---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000351569-26-000127"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABCB"
cik: "0000351569"
company_name: "Ameris Bancorp"
filed_at: "2026-06-18T21:20:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T21:22:43.822111+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ameris Bancorp amends bylaws to add exclusive forum provision

## Summary
- Board approved Amended and Restated Bylaws effective June 18, 2026.
- Georgia State-wide Business Court designated exclusive forum for certain legal claims.
- Federal district courts designated exclusive forum for claims under Securities Act of 1933.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000351569-26-000127
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABCB
- cik: 0000351569
- company_name: Ameris Bancorp
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T21:20:24+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156926000127/0000351569-26-000127-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156926000127/abcb-20260618.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000351569-26-000127
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000351569-26-000127.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000351569-26-000127.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Ameris Bancorp: 添加独家论坛条款，指定佐治亚州全州商业法院为某些法律索赔的独家论坛，美国联邦地区法院为1933年证券法下索赔的独家论坛。 (effective 2026-06-18).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-06-18
  source text: On June 18, 2026, the Board of Directors of Ameris Bancorp approved an amendment and restatement of the Bylaws of Ameris Bancorp, effective as of such date (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”). The Amended and Restated Bylaws add an exclusive forum provision designating the Georgia State-wide Business Court as the exclusive forum for certain legal claims and the federal district courts of the United States of America as the exclusive forum for all claims arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351569/000035156926000127/0000351569-26-000127-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.