Amerant Bancorp Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 27, 2024
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 27, 2024, Amerant Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amerant Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), on the one hand, and Temple View Capital Funding LP and TVC Funding VII LLC (collectively, the “Purchasers”), on the other hand, entered into a Master Loan Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which the Bank sold Purchasers a portfolio of 323 business-purpose, investment property, residential mortgage loans. The purchase price was approximately $58.9 million and was paid in cash. The outstanding principal balance of the loans was approximately $71.4 million. The Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, repurchase obligations and indemnification provisions.
The foregoing summary of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is filed as exhibit 10.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Company has furnished a slide presentation summarizing updates to transactions in the fourth quarter of 2024, attached as exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, 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 that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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*The schedules and attachments to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(10). The Company agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedule to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant 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.
| Date: January 2, 2025 | Amerant Bancorp Inc. | |||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Julio V. Pena | |||||||||||||
| Name: Julio V. Pena | ||||||||||||||
| Title: Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||||