UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
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December
21, 2009 (December 15, 2009)
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| AMERIS BANCORP | ||
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Georgia
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No.
001-13901
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No.58-1456434
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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310 First Street, SE
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Moultrie, Georgia 31768
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
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(229)
890-1111
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Preliminary Note:
This
Current Report on Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) amends the Current Report on Form
8-K filed on December 21, 2009 (the "Original Form 8-K") by Ameris Bancorp (the
"Company") in order to correct an error in the committees of the Company
identified in Item 5.02 of the Original Form 8-K.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December
15, 2009, V. Wayne Williford was appointed as a director of Ameris Bancorp (the
"Company") to fill a vacancy on the Company's Board of Directors. Mr.
Williford will serve on the Company's Audit Committee and Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Williford will receive the
standard compensation paid to members of the Company's Board of Directors, as
described in the Company's 2009 Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 16,
2009. There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Williford
and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director.
Mr. Williford is Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer of J.B. Coxwell Contracting, Inc. He currently
serves as a member of the Ameris Bank - Jacksonville, Florida community board of
directors.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this
Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
AMERIS
BANCORP
By: /s/ Edwin W. Hortman, Jr.
Edwin W. Hortman, Jr.
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Dated: December
21, 2009
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