Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
OnJune 10, 2021 ,Ameris Bancorp (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 63,833,872 shares of the Company's common stock,$1.00 par value per share, representing 91.57% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders: (1) elected 13 members to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; (2) ratified the appointment ofCrowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 ; (3) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers; and (4) approved theAmeris Bancorp 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. Each of the foregoing proposals was set forth and described in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement of the Company datedApril 26, 2021 . The voting results for each proposal are as follows:
1.Election of the following director nominees by a majority vote to serve as directors until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2022:
Nominee For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes William I. Bowen, Jr. 59,903,403 455,559 30,600 3,444,310 Rodney D. Bullard 59,827,073 530,292 32,197 3,444,310 Wm. Millard Choate 60,026,441 332,085 31,036 3,444,310 R. Dale Ezzell 59,280,933 1,076,953 31,676 3,444,310 Leo J. Hill 59,476,047 881,169 32,346 3,444,310 Daniel B. Jeter 59,235,984 1,123,545 30,033 3,444,310 Robert P. Lynch 58,943,065 1,414,821 31,676 3,444,310 Elizabeth A. McCague 59,599,058 761,253 29,251 3,444,310 James B. Miller, Jr. 59,480,711 877,847 31,004 3,444,310 Gloria A. O'Neal 59,909,327 450,933 29,302 3,444,310 H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. 59,765,523 593,858 30,181 3,444,310 William H. Stern 58,438,315 1,919,738 31,509 3,444,310 Jimmy D. Veal 59,154,840 1,178,438 56,284 3,444,310 2.Ratification of the appointment ofCrowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 by a vote of 63,698,298 for, 24,764 against, 110,810 abstentions and 0 broker non-votes. 3.Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers by a vote of 59,275,879 for, 853,236 against, 260,447 abstentions and 3,444,310 broker non-votes. 4.Approval of theAmeris Bancorp 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan by a vote of 57,383,496 for, 2,918,109 against, 87,957 abstentions and 3,444,310 broker non-votes.
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