UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC 8K

United Community Banks, Inc. disclosed the sale of Navitas, a large securities portfolio restructuring, capital deployment plans including buybacks, and a CFO change to enhance balance sheet resilience and core franchise growth.

On this Form 8-K, United Community Banks, Inc. reported the completion of several strategic balance sheet and capital actions, including the sale of its Navitas equipment finance business for $2.0 billion of cash at a 7% premium, generating a $68 million pretax gain and following a prior $38 million reserve release, as well as a major restructuring of its securities portfolio whereby all held-to-maturity securities were reclassified to available-for-sale and $2.6 billion of low‑yield, long‑duration securities were sold at a pretax loss of about $300 million; the $4.2 billion of total cash generated is being redeployed into shorter-duration, higher-yield securities, debt repayment, and ongoing share repurchases, while the company continues to invest in core franchise growth (including the recently closed Peach State acquisition and accelerated producer hiring) and announced a CFO transition from Jefferson Harralson to incoming CFO Tom Speir.

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857855

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8K

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0001104659-26-105855

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8