amerant common stock paid out on August 31, 2023 • Repurchased 142,888 shares for $2.7 million in 3Q23 and an aggregate of 259,853 shares for $4.9 million YTD (average price of $18.98 per share or 0.9X Price to Book Value); $20 million available as 3Q23

4 (1) Shares were bought back under the "2023 Class A Common Stock Repurchase Program" approved on December 19, 2022. (2) Includes forfeitures and surrendered shares to cover tax obligations under the Company's equity incentive plan. Shares Outstanding Changes in shares outstanding: Class A balance at June 30, 2023 33,736,159 Class A repurchase program (1) (142,188) Stock-based compensation activity (2) (10,350) Balance at September 30, 2023 33,583,621

5Well Capitalized Position (1) Includes $105.6 million accumulated unrealized losses net of taxes primarily related to the decline in the fair value of debt securities available for sale, which are carried at fair value, as a result of increases in market rates. (2) Includes $26.1 million in accumulated unrealized losses net of taxes related to the decline in the fair value of debt securities held to maturity, which are carried at amortized cost, as a result of increases in market rates. (3) Non-GAAP Financial Measure. See Appendix 1 for a reconciliation to GAAP. As of September 30, 2023 Total Capital Ratio 12.70% TCE Ratio (1)(3) TCE adj. for HTM Valuation(2)(3) TBV/Share adj. for HTM Valuation (3) 7.44% 10.30% 7.18% $19.86 Regulatory Minimum: 10.00% Common Equity Tier 1 Capital (CET1) Ratio Regulatory Minimum: 6.50%

6 ($ in millions, except %) Change QoQ Change YTD 4Q22 2Q23 3Q23 $ % $ % Commercial Real Estate 211 255 292 37 15 81 38 Commercial & Industrial 819 1,028 1,010 (18) (2) 191 23 Specialty Finance 123 176 209 33 19 86 70 Florida Government and Municipalities 283 275 263 (12) (4) (20) (7) Retail and Business Banking 1,514 1,637 1,723 86 5 209 14 Private Banking 285 428 498 70 16 213 75 International Banking 2,423 2,466 2,479 13 1 56 2 Institutional Deposits 757 629 337 (292) (46) (420) (55) Brokered Deposits 629 686 736 50 7 107 17 Total Deposits 7,044 7,580 7,547 (33) — 503 7 Total Gross Loans (1) 6,920 7,217 7,143 (74) (1) 223 3 Loan to Deposit Ratio 98.2 % 95.2 % 94.6 % Brokered Deposits/Total Deposits 8.9 % 9.0 % 9.8 % Noninterest Bearing Deposits/Total Deposits 19.4 % 17.1 % 18.2 % Strong organic deposit inflows with reductions of institutional deposits Deposits Details (1) Includes loans held for investment carried at amortized cost, loans held for sale carried at fair value, and loans held for sale carried at the lower of estimated fair value or cost

7 $6,588 $7,044 $7,287 $7,580 $7,547 $3,839 $3,927 $3,984 $4,149 $3,861 $926 $1,120 $1,204 $1,451 $1,580$504 $629 $738 $686 $736 $1,319 $1,368 $1,361 $1,294 $1,370 0.83% 1.38% 1.91% 2.40% 2.66% 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 $2,529 $2,494 $2,423 $2,479 2020 2021 2022 3Q23 2,500 5,000 $3,203 $3,137 $4,621 $5,068 2020 2021 2022 3Q23 2,500 5,000 Domestic Deposits ($ in millions) Well Diversified and Stable Deposit Mix Deposit Composition International Deposits ($ in millions) Mix by Country of Domicile Transaction Deposits Customer CDs Brokered Deposits (1) Cost of total Deposits (2) ($ in millions, except for percentages) (1) 3Q23, 2Q23, 1Q23, 4Q22 and 3Q22 include brokered transaction deposits of $13 million, $55 million, $13 million, $21 million and $44 million, respectively, and brokered time deposits of $723 million, $631 million, $725 million, $609 million and $460 million, respectively. (2) Annualized and calculated based upon the average daily balance of total deposits. Noninterest Bearing Demand Deposits 33% of Total Deposits 57,362 Accounts 67% of Total Deposits 48,907 Accounts

8 65.61% 64.10% 2Q23 3Q23 17.1% 18.2% 2Q23 3Q23 10.77% 11.08% 2Q23 3Q23 3.83% 3.57% 2Q23 3Q23 Key Performance Metrics NIB Deposits/ Total Deposits Tier 1 Capital Ratio Net Interest Margin Efficiency Ratio (1) Calculated based upon the average daily balance of total assets (2) Calculated based upon the average daily balance of stockholders' equity (3) Excludes loans held for sale carried at fair value and loans held for sale carried at the lower of estimated fair value or cost (4) Non-GAAP Financial Measure. See Appendix 1 for a reconciliation to GAAP measures. 1.48% 1.40% 2Q23 3Q23 ACL / Total Loans held for investment (3) 0.31% 0.92% 2Q23 3Q23 ROA (1) 3.92% 11.93% 2Q23 3Q23 Excluding $6.3 million in non-routine noninterest expenses and $6.9 million in non-routine noninterest income items in 3Q23, the core metrics were as follows during 3Q23: • Core Efficiency Ratio(4) was 62.08% compared to 60.29% in 2Q23 • Core ROA(4) was 0.91% compared to 0.34% in 2Q23 • Core ROE(4) was 11.69% compared to 4.32% in 2Q23 ROE (2)

