---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000351569-26-000119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABCB"
cik: "0000351569"
company_name: "Ameris Bancorp"
filed_at: "2026-05-26T20:17:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T20:20:19.370272+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ameris Bancorp shareholders elect 10 directors, ratify KPMG, approve executive compensation

## Summary
- 88.38% of shares represented at May 21, 2026 annual meeting.
- All 10 director nominees elected; William H. Stern received lowest votes (50,067,725 for).
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for 2026: 60,277,906 for, 45,689 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 55,662,993 for, 898,391 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000351569-26-000119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABCB
- cik: 0000351569
- company_name: Ameris Bancorp
- filed_at: 2026-05-26T20:17:39+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156926000119/0000351569-26-000119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156926000119/abcb-20260521.htm

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