Amerant Bancorp Inc. · NYSE:AMTB

Amerant Bancorp — Investor Presentation (May 2020)

39 slides from Amerant Bancorp's investor presentation, May 18, 2020

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation As of March 31, 2020

    Investor Presentation As of March 31, 2020

  2. Slide 2: Important Notices and Disclaimers

    2 Important Notices and Disclaimers Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, future financial and operating results; costs and revenues;

  3. Slide 3: Who We Are

    3 Who We Are Vision Mission To be recognized as a trusted financial To provide our customers with the advisor dedicated to building stronger financial products and services they and deeper customer relationships in need to achieve their success and life the markets we serve, leading to the goals, wi

  4. Slide 4: About Us

    About Us 4 Financial Highlights • Founded in 1979 (1) (in millions, except per share data • Acquired in 1987 by MSF 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1Q2020 and percentages) • 80.1% spin-off in Aug. 2018 Balance Sheet History • Rebranded as Amerant in June 2019 • Completed IPO in Dec. 2018 Assets $ 8,163 $ 8

  5. Slide 5: Investment Opportunity Highlights

    5 Investment Opportunity Highlights Established Strong and Well-Positioned Significant Fee Pathway to Franchise in Diverse Deposit Loan Income Strong Attractive Portfolio (1) Markets Base Platform Profitability • Long history with • Combination of • Loan book well- • Wealth • Dynamic initiatives str

  6. Slide 6: Experienced Management Team

    6 Experienced Management Team Frederick • Chairman since January 2019 Copeland • Director of Company and Bank from 2007 to 2018 • Former President and CEO of Far East National Bank Chairman of the Board • Former President and CEO of Aetna International, Inc. • Former Chairman, President, and CEO of

  7. Slide 7: Value Proposition and Brand Attributes

    7 Value Proposition and Brand Attributes High Touch Service • Dynamic • Adaptable Meant for You • Attentive • Diligent • Responsive • Innovative By leveraging our experience and knowledge, we Trustworthy proactively anticipate your financial needs based on where you are and where you plan to go. We

  8. Slide 8: Market Strategy

    8 Market Strategy Our strategy is to operate and expand in high-growth, diverse economies where we can build from our heritage serving the Hispanic community Miami-Dade MSA Target markets have: • Major industry sectors are trade, tourism, services, manufacturing, education, and real estate • Substan

  9. Slide 9: Growing and Diverse Markets

    Growing and Diverse Markets 9 Branch Footprint (1) Deposit Market Share (2) Market Demographics March 31, 2020 June 30, 2019 2010 – 2020 Est. Population Change 19 banking centers Deposits % of Market Market Branches ($mm) AMTB Share % 21.1% 13.7% Miami-Dade, FL 9 $4,793 81.6 3.6 7.0% Broward, FL 5 3

  10. Slide 10: Ongoing Business Transformation

    10 Ongoing Business Transformation From... To... Part of a diverse international financial group, Focused on traditional community banking with a sophisticated international customer business in the U.S. and an international base business to service valued relationships A number of non-core products

  11. Slide 11: Summary of Our Strategic Plan

    11 Summary of Our Strategic Plan Building on our strengths to shape our future Domestic focus Expanding Growth in Core, Increased with an Strong Credit Business and Domestic Profitability International Culture(1) Geographic Deposits and Returns Heritage Presence ▪ Protect and serve ▪ Exit higher-ris

  12. Slide 12: Build on Improving Financial Performance

    12 Build on Improving Financial Performance Increased Attractive Risk- Higher Net Rationalizing Domestic Adjusted Loan Interest Cost Structure Deposits Profile (1) Margin Non-performing Domestic Net Interest Loans (2) Efficiency Deposits Margin (3) (3) / Total Loans Ratio ($ in millions) 11.7% CAGR

  13. Slide 13: Deep Culture of Enterprise Risk Management

    13 Deep Culture of Enterprise Risk Management ü Enterprise-Wide ü ü ü Risk Governance Risk Culture Risk Appetite Strategic Planning Board of Directors Senior Management Three Lines of Defense 1 Front Line Units 2 Risk Management 3 Internal Audit • Own and manage their • Independent from front • Dire

  14. Slide 14: Investment Portfolio

    Investment Portfolio 14 Investment Securities Balances and Yields (1) Highlights ($ in millions) • Leveraging opportunities for higher-yield, longer 1,750 duration investments $24.2 $23.8 $70.3 $23.5 $73.9 $83.9 • Effective duration of 3.0 years as expected 1,500 prepayment speeds accelerated in the

