UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 23, 2014
 
 
 
United Community Banks, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Georgia
No. 001-35095
No. 58-180-7304
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
 incorporation)
 
Identification No.)
 
125 Highway 515 East
Blairsville, Georgia  30512
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(706) 781-2265
 
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
   
 
On January 23, 2014, United Community Banks, Inc. (the “Registrant”) issued a news release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 (the “News Release”).  The News Release, including financial schedules, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.  In connection with issuing the News Release, on January 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. EST, the Registrant intends to hold a conference call/webcast to discuss the News Release.  In addition to the News Release, during the conference call the Registrant intends to discuss certain financial information contained in the Fourth Quarter 2013 Investor Presentation (the “Investor Presentation”), which will be posted to the Registrant’s website at www.ucbi.com.  The Investor Presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
The presentation of the Registrant’s financial results includes core earnings measures, which are measures of performance determined by methods other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP.  Management included non-GAAP core earnings measures because it believes they are useful for evaluating the Registrant’s operations and performance over periods of time, and uses core earnings measures in managing and evaluating the Registrant’s business and intends to refer to them in discussions about the Registrant’s operations and performance.  Core earnings measures exclude credit related costs such as the provision for loan losses and foreclosed property expense, securities gains and losses, income taxes and other items of a non-recurring nature.  Core earnings measures are useful in evaluating the underlying earnings performance trends of the Registrant.  Management believes these non-GAAP performance measures may provide users of the Registrant’s financial information with a meaningful measure for assessing the Registrant’s financial results and comparing those financial results to prior periods.
 
Core earnings measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative to or substitute for, the Registrant’s performance measures determined in accordance with GAAP, and are not necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies.
 
 
 

 

 
Item 9.01
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
(d)
 
Exhibits
     
Exhibit
No.
 
 
Description
 
99.1
 
99.2
 
 
News Release, dated January 23, 2014
 
Investor Presentation, Fourth Quarter 2013
 
 
 

 


SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
  UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.  
       
       
 
By:
/s/ Rex S. Schuette    
    Rex S. Schuette  
    Executive Vice President and  
    Chief Financial Officer  
 
Date:  January 23, 2014