---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-067504"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FUNC"
cik: "0000763907"
company_name: "FIRST UNITED CORP/MD/"
filed_at: "2026-05-28T20:13:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T20:28:03.376006+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First United appoints Jason B. Rush as Chairman of the Board, effective May 27, 2026

## Summary
- Jason B. Rush, age 55, named Chairman of the Board; previously elected to board at May 7, 2026 annual meeting.
- Rush also serves as President and CEO since January 1, 2026; previously Senior VP & COO from 2017 to 2025.
- No transactions with Rush or affiliates requiring Item 404(a) disclosure since FY 2024 or proposed for FY 2026.
- Compensatory arrangements referenced in 2026 proxy statement filed March 26, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-067504
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FUNC
- cik: 0000763907
- company_name: FIRST UNITED CORP/MD/
- filed_at: 2026-05-28T20:13:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763907/000110465926067504/0001104659-26-067504-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763907/000110465926067504/tm2615909d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-067504.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 40a8201dc5
  claim: Jason B. Rush was elected as Director at FIRST UNITED CORP/MD/.
  evidence_excerpt: Mr. Rush was elected to the Board by the Corporation’s shareholders at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders held on May 7, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763907/000110465926067504/0001104659-26-067504-index.htm
- claim_id: 57d489945b
  claim: Jason B. Rush was appointed as Chairman of the Board at FIRST UNITED CORP/MD/.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 27, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of First United Corporation (the “Corporation”) appointed Jason B. Rush, age 55, to serve as the Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763907/000110465926067504/0001104659-26-067504-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.