---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-009694"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AUB"
cik: "0000883948"
company_name: "Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp"
filed_at: "2025-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T03:10:22.969024+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Atlantic Union shareholders approve merger with Sandy Spring; regulatory approvals received; closing April 1, 2025

## Summary
- Shareholder vote: 67,439,091 for, 2,400,633 against, 87,269 abstentions; merger proposal approved.
- All required bank regulatory approvals for the merger have been received.
- Merger expected to close on or about April 1, 2025, subject to customary conditions.
- Combined company will have #1 regional depository market share in Virginia and Maryland.
- John C. Asbury (AUB) and Daniel J. Schrider (SASR) commented on the milestone and expected benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-009694
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AUB
- cik: 0000883948
- company_name: Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp
- filed_at: 2025-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883948/000110465925009694/0001104659-25-009694-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883948/000110465925009694/tm255550d1_8k.htm

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