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Issuer:     Amerant Bancorp Inc. (AMTB)
CIK:        0001734342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001734342-22-000065
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Amerant Bancorp accelerates director resignation to Dec 8, appoints Erin Knight to board
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- Orlando D. Ashford's board resignation moved from Dec 31 to Dec 8, 2022, due to new executive role.
- Erin D. Knight appointed to board effective Dec 15, 2022, filling vacancy; also joins Amerant Bank board.
- Knight is President of Monument Capital Management; prior banking roles at SouthTrust, Regions, Stonegate.
- Board determined Knight independent and an audit committee financial expert; she joins Audit and Compensation committees.
- Knight receives standard non-employee director compensation and annual RSU grants for board service.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434222000065/0001734342-22-000065-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434222000065/amtb-20221207.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001734342-22-000065

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