secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Amerant Bancorp Inc. (AMTB)
CIK:        0001734342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-17T21:14:09+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-062578
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Amerant Bancorp closes $50M 7.00% senior notes due 2031; net proceeds $48.4M
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- Issued $50M aggregate principal 7.00% Senior Notes due Sept 17, 2031; interest payable semi-annually on Mar 17/Sep 17 starting Mar 17, 2027.
- Net proceeds ~$48.4M after underwriting discount and expenses; used for general corporate purposes incl. supporting Amerant Bank growth, repaying debt, and share repurchases.
- Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated, rank equally with existing unsecured debt and senior to subordinated debt; maturity Sept 17, 2031.
- Raymond James & Associates acted as sole book-running manager; offering closed Sept 17, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000162828026062578/0001628280-26-062578-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000162828026062578/amtb-20260914.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-062578

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