---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000920427-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNTY"
cik: "0000920427"
company_name: "UNITY BANCORP INC /NJ/"
filed_at: "2026-08-07T12:30:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-07T12:35:33.815742+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Unity Bancorp announces passing of founding director Robert H. Dallas II

## Summary
- Robert H. Dallas II, a founding director of Unity Bancorp and Unity Bank, passed away; company notified August 3, 2026.
- He was brother of Chairman David D. Dallas and served on the Board since the bank's inception, over three decades.
- CEO James A. Hughes issued tribute praising Dallas's role in shaping Unity's culture and growth; press release dated August 7, 2026.
- Company reports approximately $3.2B in assets and $2.5B in deposits as of the release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000920427-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNTY
- cik: 0000920427
- company_name: UNITY BANCORP INC /NJ/
- filed_at: 2026-08-07T12:30:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920427/000092042726000048/0000920427-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920427/000092042726000048/unty-20260807.htm

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