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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000857855-25-000168"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UCB"
cik: "0000857855"
company_name: "UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:09:22.235149+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Community Banks announces $100M share repurchase program for 2026

## Summary
- Board authorized up to $100M of common stock repurchases, effective Jan 1, 2026 through Dec 31, 2026.
- Company repurchased $44M of shares in 2025 under existing program, which expires Dec 31, 2025.
- Repurchases may be made on open market or in private transactions at company discretion and can be suspended anytime.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000857855-25-000168
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UCB
- cik: 0000857855
- company_name: UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785525000168/0000857855-25-000168-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785525000168/ucbi-20251208.htm

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