Ameris Bancorp — Director's Dealing 2015

Feb 23, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Ameris Bancorp (ABCB)
CIK: 0000351569
Period of Report: 2015-02-23

Reporting Person: HORTMAN EDWIN W JR (Director, President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-02-23	Common	M	7608	$17.51	Acquired	206182.8805	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-02-23	Common	$17.51	M	7608	Disposed	2015-06-28	Common (7608)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On June 28, 2005, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase 18,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $18.00. The option vests in five equal installments based on the achievement of certain annual performance benchmarks. The performance criteria for 2005 and 2006 were met, resulting in vesting of the option as to 7,400 shares, which number was adjusted to reflect the stock dividends that were issued on October 10, 2009, January 10, 2010, April 9, 2010 and July 9, 2010