---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-268731"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UBSI"
cik: "0000729986"
company_name: "UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV"
filed_at: "2024-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T12:25:08.252859+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UBSI receives all regulatory approvals for Piedmont Bancorp merger; closing expected early 2025

## Summary
- Federal Reserve Board approval received Nov 29, 2024; state banking approvals already in hand.
- Stockholders of Piedmont have approved the merger.
- Closing anticipated in early 2025; operational conversion in late Q1 2025.
- Former Piedmont offices to operate under United Bankshares DBA in Georgia.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-268731
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UBSI
- cik: 0000729986
- company_name: UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV
- filed_at: 2024-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312524268731/0001193125-24-268731-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312524268731/d900079d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-268731.txt

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