Juan Esterripa - Feb 18, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Amerant Bancorp Inc. (AMTB)

Signature
/s/ Julio V. Pena, as Attorney-in-Fact for Juan Esterripa
Stock symbol
AMTB
Transactions as of
Feb 18, 2025
Transactions value $
-$21,027
Form type
4
Date filed
2/20/2025, 05:05 PM
Previous filing
Jun 17, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction AMTB Class A Common Stock Options Exercise $0 +2.97K +30.49% $0.00 12.7K Feb 18, 2025 Direct F1, F2
transaction AMTB Class A Common Stock Tax liability -$21K -882 -6.93% $23.84 11.8K Feb 18, 2025 Direct F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction AMTB Restricted Stock Units LTI 2024 Options Exercise $0 -2.97K -33.33% $0.00 5.95K Feb 18, 2025 Class A Common Stock 2.97K $0.00 Direct F1, F4
transaction AMTB Restricted Stock Units LTI 2025 Award $0 +8.89K $0.00 8.89K Feb 18, 2025 Class A Common Stock 8.89K $0.00 Direct F1, F5
transaction AMTB Performance Based Restricted Stock Units LTI 2025 Award $0 +8.89K $0.00 8.89K Feb 18, 2025 Class A Common Stock 8.89K $0.00 Direct F6, F7
transaction AMTB Restricted Stock Units Award $0 +11.5K +85% $0.00 25.1K Feb 18, 2025 Class A Common Stock 11.5K $0.00 Direct F1, F8, F9
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") is the economic equivalent of one share of Class A Common Stock.
F2 Includes 690.16 shares acquired under the Amerant Bancorp Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan on November 29, 2024.
F3 Reflects the shares of Class A Common Stock that were surrendered in order to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligation upon the vesting of RSUs.
F4 On February 16, 2024, Mr. Esterripa was awarded 8,920 RSUs, each representing the right to receive, following vesting, one share of Class A Common Stock. The award vests in substantially equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, provided that Mr. Esterripa remains in the continuous service of the Company or a subsidiary through each such date.
F5 On February 18, 2025, Mr. Esterripa was awarded 8,887 RSUs, each representing the right to receive, following vesting, one share of Class A Common Stock. The award vests in substantially equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, provided that Mr. Esterripa remains in the continuous service of the Company or a subsidiary through each such date.
F6 Each performance-based restricted stock unit ("PSU") is the economic equivalent of one share of Class A Common Stock.
F7 PSUs awarded to Mr. Esterripa, each representing the right to receive, following vesting, one share of Class A Common Stock. The actual number of PSUs earned shall be based on the achievement of the Relative Adjusted Return on Average Total Common Equity at a Threshold, Target or Maximum level set by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee (the "Committee") futher modified by the achievement of specified Threshold, Target or Maximum levels set by the Committee of Relative Total Shareholder Return for a 3-year period beginning January 1, 2025 and ending on December 31, 2027, and in general can range from 40% to 180% of the PSUs. The number reported reflects the target number of PSUs Mr. Esterripa may earn.
F8 On February 18, 2025 Mr. Esterripa was awarded 11.535 RSUs as a one-time special recognition and retention award, each RSU represents the right to receive, following vesting, one share of Class A Common Stock. Twenty percent (20%) of the RSUs will vest on each of the first two anniversaries of the date of grant and the remaining sixty percent (60%) will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant, provided that Mr. Esterripa remains in the continuous service of the Company or a subsidiary through each such date.
F9 Balance includes 13,571 unvested Restricted Stock Units awarded to Mr. Esterripa on April 17, 2023.

Remarks:

SEVP and Chief Commercial Banking Officer