---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000857855-21-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UCB"
cik: "0000857855"
company_name: "UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:13:06.522623+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UCBI director L. Cathy Cox resigns after appointment as Georgia College & State University president

## Summary
- Resignation effective October 1, 2021 due to USG policy barring compensated outside board service.
- Cox appointed president of Georgia College & State University, a USG institution.
- Resignation not the result of any disagreement with the company.
- No replacement named on this filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000857855-21-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UCB
- cik: 0000857855
- company_name: UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785521000105/0000857855-21-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785521000105/ucbi-20211001.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-21-000105
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-21-000105.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-21-000105.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  L. Cathy Cox resigned as Director at UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 1, 2021, L. Cathy Cox, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of United Community Banks, Inc. (the “Company”), submitted her resignation from the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785521000105/0000857855-21-000105-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.