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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001734342-25-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTB"
cik: "0001734342"
company_name: "Amerant Bancorp Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T08:32:35.986607+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amerant Bancorp re-elects all 9 directors, appoints Almeida as Lead Independent Director

## Summary
- All 9 director nominees elected at May 7 annual meeting; Dana and Marturet received ~16% votes against.
- Say-on-Pay advisory proposal approved with ~82% of votes cast in favor, excluding broker non-votes.
- Shareholders ratified RSM US LLP as auditor for FY2025 with 32.4M votes for (99.5% support).
- Board reappointed Gerald Plush as Chairman; independent directors appointed Odilon Almeida as Lead Independent Director.
- Almeida, former ACI Worldwide (ACIW) CEO, joined board in Jan 2025; Dana remains a director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001734342-25-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTB
- cik: 0001734342
- company_name: Amerant Bancorp Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-07T23:59:59+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/1734342/000173434225000037/0001734342-25-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000037/amtb-20250507.htm

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