---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-111606"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FUNC"
cik: "0000763907"
company_name: "FIRST UNITED CORP/MD/"
filed_at: "2026-09-29T12:00:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:42:38.041413+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First United (FUNC) elects Steven R. Stuck, Shawn Bender, and Nina Beitzel as directors effective September 24, 2026

## Summary
- Board elected Steven R. Stuck, Shawn Bender, and Nina Beitzel effective Sept. 24, 2026, to serve until the 2027 annual meeting; each also joins First United Bank & Trust's board.
- Stuck is CEO/owner of Stuck Enterprises; Bender is CEO of Beitzel Corporation; Beitzel is VP/partner at Railey Realty and part owner of Deep Creek Title.
- New directors receive an $8,750 cash retainer, 583 fully vested shares, $1,000 per board meeting, and $500 per committee meeting; special short meetings pay $200.
- Committee assignments include Stuck: Audit, Risk and Compliance, and ALCO; Bender: Trust, Risk and Compliance, and ALCO; Beitzel: Trust, Loan, and ALCO.
- No related-party transactions under Item 404(a) since fiscal 2024 or proposed for fiscal 2026; current director pay was disclosed in the March 25, 2026 proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-111606
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FUNC
- cik: 0000763907
- company_name: FIRST UNITED CORP/MD/
- filed_at: 2026-09-29T12:00:40+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763907/000110465926111606/0001104659-26-111606-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763907/000110465926111606/tm2626531d1_8k.htm

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