  15. Slide 15: Strategic Shift in Loan Mix Yielding Benefits

    15 Strategic Shift in Loan Mix Yielding Benefits Loan Portfolio Loan Mix by Geography March 31, 2020 December 31, 2015 March 31, 2020 Financial Institutions & Acceptances 0.3% Consumer 2.5% 24.2% 1-4 Family 3.0% 10.0% 97.0% C&I 19.1% 75.8% § Domestic § International Owner CRE 51.8% Highlights Occupi

  16. Slide 16: Balanced CRE Loan Portfolio

    16 Balanced CRE Loan Portfolio CRE Portfolio CRE Loan Mix by Primary Market Area(1) March 31, 2020 March 31, 2020 Greater Houston 14.8% Hospitality New York 6.7% City area 23.6% Retail 39.0% Miami-Dade, Broward, and Other FL, Palm Beach TX, and NY/ Multifamily NJ 7.4% 28.4% counties 54.2% (2) Indust

  17. Slide 17: Disciplined Credit Culture

    17 Disciplined Credit Culture Robust Underwriting Standards Non-performing Assets(3) / Total Assets • Credit quality and reserve coverage remains strong 1.50% • Provision for loan losses of $22.0 million to account for estimated portfolio deterioration due to COVID-19; will continue to reassess prov

  18. Slide 18: Highly Attractive Deposit Franchise

    18 Highly Attractive Deposit Franchise Highlights Deposit Mix (1) Jumbo NIB March 31, 2020 Time, Demand, • Focus on developing domestic relationships as opposed to rate 13.6% 13.3% sensitive, non-relationship time deposits • Experienced 12% CAGR in domestic deposits as a result of IB Demand, increas

  19. Slide 19: Wholesale Funding

    19 Wholesale Funding FHLB and Other Borrowings (1) by Maturity Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank and Other March 31, 2020 Borrowings (1) ($ in millions) Year of Maturity Interest Rate 1Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2021 16.6% 2019 1.80% to 3.86% $ 385 $ — $ — 2022 2020 13.4% 2020 0.44% to 2.63% 265 285 215 1

  20. Slide 20: Interest Income and Margin Trends

    20 Interest Income and Margin Trends (2) Highlights Impact on NII from Interest Rate Change ($ in Millions and percentages) • In 1Q20 proactive steps to protect NIM: (As of March 31, 2020) – Redemption of $26.8 million in TruPs 3.6% 2.1% – Strategic deposit rate cuts 190 0.0% – Leveraged opportuniti

  21. Slide 21: Wealth Management Franchise Expansion

    21 Wealth Management Franchise Expansion - Key Component of Noninterest Income Wealth Management Platform (1) 2020 YTD Noninterest Income Mix Total: $21.9 million Amerant Trust Amerant Investments § Deposits and service fees 19.6% § Brokerage, advisory, and fiduciary • Estate Planning • Brokerage Se

  22. Slide 22: Increasing Operating Efficiency

    22 Increasing Operating Efficiency Cost Initiatives Efficiency Ratio (1) • Simplification of business model 84.7% Rationalization and product offerings following 78.0% 78.8% 77.5% of Business Lines spin-off 73.8% • Deemphasized international business resulting in less 63.1% complexity and reduced co

  23. Slide 23: Drivers for Improvement

    Drivers for Improvement 23 1 Technology and Expense Saving Initiatives Continue to rationalize expenses and improve scalable platform, while investing in digital transformation to drive future profitability 2 Changing Business Mix Redeploy lower yielding loans into higher yielding domestic C&I, CRE,

  24. Slide 24: Investment Highlights

    24 Investment Highlights Focus on driving profitable growth and shareholder value Substantial and continuing insider ownership, approximately 30% Strong asset quality and domestic loan growth Focus on expanding domestic deposit base throughout our high growth U.S. markets Low cost deposits from inte

  25. Slide 25: Supplemental Information COVID-19 Update

    Supplemental Information COVID-19 Update

  26. Slide 26: Business Continuity Plan Status

    Business Continuity Plan Status 26 • Ensuring all operational processes are being executed on a daily basis with minimal impact to customers • Surveying critical vendor/suppliers readiness Operations, • Ensuring systems stability and bandwidth capacity to accommodate significant levels of connectivi

