amtb-20260602

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)

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

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On June 2, 2026, Amerant Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). There were 27,035,485 shares of Class A voting common stock of the Company present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting approximately 69.21% of the 39,062,373 outstanding shares of Class A voting common stock on April 7, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1: To elect directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders. Each nominee received the following votes:


Nominee	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Vote
Odilon Almeida	23,313,655	424,739	18,318	3,278,773
Carlos Iafigliola	23,684,663	65,177	872	3,278,773
Erin D. Knight	23,507,527	240,238	8,947	3,278,773
Jack Kopnisky	23,526,368	220,601	9,743	3,278,773
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo	23,253,309	494,284	9,119	3,278,773
Gustavo Marturet M.	23,099,095	644,562	13,055	3,278,773
Patricia Morrison	23,663,389	84,203	9,120	3,278,773
John W. Quill	23,666,083	75,856	14,773	3,278,773
Ashaki Rucker	23,585,958	159,808	10,946	3,278,773
Oscar Suarez	23,501,329	245,640	9,743	3,278,773
Millar Wilson	15,336,523	8,386,819	33,370	3,278,773

All director nominees were duly elected at the Annual Meeting. Each of the individuals named in the above table will serve as a director until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

Proposal 2: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay”). Say-on-Pay received the following votes:

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers — Say-on-Pay.

Proposal 3: The proposal 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, 2026 received the following votes:

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders ratified the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

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: June 4, 2026

Amerant Bancorp Inc.

By:

/s/ Julio V. Pena

Name: Julio V. Pena

Title: Executive Vice President,
Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary