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 25, 2016  

 

 

  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 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On May 25, 2016, 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 2016 Financial Services Conference presented by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in New York City, New York. 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.

 

  99.1 Investor Presentation Materials.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

  AMERIS BANCORP
       
       
  By:   /s/ Dennis J. Zember Jr.
    Dennis J. Zember Jr.
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: May 25, 2016 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No. Exhibit
99.1 Investor Presentation Materials