---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-228386"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UBSI"
cik: "0000729986"
company_name: "UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV"
filed_at: "2026-05-18T16:01:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T16:03:07.943268+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- All 14 director nominees elected; votes in favor ranged from ~98.7M to ~104.7M.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as FY 2026 auditor passed: 118.9M for, 3.7M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 100.97M for, 3.54M against, 0.57M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-228386
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UBSI
- cik: 0000729986
- company_name: UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T16:01:25+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312526228386/0001193125-26-228386-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312526228386/d108661d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312526228386/0001193125-26-228386-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV shareholders approved Election of fourteen directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The shareholders elected each of the fourteen (14) persons listed below as directors of the Company for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312526228386/0001193125-26-228386-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of United's named executive officers at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of United's named executive officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729986/000119312526228386/0001193125-26-228386-index.htm

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