9 84.6% 15.4% U.S. Gov't sponsored enterprises 40.1% U.S. Gov't agency 34.4% Collateralized loan obligations 0.5% Corporate debt 24.4% Other 0.6% $1,052.3 $1,027.7 $1,033.8 $234.3 $234.4 $230.3 $12.2 $2.5 $2.4 3.01% 3.89% 3.98% 3Q22 2Q23 3Q23 0 500 1,000 1,500 84.6% 15.4% Investment Portfolio Balances and Yields (1) Available for Sale (AFS) Held to Maturity (HTM) Highlights Fixed vs. Floating (3) June 2023 September 2023 Floating rate Fixed rate Available for Sale Securities by Type September 30, 2023 5.1 yrs Effective Duration ($ in millions) Marketable Equity Securities (2) (1) Excludes Federal Reserve Bank and FHLB stock (2) During 1Q23, the Company sold all of its marketable equity securities with a total fair value of $11.2 million at the time of sale, and recognized a net loss of 0.2 million in connection with this transaction. Therefore, there were no marketable equity securities at the close of 1Q23. In 2Q23, the Company purchased a mutual fund investment with an original cost of $2.5 million. (3) Hybrid investments are classified based on current rate (fixed or floating) (4) Includes $124.0 million in subordinated debt securities issued by financial institutions Yield 5.3 yrs Effective Duration • Effective duration increased to 5.3 years driven by higher estimated mortgage rates and therefore slower prepayments • Valuation of AFS debt securities decreased $18.6 million after-tax in 3Q23 compared to a decrease of $13.5 million in 2Q23. The change quarter-over-quarter was driven by rising rates during 3Q23. • The percentage of government guaranteed securities in the AFS portfolio remained stable at 75%. Most of the remaining securities are rated investment grade • HTM securities represented 17.5% of total investment portfolio. Unrealized losses in this portfolio were $26.1 million after-tax in 3Q23 compared to $18.5 million in 2Q23 (4)

10 41.3% 39.3% 38.6% 37.8% 38.0% 18.7% 20.2% 21.3% 22.0% 20.5% 15.3% 15.1% 15.0% 14.7% 15.8% 15.8% 16.7% 17.4% 18.5% 19.5% 8.9% 8.7% 7.7% 7.0% 6.1% 5.06% 5.85% 6.38% 6.79% 6.77% 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 67.8% 68.1% 69.7% 70.3% 72.1% 20.6% 20.8% 20.0% 19.6% 18.5% 5.3% 4.8% 4.4% 4.1% 3.4% 2.5% 2.3% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0% 3.8% 4.0% 3.8% 3.9% 4.0% 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 Consumer CRE Commercial and FI & Acceptances Owner Occupied Single Family Residential Loan Portfolio Highlights Loan Composition (1) Geographic Mix (Domestic) • Commercial loans include $690.8 million in specialty finance loans compared to $625.4 million in 2Q23. • Single family residential portfolio increased $58.1 million to $1.4 billion in 3Q23. This portfolio includes $82.5 million of loans originated and purchased in 3Q23 • Consumer loans include approximately $254.7 million in loans purchased under indirect lending programs in 3Q23 compared to $312.3 million in 2Q23 • Loans held for sale (3) in 3Q23 include $26.0 million in mortgage loans carried at fair value compared to $49.9 million in 2Q23. In addition, in 3Q23 loans held for sale include $43.3 million related to a New York-Based CRE loan previously recorded as held for investment (1) South Florida Texas New York Average Loan Yield Other (2) (1) Includes loans held for investment carried at amortized cost, loans held for sale carried at fair value, and loans held for sale carried at the lower of estimated fair value or cost (2) Consists of international loans (3) Loans held for sale in 4Q22 and 3Q22 comprised of $62.4 million and $65.3 million, respectively, in mortgage loans carried at fair value (AMTM). Tampa

