amtb-20231206




220 Alhambra Circle
Coral Gables, Florida						33134
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)
(305) 460-8728 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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On December 6, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Amerant Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”), acting upon the recommendation of the Board’s Corporate Governance, Nominating and Sustainability Committee, approved an amendment to the Code of Conduct and Ethics of the Company effective as of December 6, 2023 (the “Code”). The Code was approved and adopted by the Board as part of its ordinary course recurrent review of the Company’s codes and policies and applies to all officers, directors, and employees of the Company. The amendments to the Code did not relate to or result in any waiver, explicit or implicit, of any provision of the Code in effect prior to the amendment.

The amendments to the Code include: (i) clarifications regarding confidentiality and communications with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental or law enforcement entity; (ii) updates to the Company’s reporting violations procedures to provide for an Ethics and Compliance Hotline; and (iii) other administrative and non-substantive changes.

The above description of the Code does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 14.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and available under the Governance section on the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://investor.amerantbank.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents-charters. Information on the Company’s website shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into, or to be a part of, this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits


Number			Exhibit
14.1			Code of Conduct and Ethics of Amerant Bancorp Inc.
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

Date: December 12, 2023

Amerant Bancorp Inc.

By:

/s/ Julio V. Pena

Name: Julio V. Pena

Title: Senior Vice President,
Securities Counsel and Corporate Secretary


Title of each class	Trading Symbols	Name of exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock	AMTB	New York Stock Exchange