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P.O. BOX 8016, CARY, NC 27512-9903 Meeting Materials: Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement & 2024 Annual Report Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholders Amerant Bancorp Inc. Meeting To Be Held On May 7, 2025 For Shareholders of record as of March 10, 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders To order paper materials, use one of the Wednesday, May 7, 2025 8:00 AM, Eastern Time following methods. Annual Meeting to be held live via the internet. Please visit www.proxydocs.com/AMTB for more details. You must register to attend the meeting online and/or participate at www.proxydocs.com/AMTB Internet: For a convenient way to view proxy materials, VOTE, and obtain www.investorelections.com/AMTB directions to attend the meeting go to www.proxydocs.com/AMTB To vote your proxy while visiting this site, you will need the 12 digit control number in the box below. Call: 1-866-648-8133 This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote your shares. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. Email: Under United States Securities and Exchange Commission rules, proxy materials do not have paper@investorelections.com to be delivered in paper. Proxy materials can be distributed by making them available on the internet. * If requesting material by e-mail, please send a blank e-mail with the 12 digit control number (located below) in the subject line. No other requests, instructions OR other inquiries should be included with your If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of the proxy material, you must request one. e-mail requesting material. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. In order to receive a paper package in time for this year’s meeting, you must make this request on or before April 25, 2025. Your control number Have the 12 digit control number located in the box above available when you access the website and follow the instructions. SEE REVERSE FOR FULL AGENDA Copyright © 2025 BetaNXT, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved


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FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES NAMED IN PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR PROPOSALS 2 AND 3 PROPOSAL 1. To elect directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders. 1.01 Gerald P. Plush 1.02 Pamella J. Dana 1.03 Odilon Almeida Junior 1.04 Erin D. Knight 1.05 Lisa Lutoff-Perlo 1.06 Gustavo Marturet M. 1.07 John W. Quill 1.08 Ashaki Rucker 1.9 Oscar Suarez 1.10 Millar Wilson 2. To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers—Say-on-Pay. 3. To ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.