secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC (UCB)
CIK:        0000857855
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000857855-22-000048
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

UCBI appoints George Bell to Board, increasing size to 12
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- George Bell appointed as director on Aug 17, 2022, to fill vacancy from board expansion from 11 to 12 members.
- Bell is independent under Nasdaq standards; no related party transactions reported.
- Most recently EVP at Truist (2019-2021); previously 30 years at BB&T and 9 at Bank of America.
- CEO cites Bell's IT and software engineering expertise as critical for growth in Southeast markets.
- Bell to serve until next annual meeting; committee assignments pending.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785522000048/0000857855-22-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785522000048/ucbi-20220817.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-22-000048

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