UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
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April
23, 2010 (April 20, 2010)
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AMERIS
BANCORP |
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Georgia
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No.
001-13901
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No.58-1456434
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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310 First Street, SE
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Moultrie, Georgia 31768
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
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(229)
890-1111
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 20,
2010, R. Dale Ezzell was appointed as a director of Ameris Bancorp (the
"Company") to fill a vacancy on the Company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Ezzell will receive the standard compensation paid to members of the
Company's Board of Directors, as described in the Company's 2010 Proxy Statement
filed with the SEC on March 22, 2010. There are no understandings or
arrangements between Mr. Ezzell and any other person pursuant to which he
was selected as a director.
Mr. Ezzell is the
Owner of Wisecards Printing. He currently serves as a member of the Ameris
Bank - Dothan, Alabama Community Board of Directors.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this
Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
AMERIS
BANCORP
By: /s/ Edwin W. Hortman, Jr.
Edwin W. Hortman, Jr.
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Dated: April
23, 2010
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