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):

 February 12, 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))

 

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

 

 
 

 

Item 7.01.Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On February 12, 2015, Edwin W. Hortman, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”), and Dennis J. Zember Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, gave a presentation to attendees at the Sterne Agee 2015 Financial Institutions Investor Conference in Boca Raton, Florida. A copy of the investor presentation materials is being furnished as an exhibit to this report and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   
 (d)Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

  99.1 Investor Presentation Materials
     

 

 
 

 

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
       
Dated:  February 12, 2015      

 

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Exhibit
99.1   Investor Presentation Materials