8-K

Date: March 6, 2019

Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation

/s/ Iván E. Trujillo

Name: Iván E. Trujillo

Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary

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): March 6, 2019

Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida

001-38534

65-0032379

(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation

(Commission

file number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

220 Alhambra Circle

Coral Gables, Florida

(Address of principal executive offices)

(305) 460-8728

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 5, 2019 the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from ten members to eleven and appointed John W. Quill as a director. Mr. Quill will also serve as a director of Amerant Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), the Company’s principal subsidiary, and will become a member of the Company’s and the Bank’s audit committee.

Mr. Quill has no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which he was selected as a director and does not have any transactions reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Quill, as a newly appointed non-employee director of the Board in 2019, will receive a pro rata portion of the $96,000 annual retainer for his service on the Board and a pro rata portion of the $41,600 annual retainer for his committee service to the Company and the Bank.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Number		Exhibit

99.1		Press Release of Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation issued March 6, 2019.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.