Jorge Trabanco Form 3 Mercantil Bank Holding / Jorge Trabanco ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Trabanco Jorge

(Last) (First) (Middle)

220 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE

(Street)

CORAL GABLES FL 33134

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/21/2018

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Mercantil Bank Holding Corp [ AMTB ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Accounting Officer

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock(1)	11,246	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Effective October 23, 2018, the Issuer split its outstanding Class A and Class B common stock on a one-for-three basis (the "stock split"). As a result of the stock split, every three outstanding shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock were combined into only one share of the Issuer's Class A common stock and every three outstanding shares of the Issuer's Class B common stock were combined into only one share of the Issuer's Class B common stock. Fractional shares were issued. The amount of securities reported on this Form 4 have been adjusted to reflect the stock split. The Reporting Person beneficially owns 0 shares of Class B common stock. All future Form 4 and Form 5 filings will reflect the stock split.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Julio V. Pena, as Attorney-in-Fact for Jorge Trabanco	12/27/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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