0000857855-17-000033.txt : 20170814 0000857855-17-000033.hdr.sgml : 20170814 20170814084943 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000857855-17-000033 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170811 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170814 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170814 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EDWARDS ROBERT A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001443717 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35095 FILM NUMBER: 171027435 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC. STREET 2: PO BOX 398 CITY: BLAIRSVILLE STATE: 2Q ZIP: 30514 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Edwards Robert A. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080822 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000857855 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 581807304 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 398, 59 HIGHWAY 515 CITY: BLAIRSVILLE STATE: GA ZIP: 30512 BUSINESS PHONE: 5818073041 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 398 STREET 2: HIGHWAY 515 CITY: BLAIRSVILLE STATE: GA ZIP: 30512 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNION BANCSHARES INC /GA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19600201 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2017-08-11 0000857855 UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC UCBI 0001443717 EDWARDS ROBERT A. C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC. PO BOX 398 BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514 0 1 0 0 EVP, CHIEF CREDIT OFFICER Common Stock 2017-05-09 5 G 0 400 0 D 16858 D Common Stock 2017-08-11 4 S 0 11550 26.06 D 5308 D Common Stock (PSUs) 2500 D Common Stock (RSUs) 24583 D Represents shares of United Community Banks, Inc. common stock gifted by the reporting person for no consideration. Lois J. Rich as Attorney in Fact 2017-08-14 EX-24 2 poa_robedwards.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY
          POWER OF ATTORNEY BY ROBERT A. EDWARDS (Insider)







     KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND

APPOINTS (A) REX S. SCHUETTE; B) LOIS J. RICH; AND (C) LORRAINE G. MCKAY,

SIGNING SINGLY, THE UNDERSIGNED'S TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO:



     (1)   Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

         undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director

         of United Community Banks, Inc. (the "Company"),

         Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)

         of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules

         thereunder;



     (2)   Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of

         the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable

         to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,

         complete and execute any amendment or amendments

         thereto, and timely file such form with the United

         States Securities and Exchange Commission and any

         stock exchange or similar authority; and



     (3)   Take any other action of any type whatsoever in

         connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion

         of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in

         the best interest of, or legally required by, the

         undersigned, it being understood that the documents

         executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

         undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall

         be in such form and shall contain such terms and

         conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in

         such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revo-

cation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause

to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers

herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-

in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are

not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934.



     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to

the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing de-

livered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.





     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE UNDERSIGNED HAS CAUSED THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY

TO BE EXECUTED AS OF THIS 28TH DAY OF JANUARY 2015.





/s/ ROBERT A. EDWARDS

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ROBERT A. EDWARDS

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