---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001734342-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTB"
cik: "0001734342"
company_name: "Amerant Bancorp Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:23:24.015582+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amerant Bancorp sells $49.7M of loans to Peachtree Group; two loans excluded

## Summary
- Sold three of five loans with $74M estimated principal for $49.7M purchase price.
- Closing occurred Jan 7, 2026; buyer exercised option not to purchase two loans.
- Sale is without recourse except for limited representations and warranties in the Asset Sale Agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001734342-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTB
- cik: 0001734342
- company_name: Amerant Bancorp Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434226000004/0001734342-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434226000004/amtb-20251231.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Amerant Bancorp Inc. entered into Asset Sale Agreement with Peachtree Group valued at $74.0 million (effective 2025-12-31).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Peachtree Group
  - Value: $74.0 million
  - Effective: 2025-12-31
  source text: On December 31, 2025, Amerant Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amerant Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”), on the one hand, and Peachtree Group (the “Purchaser”), on the other hand, entered into an Asset Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) relating to the sale by the Bank to the Purchaser of up to five loans (the “Loans”) with an estimated outstanding principal balance of $74.0 million as of December 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434226000004/0001734342-26-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.