0001356555-23-000004.txt : 20230227 0001356555-23-000004.hdr.sgml : 20230227 20230227192744 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001356555-23-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230223 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230227 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230227 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LaHaise James A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001356555 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13901 FILM NUMBER: 23677557 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O FLAG FINANCIAL CORPORATION STREET 2: 3475 PIEDMONT ROAD, NE CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30305 ISSUER: 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 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3490 PIEDMONT RD STREET 2: SUITE 1550 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30305 BUSINESS PHONE: 4046396500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3490 PIEDMONT RD STREET 2: SUITE 1550 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30305 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ABC BANCORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ABC HOLDING CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870119 4 1 wf-form4_167754403863905.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2023-02-23 0 0000351569 Ameris Bancorp ABCB 0001356555 LaHaise James A 3490 PIEDMONT RD NE STE 1550 ATLANTA GA 30305 0 1 0 0 Chief Strategy Officer Common Stock 2023-02-23 4 A 0 8873 0 A 70371 D Common Stock 2023-02-23 4 F 0 4003 48.29 D 66368 D Common Stock 2023-02-23 4 A 0 4970 0 A 71338 D Common Stock 2023-02-24 4 A 0 946 48.02 A 72284 D Stock grant pursuant to performance stock unit award originally granted March 11, 2020 pursuant to the Ameris Bancorp 2014 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. This transaction represents the withholding of 4,003 shares of common stock to satisfy the tax withholding obligations incurred by the reporting person upon the stock grant of 8,873 shares on February 23,2023. Stock grant pursuant to the Ameris Bancorp 2021 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, vesting: (i) 1,657 shares on February 24, 2024; (ii) 1,657 shares on February 24, 2025; and (iii)1,656 shares on February 24, 2026 This transaction represents the withholding of 946 shares of common stock to satisfy the tax withholding obligations incurred by the reporting person upon the vesting on February 24, 2023 of 2,096 shares of common stock originally awarded on February 24, 2022. James A. LaHaise by Elna Klein-Kolarich, Attorney-in-Fact 2023-02-27