8-K

Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation

Date: March 21, 2019

/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 21, 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)

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:


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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 19, 2019, Alejandro Gonzalez S. resigned from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries, including Amerant Bank, N.A., effective March 20, 2019. Mr. Gonzalez’s decision was not the result of any disagreement with the Company or its management or the Board on any matter.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 21, 2019, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the resignation of Mr. Gonzalez. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Number		Exhibit

99.1		Press Release of Mercantil Bank Holding Corporation issued March 21, 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.