secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC (UCB)
CIK:        0000857855
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000857855-23-000069
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

United Community Banks appoints John M. James to Board of Directors
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- Appointment effective December 1, 2023; board expanded from 11 to 12 directors.
- James brings 35+ years of experience, including 17 years at Bank of America as SVP – Corporate Controller.
- He also joined the board of wholly-owned subsidiary United Community Bank.
- Background includes M&A integration (MBNA, Countrywide, Merrill Lynch) and regulatory expertise.
- James retired from Bank of America in June 2022; no related-party transactions disclosed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785523000069/0000857855-23-000069-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785523000069/ucbi-20231201.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-23-000069

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