---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000857855-26-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UCB"
cik: "0000857855"
company_name: "UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T14:34:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T14:36:18.782073+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Community Banks shareholders elect 12 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with 90M-97M for votes; broker non-votes 8.4M.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 93.8M for, 4.0M against, 114k abstain.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2026 approved with 104.8M for, 1.4M against.
- Quorum met with 106.3M shares represented out of 119.7M outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000857855-26-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UCB
- cik: 0000857855
- company_name: UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T14:34:11+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785526000033/0000857855-26-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785526000033/ucbi-20260513.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000857855-26-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2026 was approved by the following tabulation: For Against Abstain 104,796,700 1,376,095 95,591
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785526000033/0000857855-26-000033-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC shareholders approved Non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers was approved by the following tabulation: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 93,772,437 3,966,076 114,084 8,415,789
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785526000033/0000857855-26-000033-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Each director nominee was elected to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified by the following tabulation: For Withheld Jennifer M. Bazante 95,302,576 2,550,021 George B. Bell 97,450,714 401,883 James P. Clements 95,239,490 2,613,107 Kenneth L. Daniels 97,067,786 784,811 Sally Pope Davis 95,417,134 2,435,463 Lance F. Drummond 91,777,730 6,074,867 H. Lynn Harton 95,308,066 2,544,531 John M. James 97,410,559 442,038 Jennifer K. Mann 96,837,619 1,014,978 Thomas A. Richlovsky 93,926,826 3,925,771 Tim R. Wallis 95,820,522 2,032,075 David H. Wilkins 90,022,278 7,830,319 There were 8,415,789 broker non-votes for each director on this proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/000085785526000033/0000857855-26-000033-index.htm

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