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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 13, 2024
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Amerant Bancorp Inc.
(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
33134
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading SymbolsName of exchange on which registered
Class A Common StockAMTBNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Amerant Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to amend the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 13, 2024 to update the disclosures contained therein under Item 7.01 and the Exhibit 99.1 attached thereto, which are hereby supplemented and amended by the disclosure contained in Item 7.01 and the Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto of this Amendment No. 1.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On March 7, 2024, the Company filed its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Annual Report”). In connection with the filing of the Annual Report, the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Financial Statements”) were finalized, and certain line items and financial data included in the Annual Report and the Financial Statements differ from the same line items and financial data that were included in the slide presentation attached as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Investor Presentation”) of the current report on Form 8-K of the Company dated February 13, 2024.

The slide presentation attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Updated Presentation”), and incorporated herein by reference, amends and updates the Investor Presentation. The Updated Presentation may be used by the Company in various presentations to existing and prospective investors and to analysts on or after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Number
Exhibit
99.1
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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.
 
Date: March 15, 2024 Amerant Bancorp Inc.
    
  By: /s/ Julio V. Pena
    Name: Julio V. Pena
    Title:  Senior Vice President,
Securities Counsel and Corporate Secretary