Ameris Bancorp — Director's Dealing 2016

May 10, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Ameris Bancorp (ABCB)
CIK: 0000351569
Period of Report: 2016-05-09

Reporting Person: Zember Dennis J JR (EVP & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-05-09	Common Stock	M	514	$20.18	Acquired	159797.0675	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-05-09	ABCB Incentive Stock Option	$20.18	P	514	Acquired	2016-05-16	Common (514)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2076	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: On May 16, 2006, the reporting person was granted an option to purchase 4,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $20.76. The options vested in five equal installments based on the achievement of certain annual performance benchmarks. The performance criteria for 2007 was met, however, years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 were not met. The number of options outstanding and the exercise price were adjusted to reflect the stock dividends that were issued on October 10, 2009, January 10, 2010, April 10, 2010 and July 10, 2010.

F2: This total includes 42.6662 shares acquired by the reporting person as a participant in a dividend reinvestment plan.