Ameris Bancorp shareholders elect 13 directors, ratify KPMG, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

2. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 by a vote of 62,794,190 for, 21,026 against, 10,942 abstentions and 0 broker non-votes.

1. Election of the following director nominees by a majority vote to serve as directors until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2024: Nominee For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes William I. Bowen, Jr. 58,708,394 595,673 40,134 3,481,957 Rodney D. Bullard 58,709,206 618,077 16,918 3,481,957 Wm. Millard Choate 58,742,119 580,918 21,164 3,481,957 R. Dale Ezzell 57,691,630 1,607,128 45,443 3,481,957 Leo J. Hill 56,952,168 2,375,291 16,742 3,481,957 Daniel B. Jeter 58,010,645 1,291,524 42,032 3,481,957 Robert P. Lynch 56,198,721 3,124,869 20,611 3,481,957 Elizabeth A. McCague 57,395,648 1,936,591 11,962 3,481,957 James B. Miller, Jr. 57,664,302 1,660,372 19,527 3,481,957 Gloria A. O'Neal 58,690,237 635,350 18,614 3,481,957 H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. 58,510,284 812,639 21,278 3,481,957 William H. Stern 51,118,460 8,204,564 21,177 3,481,957 Jimmy D. Veal 56,988,357 2,337,116 18,728 3,481,957

3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by a vote of 54,980,004 for, 3,981,409 against, 382,788 abstentions and 3,481,957 broker non-votes.