Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NYSE:AMTB) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call July 21, 2022 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Laura Rossi - Head of IR

Jerry Plush - Chairman and CEO

Carlos Iafigliola - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Michael Rose - Raymond James

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Amerant Bancorp Second Quarter 2022 Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised, that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Laura Rossi, Head of Investor Relations at Amerant. Please go ahead.

Laura Rossi

Thank you, Victor. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us to review Amerant Bancorp's second quarter 2022 results. Also on today's call are Jerry Plush, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Carlos Iafigliola, our Chief Financial Officer. As we begin, please note that the company's press release, our discussion on today's call, and our responses to your questions contain forward-looking statements.

Amerant's business and operations are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond its control, and consequently, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. Please refer to the cautionary notices regarding forward-looking statements in the company's earnings release and presentation. For a more complete description of these and other possible risks, please refer to the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, and our other filings with the SEC, as you can access these filings on the SEC's website.

Amerant has no obligation and makes no commitment to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements in order to reflect new information or subsequent events, circumstances or changes in expectations, except as required by law. Please also note that the company's press release, earnings presentation and today's call include references to certain adjusted financial measures, also known as non-GAAP financial measures. Exhibit 2 and Appendix 1 of the company's press release and earnings presentation, respectively, contain a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to its most comparable GAAP financial measure.

I will now turn it over to our Chairman and CEO, Jerry Plush.

Jerry Plush

Thank you, Laura. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining Amerant's second quarter 2022 earnings call.

I'm pleased to be here today to report on our results for the quarter and provide an update on very important steps taken during the period towards the completion of our transformation efforts, so that we will be best positioned for the balance of the year and beyond for profitable growth.