Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, by nationally recognized overnight courier service or sent by certified, registered or express mail, postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, when delivered by nationally recognized overnight courier service or, if mailed, five days after the date of deposit in the United States mail, as follows: (i) if to Employer: Ameris Bancorp, 310 First Street, S.E., Moultrie, Georgia 31768, Attention: Chief Executive Officer; and (ii) if to Employee: at the most recent address on file for Employee with Employer. Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be delivered or mailed by giving notice thereof to the other party in the same manner provided herein.