---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001734342-24-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTB"
cik: "0001734342"
company_name: "Amerant Bancorp Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:59:43.255146+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amerant Bancorp shareholders elect directors and approve say-on-pay at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with majority votes; Gerald P. Plush received over 18.37 million votes.
- Shareholders approved say-on-pay with 14.77 million votes for, 3.86 million against.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as auditor received 22.22 million votes for.
- Board unanimously reappointed Gerald P. Plush as Chairman and Pamella J. Dana as Lead Independent Director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001734342-24-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTB
- cik: 0001734342
- company_name: Amerant Bancorp Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434224000034/0001734342-24-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434224000034/amtb-20240508.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001734342-24-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Amerant Bancorp Inc. shareholders approved To elect directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Proposal 1: To elect directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders. Each nominee received the following votes: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Gerald P. Plush 18,371,327.31 260,914.00 41,842.00 3,562,793.36 Pamella J. Dana 18,269,164.31 374,046.00 30,873.00 3,562,793.36 Miguel A. Capriles L. 18,348,615.64 310,529.00 14,938.67 3,562,793.36 Samantha Holroyd 18,078,788.31 546,903.00 48,392.00 3,562,793.36 Erin D. Knight 18,077,395.31 550,017.00 46,671.00 3,562,793.36 Gustavo Marturet M. 18,229,719.31 439,030.00 5,334.00 3,562,793.36 John W. Quill 18,486,733.31 156,787.00 30,563.00 3,562,793.36 Ashaki Rucker 18,390,150.31 236,762.00 47,171.00 3,562,793.36 Oscar Suarez 18,074,129.31 566,584.00 33,370.00 3,562,793.36 Millar Wilson 18,417,557.64 225,055.00 31,470.67 3,562,793.36 All director nominees were duly elected at the Annual Meeting. Each of the individuals named in the above table will serve as a director until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434224000034/0001734342-24-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Amerant Bancorp Inc. shareholders approved To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay”) at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Proposal 2: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay”) — Say-on-Pay received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 14,772,293.31 3,859,643.00 42,147.00 3,562,793.36 At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers — Say-on-Pay.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434224000034/0001734342-24-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Amerant Bancorp Inc. shareholders approved The proposal to ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Proposal No. 3: The proposal to ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 22,221,873.67 1,580.00 13,423.00 --- At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders ratified the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434224000034/0001734342-24-000034-index.htm

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