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Issuer:     Ameris Bancorp (ABCB)
CIK:        0000351569
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-12T21:20:45+00:00
Accession:  0000351569-26-000123
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Jury awards $79.4M against Ameris Bank in wrongful termination suit; company to appeal
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- Jury awarded $16.525M in economic/non-economic damages plus statutory penalties and $62.9M in punitive damages.
- Plaintiff Patrick Byrne was CEO of Ameris Bank's equipment finance division from Dec 2021 to June 2024.
- Company disagrees with verdict, believes unsupported by facts or law, and intends to appeal.
- Verdict may have material adverse effect on results, financial condition, and liquidity; accrual evaluation underway.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156926000123/0000351569-26-000123-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156926000123/abcb-20260612.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000351569-26-000123

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