Ameris Bancorp — Director's Dealing 2017

May 18, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Ameris Bancorp (ABCB)
CIK: 0000351569
Period of Report: 2017-05-17

Reporting Person: Veal Jimmy D (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-05-17	Common Stock	A	1146	—	Acquired	83125.1884	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	13768.547	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock grant pursuant to the Ameris Bancorp 2014 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, vesting on the earlier of (i) May 17, 2018 and (ii) the date of the 2018 annual shareholder's meeting.

F2: This total includes 136.0507 shares acquired by the reporting person as a participant in an employee stock purchase dividend reinvestment plan.