Ameris Bancorp 8-K/A, filed Jun 30, 2021
Ameris Bancorp (ABCB)
8-K/A
2021-06-30
For: 2021-06-10
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About this 8-K/A
Ameris Bancorp filed this 8-K/A on June 30, 2021, reporting on events of June 10, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 4.01: Change of auditor
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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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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment No. 1”) amends Item 4.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2021 (the “Original Report”). This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to update certain information contained in the Original Report with respect to the Company's engagement of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.
Except as described above, there are no other changes to the Original Report. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Report.
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
On June 10, 2021, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021, subject to completion by KPMG LLP of its standard client acceptance procedures. Subsequently, KPMG LLP has advised the Audit Committee that such standard client acceptance procedures have been completed, including the related engagement letter.
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and through June 30, 2021, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted with KPMG LLP regarding: (i) either the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement,” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or any “reportable events,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
AMERIS BANCORP
| By: | /s/ Nicole S. Stokes | ||||
| Nicole S. Stokes | |||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||
Date: June 30, 2021