form8k.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission
File Number: 001-13901
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AMERIS
BANCORP
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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GEORGIA
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58-1456434
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(State
of incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer ID No.)
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24
SECOND AVE., SE MOULTRIE, GA 31768
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(229)
890-1111
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(Registrant’s
telephone number)
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Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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240.13e-4(c))
Item
8.01. Other Events.
The
information in this Current Report
is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this
Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration
statement or document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
On
November 27, 2007, Ameris Bancorp
(the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its board of directors
has authorized the Company to repurchase up to 1,000,000 shares of its common
stock between December 1, 2007 and December 31, 2008. A copy of the
press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Press
release dated November 27, 2007.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this
Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
AMERIS
BANCORP
By:
___/s/ Dennis J. Zember Jr._____
Dennis
J. Zember Jr.,
Executive
Vice President and
ChiefFinancial Officer
Dated: November
29, 2007