11 0.21% 0.41% 0.23% 0.50% 0.36% 0.29% 0.41% 0.51% 0.71% 0.57% 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 4.1x 2.2x 3.8x 2.2x 3.0x 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 $76.5 $83.5 $84.4 $106.0 $98.8 1.19% 1.22% 1.20% 1.48% 1.40% 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 0.09% 0.59% 0.64% 0.42% 0.82% 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 • Recorded provision for credit losses of $8.0 million in 3Q23 which was comprised of $7.6 million to cover charge-offs, $1.4 million due to loan composition and volume changes and $0.6 million added to the provision for credit contingencies, which is recorded in other liabilities. These provision requirements were offset by $0.4 million release due to credit quality and factor updates and $1.2 million release due to recoveries. • Net charge-offs totaled $14.6 million in 3Q23 primarily related to multiple purchased indirect consumer loans ($6.4 million) and multiple smaller commercial loans ($9.3 million of which $5.7million were previously reserved) Net Charge-Offs / Average Total Loans held for investment (3)(4)(5) Credit Quality Allowance for Credit Losses (2) ($ in millions) NPLs (1) and NPAs(1) / Total Assets Allowance for Credit Losses / Total NPL (2) Allowance for credit Losses (2) ACL as a % of Total Loans held for investment (2) (1) Non-performing loans include accruing loans past due by 90 days or more and all nonaccrual loans. Non-performing assets include accruing loans past due by 90 days or more, all nonaccrual loans, other real estate owned ("OREO") properties acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure and other repossessed assets. (2) As previously disclosed, the Company adopted CECL in the fourth quarter of 2022, effective as of January 1, 2022. See Form 10-K for more details on the CECL adoption and related effects to quarterly results for each quarter in the year ended December 31, 2022. (3) Annualized and calculated based upon the average daily balance of outstanding loan principal balance net of unamortized deferred loan fees and costs, excluding the allowance for credit losses. (4) Total loans exclude loans held for sale (5) In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company changed its charge-off policy for consumer unsecured loans from 120 to 90 days past due. This change resulted in an additional $3.4 million in charge-offs for consumer loans. NPLs / Total Assets NPAs / Total Assets

12Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Held For Investment-Detail CRE Type FL TX NY Other Total % Total CRE % Total Loans (1) Income Producing (2) Land and Construction Retail $ 483 $ 157 $ 81 $ 2 $ 723 27.2 % 10.3 % $ 719 $ 4 Multifamily 342 480 114 20 $ 956 35.8 % 13.5 % 771 185 Office 272 46 30 — $ 348 13.0 % 4.9 % 343 5 Hotels 250 — — 19 $ 269 10.1 % 3.8 % 269 — Industrial 60 46 15 — $ 121 4.6 % 1.7 % 122 — Specialty 169 — — 7 $ 176 6.6 % 2.5 % 141 34 Land 74 — — — $ 74 2.7 % 1.1 % — 74 Total CRE $ 1,650 $ 729 $ 240 $ 48 $ 2,667 100.0 % 37.8 % $ 2,365 $ 302 • Conservative weighted average loan-to-value (LTV) 59% and debt service coverage (DSC) 1.4x • Strong sponsorship profile: 30% top-tier borrowers (top-tier borrowers represent 27% in multifamily, 38% in retail, 36% in office and 51% in hotel, respectively within each sub-portfolio) • No significant tenant concentration in CRE retail loan portfolio, where the top 15 tenants represent 22% of the total. Major tenants include recognized national and regional grocery, pharmacy, food and clothing retailers and banks • 49% of CRE loans have interest rate protection in the form of interest rate caps or swaps Highlights Outstanding as of September 30, 2023 ($ in millions, except %) (1) Calculated as a percentage of loans held for investment only (2) Income producing properties include non-owner occupied and multi-family residential loans

13 $69.9 $82.2 $82.3 $83.9 $78.6 3.61% 3.96% 3.90% 3.83% 3.57% Net Interest Income NIM 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 NII was down in 3Q23 which was mainly driven by: • higher average rates on total interest bearing liabilities, mainly total deposits and FHLB advances • higher average balance of customer time deposits Net Interest Income and NIM Net Interest Income (NII) and NIM (%) Total Deposits Beta Evolution ($ in millions, except for percentages) Commentary 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 Cost of Deposits (Domestic) (1) 1.25 % 1.97 % 2.62 % 3.19 % 3.49 % Cost of Deposits (International) (1) 0.16 % 0.34 % 0.53 % 0.74 % 0.94 % Cost of FHLB Advances 1.82 % 2.86 % 2.86 % 3.69 % 4.07 % Cost of Funds (2) 1.04 % 1.57 % 2.11 % 2.59 % 2.86 % Cost of Funds 0.14 0.44 1.06 1.96 1.04 0.14 0.23 0.32 0.40 0.43 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 0 2 0 1 (1) Calculated based upon the average balance of total noninterest bearing and interest bearing deposits. (2) Calculated based upon the average balance of total financial liabilities which include total interest bearing liabilities and noninterest bearing demand depositsQuarterly BetaCumulative Beta

