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Issuer:     Amerant Bancorp Inc. (AMTB)
CIK:        0001734342
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2025-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001734342-25-000059
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Amerant Bancorp discloses $1.1M severance for departing Chief Commercial Banking Officer
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- Juan Esterripa stepped down as Chief Commercial Banking Officer on Sep 3, 2025; Separation Agreement signed Sep 23, 2025.
- Receives $1,108,000 cash severance payable in 12 equal monthly installments plus $35,000 lump-sum expense payment.
- Also gets up to 12 months of company-share COBRA premium stipend; health benefits end Sep 30, 2025.
- If Esterripa breaches agreement, all separation payments (except COBRA) must be repaid within 30 days.
- Company releases Esterripa from obligation to return $133,320 sign-on bonus (except for criminal/willful misconduct).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000059/0001734342-25-000059-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000059/amtb-20250903.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001734342-25-000059

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