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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 29, 2022

 

 

AMERISAFE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Texas   001-12251   75-2069407

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2301 Highway 190 West

DeRidder, Louisiana 70634

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (337) 463-9052

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   AMSF   Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

 


Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 29, 2022, Millard E. Morris, a member of the Board of Directors of AMERISAFE, Inc. (“AMERISAFE” or the “Company”), advised the Board of Directors that he would retire as a member of the Board effective December 31, 2022.

Mr. Morris, age 78, has served as a director of AMERISAFE from 1985 until 2005. He rejoined the board in June 2007.

Effective with Mr. Morris’s retirement, the Company’s Board of Directors has reduced the size of the Board from nine members to eight members.

 

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 5, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Morris’s retirement as a director of AMERISAFE.

A copy of the Company’s press release, dated January 5, 2023, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d)

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release, dated January 5, 2023
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

AMERISAFE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Kathryn H. Shirley

  Kathryn H. Shirley
  Executive Vice President,
  Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary

Date: January 5, 2023

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