14 <1 year; 52% 1-3 years; 6% 4-5 years; 7% 5+ years; 35% 324 338 344 350 365 372 383 -200 bps -100 bps -50 bps BASE +50 bps +100 bps +200 bps 250 300 350 400 As of September 30, 2023 Fixed 47% Adjustable 53% Interest Rate Sensitivity By Interest TypeBy Rate Type By Repricing Term (1) NII and percentage change represents the base scenario of net interest income. The base scenario assumes (i) flat interest rates over the next 12 months, (ii) that total financial instrument balances are kept constant over time and (iii) that interest rate shocks are instant and parallel to the yield curve. Loan Portfolio Details Impact on NII from Interest Rate Change (1) AFSChange from base ($ in M ill io ns ) Swap 1% Fixed 47% UST 1% Prime 14% SOFR 37% As of September 30, 2023 Impact on AFS from Interest Rate Change (1) -7.4% -3.5% 0% 6.3% 4.3% -1.6% 9.6% No Floor; 49% 0.5-2%; 1% 2-3.5%; 18% 3.5-5%; 23% 5-6.75%; 9% By Floors 1,129 1,081 1,056 1,032 1,009 986 943 -200 bps -100 bps -50 bps MV +50 bps +100 bps +200 bps ($ in M ill io ns ) 9.4% 4.7% 2.3% 0% -2.2% -4.4% -8.6% Expected AOCI Accretion Change from MVNet Interest Income (145) (139) 3Q23 4Q23 (estimated) (140) (130) approx. 4.1% drop in AOCI

15 $16.0 $24.4 $19.3 $26.6 $21.9 $4.6 $4.8 $5.0 $4.9 $5.1 $4.6 $4.1 $4.2 $4.3 $4.4 $1.5 $(3.4) $(9.7) $2.6 $3.1 $4.5 $4.5 $4.4 $2.8 $3.4 $2.1 $0.5 $1.2 $1.0 $11.4 $13.2 $13.4 $7.0 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 0 10 20 30 12.5% 87.5% 19% 81% Noninterest Income Mix Noninterest Income Mix Commentary Assets Under Management/Custody Deposits and service fees Brokerage, advisory and fiduciary activities Other noninterest income $2.1B Domestic International 3Q233Q22 $1.8B ($ in millions) Securities gains (losses), net (1) Income from interest rate swaps and other derivative transactions with customers. In 3Q23, 2Q23, 1Q23, 4Q22 and 3Q22, the Company incurred expenses related to derivative transactions with customers of $18.0 thousand, $0.1 million, $1.6 million, $3.3 million and $1.8 million, respectively. (2) Unrealized gains (losses) related to the valuation of uncovered interest rate swaps with clients. In 3Q23, we had derivative losses of $0.1 million compared to derivative gains of $0.2 million in 2Q23. (3) Non-GAAP Financial Measure. See Appendix 1 for a reconciliation to GAAP. Loan-related derivative income (1) Derivative (losses) gains, net (2) $62.4 Gain on early extinguishment of FHLB advances, net • Noninterest income was down by $4.7 million in 3Q23, primarily due to: ◦ lower gains on the early extinguishment of FHLB advances ◦ lower mortgage banking income • Core noninterest income(3), which excludes $6.9 million in non-routine items, was $15.0 million in 3Q23 compared to $14.2 million in 2Q23 $(0.1) $0.2 $(1.2) $(0.1) $(0.1)

16 • Noninterest expense decreased in 3Q23 primarily due to: – the absence of the loss on sale of repossessed assets in 2Q23 in connection with our equipment-financing activities – the absence of additional expenses in 2Q23 in connection with the termination of contracts with third party vendors resulting from the engagement of FIS – lower advertising expenses resulting from campaigns in connection with our partnerships with professional sporting teams – the absence of the additional telecommunication and data processing expenses due to disposition of fixed assets in 2Q23 – the absence of the $2.0 million impairment charge related to an investment carried at cost – lower professional fees in connection with call center services that are no longer needed as a result of the engagement with FIS and the absence of the additional consulting expenses in 2Q23 – the absence of accelerated depreciation of leasehold improvements in 2Q23 in connection with the closure of a branch in Miami, FL in 2023 • Core noninterest expense(1), which excludes $6.3 million in non-routine items, was $58.1 million in 3Q23 $56.1 $62.2 $64.7 $72.5 $64.4 $30.1 $32.8 $34.9 $34.2 $31.3 $26.0 $29.4 $29.8 $38.3 $33.1 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 50 Noninterest Expense Noninterest Expense Mix Commentary Other operating expensesSalaries and employee benefits FTE ($ in millions, except for FTEs) FTEs by company 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 Amerant Bank and other subsidiaries 614 624 628 617 602 Amerant Mortgage 67 68 94 93 98 TOTAL 681 692 722 710 700 (1) Non-GAAP Financial Measure. See Appendix 1 for a reconciliation to GAAP. Non-routine Noninterest Expenses $2.0 $2.4 $3.4 $13.4 $6.3 Non-routine noninterest expense items 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 0 20 ($ in millions)

17Amerant Mortgage ("AMTM") 3Q23 2Q23 (in thousands, except for FTEs) AMTB (1) AMTM, net (2) Consolidated (3)(5) AMTB (1) AMTM, net (2) Consolidated (3)(5) FTEs 602 98 700 617 93 710 Total revenue (4) $ 99,053 $ 1,445 $ 100,498 $ 107,500 $ 2,996 $ 110,496 Expenses Personnel 29,265 2,069 31,334 30,974 3,273 34,247 Other operational 32,129 957 33,086 37,510 743 38,253 Total Expenses $ 61,394 $ 3,026 $ 64,420 $ 68,484 $ 4,016 $ 72,500 PPNR (5)(6) $ 37,659 $ (1,581) $ 36,456 $ 39,016 $ (1,020) $ 38,258 Efficiency ratio 61.98 % 64.10 % 63.71 % 65.61 % (1) Consolidated balances of Amerant Bancorp Inc. and non-mortgage banking subsidiaries; excludes intercompany balances which are eliminated in consolidation. (2) Stand-alone balances of AMTM; excludes intercompany balances which are eliminated in consolidation. (3) Consolidated balances of Amerant Bancorp Inc. and its subsidiaries. (4) Consists of net interest income plus non-interest income (5) Non-GAAP Financial Measure. See Appendix 1 for a reconciliation to GAAP. (6) PPNR excludes a loss of $0.4 million and $0.3 million in 3Q23 and 2Q23, respectively, related to the minority interest share in AMTM. (in millions except for no. of applications) 3Q23 2Q23 AMTM sold to AMTB $ 83.6 $ 113.0 Pipeline $106.8 million or 266 applications (as of October 18, 2023) $94.9 million or 294 applications (as of July 07, 2023) Current locked pipeline $ 84.0 $ 121.0 Interest income recognized by AMTB on loans added through AMTM $ 8.6 $ 8.1 • Loans sold from AMTM to AMTB are from Amerant Bank customers, primarily private banking customers • Increase in rates locks reflects sales to third parties

18Core Conversion - FIS The primary objectives: • Move to a state-of-the-art core system and modern stack • Create a simplified and fully integrated ecosystem of applications • Significantly strengthen cybersecurity and information security infrastructure • Leverage selected back-office functions with FIS to create efficiencies and retain high value roles • Support the bank's growth and be ready to easily absorb new entities if we elect to pursue a M&A strategy • Partner with a well-known and recognized IT provider in financial services that recently re-dedicated themselves to focus solely on financial services • On track for conversion early November

19Physical Transformation Update • Final two branch “refresh” locations to be completed before year end; five other locations completed YTD • This will complete the entire network - essential for “common look and feel” of Amerant experience for our team members and customers • New locations - in the Works: Downtown Miami, Las Olas (Downtown Ft. Lauderdale), Tampa and San Felipe / River Oaks (Houston) • Consolidation - Edgewater, FL location in 4Q with Downtown Miami opening • New regional headquarters in process – Broward County (Plantation) in 4Q23 and Tampa in 1Q24

20Continuing to Promote Our Brand

21In Conclusion We are nearing the end of our “transformation” phase… • We have our executive leadership team in place and we are focused on attracting the right people to add to our team to achieve our strategic objectives • Completing transition to FIS will provide the technological platform to support the Company’s growth • New locations nearing completion – banking centers in downtown Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, River Oaks and Tampa, and new regional offices in Broward County and Tampa • Sustainability program and commitments in place and on target • Proud to now be listed on the NYSE - as of August 29, 2023 • And even prouder that we have been recognized as one of Newsweek's "Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces®" for the 2nd consecutive year

Supplemental Loan Portfolio Information

23Loans Held for Investment Portfolio by Industry • Diversified portfolio - highest sector concentration, other than real estate, at 12.8% of total loans • 73% of total loans secured by real estate • Main concentrations: – CRE or Commercial Real Estate – Wholesale - Food – Retail - Gas stations – Services – Healthcare and Restaurants Highlights (1) Consists primarily of finance facilities granted to non-bank financial companies. (2) Comprised mostly of construction and real estate related services and equipment rental and leasing activities (3) Food wholesalers represented approximately 39% (4) Gasoline stations represented approximately 56% (5) Healthcare represented approximately 55% (6) Other repair and maintenance services represented 27% (7) Primarily residential, consumer loans, and cash secured loans and loans belonging to industrial sectors not included in the above sectors, which do not individually represent more than 1 percent of the total loans portfolio (8) At September 30, 2023, total unfunded commitments amounted to $1.2 billion. Not all unfunded commitments are unilaterally available to borrowers. For example, certain revolving loans and asset based lending loans require borrowers to provide additional collateral to access the full amount of the commitment ($ in millions) Real Estate Non-Real Estate Total % Total Loans Financial Sector (1) $ 6 $ 227 $ 233 3.3 % Construction and Real Estate & Leasing: Commercial real estate loans 2,667 — 2,667 37.8 % Other real estate related services and equipment leasing (2) 122 113 235 3.3 % Total construction and real estate & leasing 2,789 113 2,902 41.1 % Manufacturing: Foodstuffs, Apparel 77 32 109 1.5 % Metals, Computer, Transportation and Other 22 55 77 1.1 % Chemicals, Oil, Plastics, Cement and Wood/Paper 12 32 44 0.6 % Total Manufacturing 111 119 230 3.2 % Wholesale (3) 135 332 467 6.6 % Retail Trade (4) 286 124 410 5.8 % Services: Communication, Transportation, Health and Other (5) 298 264 562 7.9 % Accommodation, Restaurants, Entertainment and other services (6) 157 161 318 4.5 % Electricity, Gas, Water, Supply and Sewage Services 8 18 26 0.4 % Total Services 463 443 906 12.8 % Primary Products: Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing and Forestry 3 3 6 0.1 % Mining — 22 22 0.3 % Total Primary Products 3 25 28 0.4 % Other Loans (7) 1,375 522 1,894 26.8 % Total Loans (8) $ 5,168 $ 1,905 $ 7,073 100.0 % As of September 30, 2023

