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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000351569-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABCB"
cik: "0000351569"
company_name: "Ameris Bancorp"
filed_at: "2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:24:37.402557+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- Turnout: 61,265,065 shares (88.77% of outstanding) voted at June 6, 2024 annual meeting.
- All 13 director nominees elected; highest vote count 56M, lowest 52M, with broker non-votes ~5.2M.
- KPMG LLP ratified as auditor for FY2024: 61.2M for, 25K against, 22K abstentions.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 51.6M for, 4.1M against, 358K abstentions, 5.2M broker non-votes.
- Shareholders chose one-year frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation (51.1M votes).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000351569-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABCB
- cik: 0000351569
- company_name: Ameris Bancorp
- filed_at: 2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156924000014/0000351569-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156924000014/abcb-20240606.htm

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