0001144204-15-034991.txt : 20150602 0001144204-15-034991.hdr.sgml : 20150602 20150602083608 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-15-034991 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150528 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150602 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150602 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ameris Bancorp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000351569 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 581456434 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13901 FILM NUMBER: 15905427 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 24 2/ND/ AVENUE CITY: MOULTRIE STATE: GA ZIP: 31768 BUSINESS PHONE: 9128901111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 1500 CITY: MOULTRIE STATE: GA ZIP: 31776 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ABC BANCORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ABC HOLDING CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870119 8-K 1 v412224_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT

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): May 28, 2015

 

 

Ameris Bancorp

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 28, 2015, Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Moultrie, Georgia. At the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 25,238,554 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing 78.43% of the total outstanding eligible votes.  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (1) elected four members to the Board of Directors of the Company, (2) ratified the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2015 and (3) approved the Company’s executive compensation on an advisory basis.  Each of the foregoing proposals was set forth and described in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement of the Company dated April 17, 2015. The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

 

1.The following director nominees were elected by a plurality vote to serve as Class III directors until the annual meeting to be held in 2018:

 

Nominee   For    Authority Withheld    Broker Non-Votes 
R. Dale Ezzell   21,612,536    272,688    3,353,330 
Leo J. Hill   21,724,876    160,348    3,353,330 
Jimmy D. Veal   21,611,977    273,247    3,353,330 

 

 

The following director nominee was elected by a plurality vote to serve as a Class II director until the annual meeting to be held in 2017:

 

Nominee   For    Authority Withheld    Broker Non-Votes 
William I. Bowen, Jr.   21,725,110    160,114    3,353,330 

 

2.Ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP, as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 by a vote of 25,228,218 for, 6,654 against, 3,682 abstaining and 0 broker non-votes.

 

3.Approval of the Company’s executive compensation on an advisory basis by a vote of 20,679,558 for, 1,008,621 against, 197,045 abstaining and 3,353,330 broker non-votes.

 

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

AMERIS BANCORP

 

 

By:  /s/ Dennis J. Zember Jr.

Dennis J. Zember Jr.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(principal accounting and financial officer)

 

 

Dated: June 2, 2015