INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to other documents we have filed separately with the SEC, without actually including the specific information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update, and may supersede, information in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement.
We incorporate by reference the following documents that we have filed or may file with the SEC:
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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed on February 27, 2017;
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Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017, filed on May 10, 2017, August 9, 2017 and November 9, 2017, respectively;
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The information contained in our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 3, 2017 and specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed on February 27, 2017;
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Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 23, 2017, February 8, 2017, March 2, 2017, March 13, 2017, May 16, 2017, July 21, 2017 (Items 5.03 and 9.01), October 6, 2017, October 23, 2017, November 17, 2017, December 11, 2017, December 14, 2017, January 2, 2018, January 19, 2018, January 26, 2018 (Items 1.01, 1.02, 3.02, 8.01 and 9.01, but excluding Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2) and February 6, 2018; and
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The description of our common stock contained under the caption “Description of Common Stock” found in the prospectus dated as of February 27, 2017, filed as part of our Registration Statement on Form 3 (Registration No. 333-216254) on February 27, 2017, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part until all of the common stock to which this prospectus relates has been sold or the offering is otherwise terminated shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except in each case for information contained in any such filing where we indicate that such information is being furnished and is not to be considered filed under the Exchange Act.
You may request a copy of any of the documents that we incorporate by reference into this prospectus, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address or telephone number:
Ameris Bancorp
310 First St., S.E.
Moultrie, Georgia 31768
Attn: Corporate Secretary
(229) 890-1111
You may also access the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus by accessing the Investor Relations section of our website at
www.amerisbank.com
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