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Fidelity Southern Corporation

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Former financial holding firm in Atlanta, Georgia

Fidelity Southern Corporation was an American financial holding company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It wholly owned Fidelity Bank and the LionMark Insurance Company. It was acquired by Ameris Bancorp in July 2019.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1973Founded1

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  • TickerLION on NASDAQ1
  • Industryfinancial services1
  • HeadquartersAtlanta1
  • Websitewww.fidelitysouthern.com
  • LEI549300VEKCSSF6IT9X674
  • StatusInactive4
  • LEI statusRetired4
  • Registered address3490 Piedmont Road North East, 30305 Atlanta, United States4
  • Registered withFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 214404

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Fidelity Southern Corporation was an American financial holding company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It wholly owned Fidelity Bank and the LionMark Insurance Company. It was acquired by Ameris Bancorp in July 2019.3

What it owns

What Fidelity Southern Corporation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$137.6M7 Dec 31, 2018$130.0M7 Dec 31, 2017+5.9%
Accumulated depreciation$43.9M7 Dec 31, 2018$41.5M7 Dec 31, 2017+5.7%
Property and equipment, net$93.7M7 Dec 31, 2018$88.5M7 Dec 31, 2017+5.9%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Debt securities available for sale$251.6M7 Dec 31, 2018$120.1M7 Dec 31, 2017+109.5%
Loans, net of allowance$3.7B7 Dec 31, 2018$3.6B7 Dec 31, 2017+2.9%
Deposits held (banks)$4.0B7 Dec 31, 2018$3.9B7 Dec 31, 2017+3.0%

The story

The bank was founded in DeKalb County in 1973 with the Fidelity Southern Corporation and Fidelity National Mortgage Corporation, formed in 1979.

Fidelity founded a brokerage firm in 1992.

On October 31, 1994, Fidelity Southern Corporation began trading on NASDAQ under the symbol "LION."

Fidelity Bank acquired Decatur First Bank in 2011, the Security Exchange Bank in 2012, The Bank of Georgia in 2015, and American Enterprise Bank in 2017.

In July 2019, Ameris Bancorp merged with Fidelity Bank.

From Wikipedia’s article on Fidelity Southern Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Leadership

Who has led Fidelity Southern Corporation, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. James B. Miller Jr.2008–2019

President

  1. H. Palmer Proctor Jr.2007–2010

Chief financial officer

  1. B. Rodrick Marlow2006–2008
  2. Stephen H. Brolly2008–2009
19801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (17)

Products and brands

  • retail banking

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Oct 31, 1994Went public Listed on NASDAQ1
  2. 1973Founded Founded1

Calendar

Coming up

  1. Nov 5, 2026 · After the closeReports results for the quarter ending Sep/2026 A year earlier it reported ($0.27) a share, on Nov 6, 2025.27

Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). The full markets calendar

Held by these funds

The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, the top 25 of 100. Change is in shares since the quarter before.

FundSharesValueShare of the fundChange
Mhr Fund Management LLC37,648,498$576.4M30.0%No change
Liberty 77 Capital L.P.37,548,125$574.9M32.8%No change
Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P.18,815,105$288.1M2.4%No change
BlackRock, Inc.16,428,570$251.5M0.0%−3,780,006
Fmr LLC10,347,895$158.4M0.0%+5,763,397
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC10,322,418$158.0M0.0%−396,785
Neuberger Berman Group LLC10,271,386$157.4M0.1%+916,405
Vanguard Capital Management LLC9,301,035$142.4M0.0%−871,297
Ameriprise Financial Inc8,773,348$134.3M0.0%+1,554,565
Wellington Management Group Llp7,425,436$113.7M0.0%New
Geode Capital Management, LLC6,084,620$93.2M0.0%+1,029,362
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.5,806,417$88.9M0.8%+567
Coastal Bridge Advisors, LLC5,430,706$83.1M5.1%+402,726
Shapiro Capital Management LLC5,030,005$77.0M4.7%−4,279,565
State Street Corp4,951,704$75.8M0.0%+115,881
Anson Funds Management LP4,325,000$66.2M6.0%−7,859,508
Broad Bay Capital Management, LP4,095,508$62.7M5.9%−1,059,200
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2,903,722$44.5M0.0%+1,701,448
Morgan Stanley2,596,799$39.8M0.0%+1,700,722
Capital World Investors2,454,045$37.6M0.0%New
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2,320,585$35.5M0.0%−22,594
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2,167,403$33.2M0.0%+142,889
Masters Capital Management LLC1,994,814$30.5M4.3%No change
Maplelane Capital, LLC1,905,800$29.2M1.2%New
Royce & Associates LP1,865,693$28.6M0.2%+156,431

13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.

SEC filer profile

How Fidelity Southern Corporation is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARFIDELITY SOUTHERN CORP2
  • CIK0000822662
  • Employer ID (EIN)58-14168112
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer2
  • Incorporated inGeorgia2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)6022 State Commercial Banks2
  • Business address3490 Piedmont Rd, Ste 1550, Atlanta, GA 303052
  • Mailing addressPo Box 105075, Atlanta, GA 303482
  • Phone40437155002
  • Shares outstanding27,657,411 as of Apr 30, 201928
  • Public float$584.6M as of Jun 30, 20187
  • On EDGAR sinceMay 13, 19962
  • Filings2,063 in all: 4 (1,347), 8-K (204), 5 (155), 10-Q (70), SC 13G/A (38), 4/A (24), DEF 14A (23), 11-K (20)2
    All 55 form types

    10-K (17), SC 13G (16), 425 (13), EFFECT (13), S-3 (10), 3 (9), UPLOAD (9), CORRESP (8), ARS (7), S-8 (7), S-8 POS (7), 10-K405 (6), 5/A (6), S-1/A (5), 424B3 (4), SC 13D/A (4), PRE 14A (3), S-3/A (3), 424B2 (2), 8-K/A (2), D (2), POS AM (2), S-1 (2), S-2/A (2), 10-K/A (1), 10-K405/A (1), 10-Q/A (1), 11-K/A (1), 15-12B (1), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 3/A (1), 424B1 (1), 424B4 (1), 8-A12B (1), DEFM14A (1), DEFS14A (1), NT 10-K (1), NT 11-K (1), PRER14A (1), RW (1), S-2 (1), S-3D (1), S-4 (1), S-4/A (1), S-4MEF (1), SC 13D (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 13, 2019
    Quarterly report (10-Q) May 3, 2019
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 3, 2018
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Jul 1, 2019

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