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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-152897"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UBSI"
cik: "0000729986"
company_name: "UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV"
filed_at: "2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T12:52:57.181576+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Bankshares approves up to 4.75M share buyback; shareholders re-elect all 15 directors

## Summary
- Board approved new plan to repurchase up to 4.75M shares, replacing the 2019 plan.
- From April 1 to May 11, 2022, United bought 1,170,000 shares at $34.32 weighted avg.
- Shareholders elected all 15 director nominees, ratified Ernst & Young as auditor, and approved say-on-pay.
- Bylaws amended to reflect new organizational structure and allow remote shareholder meetings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-152897
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UBSI
- cik: 0000729986
- company_name: UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV
- filed_at: 2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312522152897/0001193125-22-152897-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312522152897/d268401d8k.htm

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