24 17% 31% 34% 18% —% 50% or less 51- 60% 61- 70% 71- 80% 81% or more 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% CRE Retail - Detail As of 09/30/2023 • Florida and Texas primarily include neighborhood shopping centers or service centers with basic needs related anchor stores, as well as the retail corridor in Miami Beach • New York primarily includes high traffic retail corridors with proximity to public transportation services • Single-tenant consist of 2 loans located in the Fulton Mall corridor in Brooklyn, New York, 1 loan located in the Miami Beach retail corridor, and 1 loan located in the retail beach corridor in Hollywood, FL Highlights CRE Retail (1) Retail - LTV Food and Health Retail; 25% Clothing; 39% Tobacco & CBD; 36% CRE Retail - Single Tenant (1) (1) CRE retail loans above $5 million Total: $723 million Loan Portfolio Percentage: 10.2% Total: $36 million Loan Portfolio Percentage: 0.5% Neighborhood Center; 43% Single Tenant; 7% Strip/ Convenience; 14% Community Center; 22% Theme/ Festival Center; 14%

25 New York; 10% Texas; 13% South Florida; 77% 16% 37% 31% 16% —% 50% or less 51-60% 61-70% 71-80% 81% or more 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% CRE Office -Detail As of 09/30/2023 • CRE office above $5 million represent 16 loans totaling $303 million, or 87% of total CRE office with avg. debt-service coverage (DSCR) 1.7x and LTV 58% ◦ South Florida: 12 loans totaling $234 million with avg. DSCR 1.8x and LTV 57% (57% Miami-Dade, 35% Broward and 8% Palm Beach) ◦ New York: 2 loans totaling $30 million with avg. DSCR 1.3x and LTV 68% (65% Westchester and 35% Kings) ◦ Texas: 2 loans totaling $39 million with avg. DSCR 1.8x and LTV 50% (100% Dallas) Highlights CRE Office (1) Office - LTV (1) CRE office loans above $5 million Total: $303 million Loan Portfolio Percentage: 4.2%

26Appendix 1 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations The following table sets forth selected financial information derived from the Company’s interim unaudited and annual audited consolidated financial statements, adjusted for certain costs incurred by the Company in the periods presented related to tax deductible restructuring costs, provision for (reversal of) credit losses, provision for income tax expense (benefit), the effect of non-core banking activities such as the sale of loans and securities and other repossessed assets, the valuation of securities, derivatives, loans held for sale and other real estate owned, early repayment of FHLB advances, impairment of investments, and other non- routine actions intended to improve customer service and operating performance. The Company believes these adjusted numbers are useful to understand the Company’s performance absent these transactions and events. Three Months Ended, ($ in thousands) September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023 March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Net income attributable to Amerant Bancorp Inc. (1) $ 22,119 $ 7,308 $ 20,186 $ 21,973 Plus: provision for credit losses (1)(2) 8,000 29,077 11,700 16,857 Plus: provision for income tax expense (1) 6,337 1,873 5,301 5,627 Pre-provision net revenue (PPNR) 36,456 38,258 37,187 44,457 Plus: non-routine noninterest expense items 6,303 13,383 3,372 2,447 Less: non-routine noninterest income items (6,879) (12,445) (3,456) (9,066) Core pre-provision net revenue (Core PPNR) $ 35,880 $ 39,196 $ 37,103 $ 37,838 Total noninterest income $ 21,921 $ 26,619 $ 19,343 $ 24,365 Less: Non-routine noninterest income items: Derivatives (losses) gains, net (77) 242 14 1,040 Securities losses, net (54) (1,237) (9,731) (3,364) Gains on early extinguishment of FHLB advances, net 7,010 13,440 13,173 11,390 Total non-routine noninterest income items $ 6,879 $ 12,445 $ 3,456 $ 9,066 Core noninterest income $ 15,042 $ 14,174 $ 15,887 $ 15,299

