{"url_path":"/sec/ucb/8-k/2026-05-15/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/0000857855-26-000033-index.html","accession_number":"0000857855-26-000033","cik":"0000857855","ticker":"UCB","issuer_name":"UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857855/0000857855-26-000033-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000857855","primary_entity_name":"UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC"},"word_count":326,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nThe 2026 annual meeting of shareholders of United Community Banks, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), was held on May 13, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”). As of March 16, 2026, the record date of the Annual Meeting, 119,684,031 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 106,268,386 shares of United Community’s common stock, constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.\n\nThe Company’s shareholders voted on three proposals at the Annual Meeting. The final results of the votes, including the votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, relating to each matter are as follows:\n\nProposal 1. Each director nominee was elected to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified by the following tabulation:\n\nForWithheld\n\nJennifer M. Bazante95,302,5762,550,021\n\nGeorge B. Bell97,450,714401,883\n\nJames P. Clements95,239,4902,613,107\n\nKenneth L. Daniels97,067,786784,811\n\nSally Pope Davis95,417,1342,435,463\n\nLance F. Drummond91,777,7306,074,867\n\nH. Lynn Harton95,308,0662,544,531\n\nJohn M. James97,410,559442,038\n\nJennifer K. Mann96,837,6191,014,978\n\nThomas A. Richlovsky93,926,8263,925,771\n\nTim R. Wallis95,820,5222,032,075\n\nDavid H. Wilkins90,022,2787,830,319\n\nThere were 8,415,789 broker non-votes for each director on this proposal.\n\nProposal 2. The non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers was approved by the following tabulation:\n\nForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes\n\n93,772,4373,966,076114,0848,415,789\n\nProposal 3. The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2026 was approved by the following tabulation:\n\nForAgainstAbstain\n\n104,796,7001,376,09595,591\n\nSIGNATURES\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.\n\n  \n\n  \n\n By:\n/s/ Melinda Davis Lux\n\n Name:Melinda Davis Lux\n\n Title:Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary\n\n  \n\n  \n\nDate:  May 15, 2026"}