Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) Director Rodney Bullard Buys 221 Shares

What Happened
Rodney D. Bullard, a director of Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), acquired 220.632 shares on September 14, 2026 at $84.98 per share, for a total reported value of approximately $18,749. The transaction is reported as an acquisition (award/grant) rather than an open-market buy or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-14; Filing date: 2026-09-16 (filed within the typical two-business-day Form 4 window).
• Price and amount: 220.632 shares at $84.98 each; total ≈ $18,749.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnotes: F1 — purchase was made as a participant in an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP); F2 — total includes 0.4702 shares from a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP).
• Transaction code: A (award/grant/acquisition).

Context
This was a company-plan acquisition (ESPP purchase plus a small DRIP allocation), which differs from an open-market insider buy. ESPP purchases are routine ways employees and insiders accumulate shares (often via payroll deductions and sometimes at a discount) and are generally more informative than routine sales, but they do not, by themselves, indicate a change in insider conviction.