Ameris Bancorp — Director's Dealing 2017

Dec 12, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Ameris Bancorp (ABCB)
CIK: 0000351569
Period of Report: 2017-12-06

Reporting Person: LaHaise James A (Corporate Banking Executive)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-12-06	Common Stock	M	18684	$37.46	Acquired	88186	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-05-17	Common Stock	$37.46	M	18684	Acquired	2017-12-31	Common (18684)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On December 31, 2007, the reporting person previously held unexercised options to purchase 40,000 shares of common stock, no par value per share, of Coastal Bankshares, Inc. at an exercise price of $17.50 per share. AS a result of the merger of Coastal with Ameris Bancorp, which is effective as of June 30, 2014, the options to acquire Coastal shares have been automatically converted in their entirety into options to purchase 18,684 shares of the common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of Ameris at an exercise price of $37.46 per share. These options will expire on 12-31-2017.