  27. Slide 27: Relief Programs to Support Our Clients and Communities

    Relief Programs to Support Our Clients 27 and Communities * The following credit programs and initiatives started in March and continue into April: • Convert P&I loans to IO for a 90 day period w/o escrow deferral Deferral • Convert P&I loans to IO for a 90 day period with escrow deferral Programs •

  28. Slide 28: Loan portfolio by industry

    Loan portfolio by industry 28 (As of 03/31/2020) Non- % Unfunded Real Real Total Commitme Highlights ($ in millions) Estate Estate Total Loans nts (8) Financial Sector (1) $ 5 $ 69 $ 74 1.6 % $ 17 • Diversified portfolio - highest sector Construction and Real Estate & Leasing: concentration, other t

  29. Slide 29: Industries with escalated monitoring: CRE Hotels

    Industries with escalated monitoring 29 CRE Hotels (As of 03/31/2020) Hotels - LTV Hotels 60% 47% Boutique 50% 29% 40% 30% Full Service 37% 20% 18% 17% 12% 10% Limited Service 5% 34% 0% 50% or 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80% or less more Highlights • CRE Hotel portfolio is limited to 27 properties majority

  30. Slide 30: Industries with escalated monitoring: CRE Retail

    Industries with escalated monitoring 30 CRE Retail (As of 03/31/2020) CRE Retail(1) CRE Retail - Single Retail - LTV Tenant(1)(2) 60% Theme/Festival Center Groceries Education 12% 3% 9% Vacant 48% Restaurant 3% 50% Community 4% Center 14% 40% Neighbor hood Banking Center 8% 30% 19% Food and Health 2

  31. Slide 31: Appendices

    Appendices

  32. Slide 32: Appendix Summary Financial Statements

    32 Appendix 1 Summary Financial Statements December 31, March 31, (in millions) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Assets Cash and cash equivalents $138.3 $135.0 $153.4 $85.7 $121.3 $271.1 Total Securities (1) 2,055.6 2,123.2 1,777.0 1,671.2 1,666.5 1,695.9 Loans Held for Sale (HFS) 9.7 — 5.6 — — — Loans

  33. Slide 33: Appendix Summary Financial Statements (cont'd)

    33 Appendix 1 Summary Financial Statements (cont’d) Years ended December 31, Three months ended (in thousands) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 March 31, 2020 Total Interest Income $208,199 $238,827 $273,320 $309,358 $312,974 $71,315 Total Interest Expense 35,914 46,894 63,610 90,319 99,886 22,086 Net Inter

  34. Slide 34: Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations

    34 Appendix 2 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations Explanation of Certain Non-GAAP Financial Measures This Presentation contains certain adjusted financial information, and their effects on noninterest income, noninterest expense, income taxes, net income, operating income, efficiency ratios,

  35. Slide 35: Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont'd)

    Appendix 2 35 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d) (in thousands) 1Q20 2019 2018 2017 Total noninterest income $ 21,910 $ 57,110 $ 53,875 $ 71,485 Less: gain on sale of vacant Beacon land — (2,795) — — Less: gain on sale of New York building — — — (10,469) Adjusted noninterest income

  36. Slide 36: Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont'd)

    36 Appendix 2 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d) (in thousands) 1Q20 2019 2018 2017 Net income $ 3,382 $ 51,334 $ 45,833 $ 43,057 Plus after-tax restructuring costs: Restructuring costs before income tax effect 354 5,046 6,395 — Income tax effect (74) (1,001) (1,303) — Total after-

  37. Slide 37: Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont'd)

    Appendix 2 37 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d) 1Q20 2019 2018 2017 Basic earnings per share $ 0.08 $ 1.21 $ 1.08 $ 1.01 Plus: after tax impact of restructuring costs 0.01 0.09 0.12 — Plus: after tax impact of total spin-off costs — — 0.16 0.07 Plus: effect of lower rate under the

  38. Slide 38: Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont'd)

    38 Appendix 2 Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliations (cont’d) (in thousands, except per share data and percentages) 1Q20 2019 2018 2017 Efficiency ratio 63.07 % 77.47 % 78.77 % 73.84 % Less: impact of restructuring costs (0.50)% (1.89)% (2.34)% — % Less: impact of total spin-off costs — % — % (

  39. Slide 39: Thank you

    AMERANT Thank you

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