27 Three Months Ended, ($ in thousands) September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023 March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Total noninterest expenses $ 64,420 $ 72,500 $ 64,733 $ 62,241 Less: non-routine noninterest expense items Restructuring costs (3): Staff reduction costs (4) 489 2,184 213 1,221 Contract termination costs (5) — 1,550 — — Consulting and other professional fees (6) — 2,060 2,690 1,226 Disposition of fixed assets (7) — 1,419 — — Branch closure expenses and related charges (8) 252 1,558 469 — Total restructuring costs $ 741 $ 8,771 $ 3,372 $ 2,447 Other non-routine noninterest expense items: Loans held for sale valuation expense (9) 5,562 — — — Loss of sale of repossessed assets (10) — 2,649 — — Impairment charge on investment carried at cost — 1,963 — — Total non-routine noninterest expense items $ 6,303 $ 13,383 $ 3,372 $ 2,447 Core noninterest expenses $ 58,117 $ 59,117 $ 61,361 $ 59,794 Appendix 1 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d)

28Appendix 1 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d) Three Months Ended, (in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts) September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023 March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Net income attributable to Amerant Bancorp Inc. (1) $ 22,119 $ 7,308 $ 20,186 $ 21,973 Plus after-tax non-routine items in noninterest expense: Non-routine items in noninterest expense before income tax effect 6,303 13,383 3,372 2,447 Income tax effect (11) (1,486) (2,811) (708) (460) Total after-tax non-routine items in noninterest expense 4,817 10,572 2,664 1,987 Less after-tax non-routine items in noninterest income: Non-routine items in noninterest income before income tax effect (6,879) (12,445) (3,456) (9,066) Income tax effect (11) 1,607 2,613 726 1,923 Total after-tax non-routine items in noninterest income (5,272) (9,832) (2,730) (7,143) Core net income (1) $ 21,664 $ 8,048 $ 20,120 $ 16,817 Basic earnings per share (1) $ 0.66 $ 0.22 $ 0.60 $ 0.66 Plus: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense 0.14 0.31 0.08 0.06 Less: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest income (0.15) (0.29) (0.08) (0.22) Total core basic earnings per common share (1) $ 0.65 $ 0.24 $ 0.60 $ 0.50 Diluted earnings per share (1) (12) $ 0.66 $ 0.22 $ 0.60 $ 0.65 Plus: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense 0.14 0.31 0.08 0.06 Less: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest income (0.16) (0.29) (0.09) (0.21) Total core diluted earnings per common share (1) $ 0.64 $ 0.24 $ 0.59 $ 0.50 Net income / Average total assets (ROA) (1) 0.92 % 0.31 % 0.88 % 0.97 % Plus: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense 0.20 % 0.45 % 0.12 % 0.09 % Less: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest income (0.21) % (0.42) % (0.12) % (0.32) % Core net income / Average total assets (Core ROA) (1) 0.91 % 0.34 % 0.88 % 0.74 %

29Appendix 1 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d) Three Months Ended, (in thousands, except percentages, share data and per share amounts) September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023 March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Net income / Average stockholders' equity (ROE) (1) 11.93 % 3.92 % 11.15 % 12.10 % Plus: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense 2.60 % 5.68 % 1.47 % 1.09 % Less: after tax impact of non-routine items in noninterest income (2.84) % (5.28) % (1.51) % (3.93) % Core net income / Average stockholders' equity (Core ROE) (1) 11.69 % 4.32 % 11.11 % 9.26 % Efficiency ratio 64.10 % 65.61 % 63.67 % 58.42 % Less: impact of non-routine items in noninterest expense (6.27) % (12.11) % (3.32) % (2.30) % Plus: impact of non-routine items in noninterest income 4.25 % 6.79 % 2.12 % 5.22 % Core efficiency ratio 62.08 % 60.29 % 62.47 % 61.34 % Stockholders' equity $ 719,787 $ 720,956 $ 729,056 $ 705,726 Less: goodwill and other intangibles (13) (26,818) (24,124) (24,292) (23,161) Tangible common stockholders' equity $ 692,969 $ 696,832 $ 704,764 $ 682,565 Total assets 9,345,700 9,519,526 9,495,302 9,127,804 Less: goodwill and other intangibles (13) (26,818) (24,124) (24,292) (23,161) Tangible assets $ 9,318,882 $ 9,495,402 $ 9,471,010 $ 9,104,643 Common shares outstanding 33,583,621 33,736,159 33,814,260 33,815,161 Tangible common equity ratio 7.44 % 7.34 % 7.44 % 7.50 % Stockholders' book value per common share $ 21.43 $ 21.37 $ 21.56 $ 20.87 Tangible stockholders' equity book value per common share $ 20.63 $ 20.66 $ 20.84 $ 20.19

