Ameris Bancorp

Ameris Bancorp

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CEO pay in FY2025

H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. is the CEO of Ameris Bancorp and was paid $6.1M in FY2025 (Dec), up 11%.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each Ameris Bancorp proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives5

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  1. 1H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.FY2025
  2. 2Nicole S. StokesFY2025
  3. 3James A. LaHaiseFY2025
  4. 4Lawton E. Bassett, IIIFY2025
  5. 5Ross L. CreasyFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

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Ameris Bancorp paid its 5 named executives $13.3M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. was paid $6.1M of that.

Name
H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.Chief Executive Officer
Nicole S. StokesCorporate EVP and Chief Financial Officer
James A. LaHaiseCorporate EVP and Chief Strategy Officer
Lawton E. Bassett, IIICorporate EVP and Banking Group President
Ross L. CreasyCorporate EVP and Chief Information OfficerNot disclosed

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers17

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Ameris Bancorp names 17 peer companies for pay. Among Ameris Bancorp and these peers, CEO pay was 6th highest of 10 and total shareholder return was 2nd highest of 10.

6th highest of 10in Ameris Bancorp and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$3.4M$10.4M

2nd highest of 10in Ameris Bancorp and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$105$214

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board4

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  • Daniel B. JeterDirector · 28 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Enterprise Risk—Paid as an executive
  • Robert P. LynchDirector · 25 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Enterprise Risk (Chair), Executive—Paid as an executive
  • Rodney D. BullardDirector · 6 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Enterprise Risk—Paid as an executive
  • Claire E. McLeanDirector · 1 yr on the boardIndependentAudit (Chair), Enterprise Risk—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp CIO pay rose 11% to $1.6M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp CEO pay rose 11% to $6.1M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp CFO pay rose 15% to $2.0M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp Division head pay rose 12% to $1.7M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp CEO pay rose 16% to $5.1M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp CEO pay rose 28% to $4.4M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp CFO pay rose 25% to $1.7M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  8. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp Division head pay rose 14% to $1.6M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  9. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp Corporate EVP and Chief Credit Officer pay rose 26% to $1.5M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Ameris Bancorp Corporate EVP and Chief Strategy Officer pay rose 32% to $1.7M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  11. Board
    Claire E. McLean joined the board of Ameris Bancorp. Claire E. McLean sits on no other public board.
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Filings6

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Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 7, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 26, 2026FY2025
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 23, 2025FY2024
Annual report10-KFeb 28, 2025FY2024
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 23, 2024FY2023
Annual report10-KFeb 28, 2024FY2023
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