{"url_path":"/sec/amtb/8-k/2026-06-04/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-04","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/0001734342-26-000048-index.html","accession_number":"0001734342-26-000048","cik":"0001734342","ticker":"AMTB","issuer_name":"Amerant Bancorp Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/0001734342-26-000048-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001734342","primary_entity_name":"Amerant Bancorp Inc."},"word_count":356,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn 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.\n\nThe matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the final results of such voting are set forth below:\n\nProposal 1: To elect directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders. Each nominee received the following votes:\n\nNomineeForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote\n\nOdilon Almeida23,313,655424,73918,3183,278,773\n\nCarlos Iafigliola23,684,66365,1778723,278,773\n\nErin D. Knight23,507,527240,2388,9473,278,773\n\nJack Kopnisky23,526,368220,6019,7433,278,773\n\nLisa Lutoff-Perlo23,253,309494,2849,1193,278,773\n\nGustavo Marturet M.23,099,095644,56213,0553,278,773\n\nPatricia Morrison23,663,38984,2039,1203,278,773\n\nJohn W. Quill23,666,08375,85614,7733,278,773\n\nAshaki Rucker23,585,958159,80810,9463,278,773\n\nOscar Suarez23,501,329245,6409,7433,278,773\n\nMillar Wilson15,336,5238,386,81933,3703,278,773\n\nAll 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.\n\nProposal 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:\n\nForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote\n\n23,349,064361,73345,9153,278,773\n\nAt the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers — Say-on-Pay.\n\nProposal 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:\n\nForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote\n\n27,002,89617,99014,599---\n\nAt 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.\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant 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.\n\n \n\nDate: June 4, 2026 Amerant Bancorp Inc.\n\n    \n\n  By: /s/ Julio V. Pena\n\n    Name: Julio V. Pena\n\n    Title:  Executive Vice President,\nAssociate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary"}