30Appendix 1 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d) Three Months Ended, (in thousands, except percentages, share data and per share amounts) September 30, 2023 June 30, 2023 March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Tangible common stockholders' equity $ 692,969 $ 696,832 $ 704,764 $ 682,565 Less: Net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity, net of tax (14) (26,138) (18,503) (15,542) (18,234) Tangible common stockholders' equity, adjusted for net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity 666,831 678,329 689,222 664,331 Tangible assets $ 9,318,882 $ 9,495,402 $ 9,471,010 $ 9,104,643 Less: Net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity, net of tax (14) (26,138) (18,503) (15,542) (18,234) Tangible assets, adjusted for net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity $ 9,292,744 $ 9,476,899 $ 9,455,468 $ 9,086,409 Common shares outstanding 33,583,621 33,736,159 33,814,260 33,815,161 Tangible common equity ratio, adjusted for net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity 7.18 % 7.16 % 7.29 % 7.31 % Tangible stockholders' book value per common share, adjusted for net unrealized accumulated losses on debt securities held to maturity $ 19.86 $ 20.11 $ 20.38 $ 19.65

31Appendix 1 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d) (1) As previously disclosed, the Company adopted CECL in the fourth quarter of 2022, effective as of January 1, 2022. See Form 10-K for more details of the CECL adoption and related effects to quarterly results for each quarter in the year ended December 31, 2022. (2) In the third quarter of 2023, includes $7.4 million and $0.6 million of provision for credit losses on loans and unfunded commitments (contingencies), respectively. For all other periods shown, includes provision for credit losses on loans. There was no provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments in the second quarter of 2023 and the fourth quarter of 2022. In the first quarter of 2023, the provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments was $0.3 million. (3) Expenses incurred for actions designed to implement the Company’s business strategy. These actions include, but are not limited to reductions in workforce, streamlining operational processes, rolling out the Amerant brand, implementation of new technology system applications, decommissioning of legacy technologies, enhanced sales tools and training, expanded product offerings and improved customer analytics to identify opportunities. (4) Staff reduction costs consist of severance expenses related to organizational rationalization. (5) Contract termination and related costs associated with third party vendors resulting from the Company’s engagement of FIS. (6) Includes expenses in connection with the engagement of FIS of $2.0 million, $2.6 million and $1.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. (7) Include expenses in connection with the disposition of fixed assets due to the write off of in-development software in the three months ended June 30, 2023. (8) In the three months ended September 30, 2023, consists of expenses in connection with the closure of a branch in Houston, Texas in 2023. In the three months ended June 30, 2023, consists of expenses associated with the closure of a branch in Miami, Florida in 2023, including $0.9 million of accelerated amortization of leasehold improvements and $0.6 million of right-of-use, or ROU asset impairment. In the three months ended March 31, 2023, includes $0.5 million of ROU asset impairment associated with the closure of a branch in Houston, Texas in 2023. (9) Fair value adjustment related to a New York-based CRE loan held for sale carried at the lower of fair value or cost. (10)In the three months ended June 30, 2023, amount represents the loss on sale of repossessed assets in connection with our equipment-financing activities. (11)In the three months ended March 31, 2023, amounts were calculated based upon the effective tax rate for the period of 21.00%. For all of the other periods shown, amounts represent the difference between the prior and current period year-to-date tax effect. (12) Potential dilutive instruments consisted of unvested shares of restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance stock units. In all the periods presented, potential dilutive instruments were included in the diluted earnings per share computation because, when the unamortized deferred compensation cost related to these shares was divided by the average market price per share in those periods, fewer shares would have been purchased than restricted shares assumed issued. Therefore, in those periods, such awards resulted in higher diluted weighted average shares outstanding than basic weighted average shares outstanding, and had a dilutive effect on per share earnings. (13) At September 30, 2023, other intangible assets primarily consist of naming rights and mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) of $2.7 million and $1.3 million, respectively. At June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, other intangible assets primarily consist of MSRs of $1.3 million, $1.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively. Other intangible assets are included in other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. (14) In the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, amounts were calculated based upon the fair value on debt securities held to maturity, and assuming a tax rate of 25.51%, 25.46%, 25.53% and 25.55%, respectively.

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AMERANT BANCORP INC. DECLARES DIVIDEND

CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, October 19, 2023. Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: AMTB) (the “Company” or “Amerant”) today announced that, on October 18, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.09 per share of Amerant common stock. The dividend is payable on November 30, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 14, 2023.

About Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: AMTB)

Amerant Bancorp Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida since 1979. The Company operates through its main subsidiary, Amerant Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), as well as its other subsidiaries: Amerant Investments, Inc., Elant Bank and Trust Ltd., and Amerant Mortgage, LLC. The Company provides individuals and businesses in the U.S. with deposit, credit and wealth management services. The Bank, which has operated for over 40 years, is the largest community bank headquartered in Florida. The Bank operates 23 banking centers – 17 in South Florida and 6 in the Houston, Texas area, as well as an LPO in Tampa, Florida. For more information, visit investor.amerantbank.com

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