---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-144742"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UBSI"
cik: "0000729986"
company_name: "UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV"
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T01:49:16.484172+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Bankshares shareholders elect 14 directors, ratify EY, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 14 director nominees elected; Jerold L. Rexroad resigned prior to meeting, board reduced to 14.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2023: 117.3M for, 2.4M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 101.1M for, 1.9M against.
- Advisory vote on frequency: 94.2M voted for 1-year; company will hold annual say-on-pay.
- Broker non-votes: 16.2M on each director and advisory proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-144742
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UBSI
- cik: 0000729986
- company_name: UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312523144742/0001193125-23-144742-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312523144742/d494127d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, the compensation of United’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 3. Approval, on an advisory basis, the compensation of United’s named executive officers: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Votes Uncast 101,082,383 1,898,292 731,133 16,178,783 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312523144742/0001193125-23-144742-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV shareholders approved Election of fifteen (15) persons to serve as directors — reduced to fourteen nominees at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 1. Election of Directors: Votes For Votes Withheld Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Votes Uncast Richard M. Adams 100,054,219 3,638,594 — 16,178,783 18,995 Richard M. Adams, Jr. 100,768,301 2,924,512 — 16,178,783 18,995 Charles L. Capito, Jr. 102,117,610 1,575,203 — 16,178,783 18,995 Peter A. Converse 100,776,238 2,916,575 — 16,178,783 18,995 Michael P. Fitzgerald 100,852,278 2,840,535 — 16,178,783 18,995 Dr. Patrice A. Harris 101,124,698 2,568,115 — 16,178,783 18,995 Diana Lewis Jackson 102,277,023 1,415,790 — 16,178,783 18,995 J. Paul McNamara 81,900,967 21,791,846 — 16,178,783 18,995 Mark R. Nesselroad 100,216,217 3,476,596 — 16,178,783 18,995 Lacy I. Rice, III 102,265,278 1,427,535 — 16,178,783 18,995 Albert H. Small, Jr. 102,310,769 1,382,044 — 16,178,783 18,995 Mary K. Weddle 100,764,861 2,927,952 — 16,178,783 18,995 Gary G. White 99,347,857 4,344,956 — 16,178,783 18,995 P. Clinton Winter 99,235,647 4,457,166 — 16,178,783 18,995
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312523144742/0001193125-23-144742-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 2. Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Votes Uncast 117,261,781 2,420,478 208,332 — —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312523144742/0001193125-23-144742-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV shareholders approved Approval of a non-binding advisory proposal on the frequency of future advisory shareholder votes on the compensation of United’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 4. Approval of a non-binding advisory proposal on the frequency of future advisory shareholder votes on the compensation of United’s named executive officers: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Votes Uncast 94,163,101 585,300 7,956,972 1,006,435 16,178,783 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312523144742/0001193125-23-144742-index.htm

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