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Issuer:     Amerant Bancorp Inc. (AMTB)
CIK:        0001734342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001734342-25-000069
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Amerant Bancorp CEO Jerry Plush steps down; COO Iafigliola named interim CEO; Almeida Chair
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- Jerry Plush and Board mutually agreed to his departure as CEO effective November 5, 2025.
- Carlos Iafigliola, SEVP & COO (former CFO), appointed Interim CEO effective November 5, 2025.
- Odilon Almeida Jr., previously Lead Independent Director, named Board Chair.
- Board will conduct a search for a permanent CEO, including external candidates and Iafigliola.
- Departure not related to any policy disagreement or ethical/compliance concerns.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000069/0001734342-25-000069-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000069/amtb-20251104.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001734342-25-000069

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