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): January 10, 2013
Ameris Bancorp
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Georgia | 001-13901 | 58-1456434 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 310 First Street, S.E., Moultrie, Georgia | 31768 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (229) 890-1111
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On January 10, 2013, Leo J. Hill was appointed as a director of Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”) to fill a vacancy on the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Hill will receive the standard compensation paid to members of the Company’s Board of Directors. There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Hill and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director.
Mr. Hill currently serves as lead independent director for several Transamerica mutual funds and is the owner of Advisor Network Solutions, LLC.
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/ Edwin W. Hortman, Jr. | |
| Edwin W. Hortman, Jr. | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: January 11, 2013