Amerant Bancorp Inc. filings document the formal disclosures of a Florida bank holding company with Amerant Bank, N.A. and Amerant Investments, Inc. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual results, Regulation FD investor presentations, earnings materials, credit and asset-quality updates, and material agreements.
The company’s proxy materials and governance filings cover director elections, board composition, executive compensation, equity-award tables, shareholder meeting matters, officer transitions and compensatory arrangements. These records also disclose bank operating topics such as loan quality, funding mix, liquidity, capital position and balance-sheet management.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. executive Carlos Iafigliola exercised restricted stock units and received additional Class A common shares, while surrendering some shares to cover taxes. On February 18, 2026, 2,307 RSUs labeled “LTI 2025” were converted into 2,307 Class A common shares at a price of $0.00 per share.
To satisfy tax withholding on the RSU vesting, 562 Class A shares were surrendered at $22.38 per share, as described in the footnotes. After these transactions, Iafigliola directly held 20,690.61 Class A common shares and 4,614 RSUs designated as “LTI 2025,” each RSU economically equivalent to one Class A share.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. officer Pedro Parra reported equity award activity in Class A Common Stock. On February 18, 2026, he exercised 666 Restricted Stock Units, which are each economically equivalent to one share of Class A Common Stock, receiving 666 shares at no cash cost. A related derivative entry reflects the RSU conversion. He then surrendered 163 shares of Class A Common Stock at $22.38 per share to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon vesting. After these transactions, he directly owned 18,239.28 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. officer Michael E. Nursey reported equity award activity involving restricted stock units and Class A common stock. On February 18, 2026, he exercised 666 restricted stock units labeled “Restricted Stock Units LTI 2025,” receiving 666 shares of Class A common stock at $0.00 per share.
On the same date, 187 shares of Class A common stock at $22.38 per share were surrendered to cover tax withholding obligations upon RSU vesting, leaving him with 1,494 Class A shares directly owned after these transactions. Footnotes state each RSU is economically equivalent to one Class A share and reference a prior 2,000 RSU award granted on February 18, 2025 that vests in three annual installments, subject to continued service.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. officer Adrian Rodriguez reported equity award activity involving restricted stock units and common shares. On February 18, 2026, he exercised 833 "Restricted Stock Units 2025" into 833 shares of Class A Common Stock at a stated price of $0.00 per share. On the same date, 203 Class A shares at $22.38 per share were surrendered to cover tax withholding, leaving him with 5,780 Class A shares directly owned. Footnotes note that each RSU equals one Class A share and that a prior award of 2,500 RSUs granted on February 18, 2025 vests in three substantially equal annual installments, contingent on continued service.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. officer Mariola Sanchez reported equity award activity involving restricted stock units and Class A common stock. On February 18, 2026, she exercised 1,740 "Restricted Stock Units LTI 2025," converting them into 1,740 shares of Class A common stock at $0.00 per share.
Following this RSU conversion, her direct holdings of Class A common stock increased to 20,431.61 shares before tax withholding, and 20,007.61 shares after a separate disposition. In a tax-withholding transaction coded "F," 424 shares of Class A common stock were surrendered at $22.38 per share to cover tax obligations related to RSU vesting.
Footnotes state that each RSU is economically equivalent to one share of Class A common stock and that the surrendered shares satisfied tax withholding obligations upon vesting. Another footnote explains that on February 18, 2025, Ms. Sanchez was awarded 5,222 RSUs, vesting in substantially equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, contingent on continued service.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. executive Michael E. Nursey filed an amended initial ownership report updating his restricted stock unit (RSU) awards in the company’s Class A Common Stock. The amendment corrects an earlier filing that overstated one RSU grant.
Footnotes state Mr. Nursey received 6,716 RSUs on June 17, 2024, 2,000 RSUs on February 18, 2025, 4,000 RSUs on March 3, 2025, and 2,500 RSUs on October 8, 2025, each RSU being the economic equivalent of one share. The earlier Form 3 incorrectly reported 2,500 RSUs for the February 18, 2025 grant, which this amendment corrects to 2,000, with all awards subject to multi‑year vesting based on continued service.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. executive Armando Fleitas reported multiple equity compensation transactions involving Class A common stock and restricted stock units on February 17, 2026. He acquired 834 and 833 shares through the vesting and conversion of earlier RSU awards, and received a new grant of 2,500 RSUs that will vest in three annual installments if he remains in continuous service.
Following these transactions, he directly owned 8,590.74 shares of Class A common stock. To cover tax withholding upon RSU vesting, 495 shares were surrendered at a price of 22.73 per share, which is recorded as a disposition but reflects tax payment rather than an open-market sale.
Eelman Anthony J. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Amerant Bancorp executive Anthony J. Eelman, EVP and Chief Products Officer, received equity-based awards that tie his compensation to future company performance. He was granted 4,399 restricted stock units, each equal to one share of Class A common stock, vesting in three equal annual installments starting one year after the February 17, 2026 grant date, contingent on continued service.
He was also awarded 4,399 performance-based restricted stock units, with the actual shares earned ranging from 40% to 180% of this target amount. Payout depends on achieving Relative Adjusted Return on Average Tangible Common Equity and Relative Total Shareholder Return goals over a three-year period from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. executive Adrian Rodriguez reported equity compensation activity involving restricted stock units and common shares. On February 17, 2026, 500 RSUs from the 2023 LTI and 500 RSUs from the 2024 LTI vested and were converted into 1,000 shares of Class A common stock.
To cover tax withholding on the vesting, 240 shares of Class A common stock were surrendered at $22.73 per share. Rodriguez also received new awards of 4,179 RSUs and 4,179 performance-based RSUs under the 2026 LTI, each unit economically equivalent to one Class A share.
The 2026 RSUs vest in three equal annual installments, while the performance-based RSUs are earned over a three-year period from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028 based on specified relative return and total shareholder return goals, and can pay out from 40% to 180% of the target amount.
Cragg Lee Ann reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Amerant Bancorp Inc. reported that its SEVP and Chief Credit Officer, Lee Ann Cragg, received equity awards in the form of restricted stock units tied to Class A common stock.
On February 17, 2026, she was granted 6,071 RSUs, each economically equivalent to one share of Class A common stock, vesting in three substantially equal annual installments over three years, contingent on continued service. She also received 6,071 performance-based RSUs with payout based on Relative Adjusted Return on Average Tangible Common Equity and Relative Total Shareholder Return over a three-year period from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028. The number reported for performance units reflects the target amount and can range from 40% to 180% of the granted units based on goal achievement.