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SEC Company Response from UNITED BANKSHARES (UBSI) — Jun 9, 2022

UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV (UBSI) (CIK 0000729986)
Date: June 9, 2022 · CIK: 0000729986 · Accession: 0001193125-22-170921

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

Date
June 9, 2022
Author
/s/ W. Mark Tatterson
Form
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Company
UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV (UBSI) (CIK 0000729986)

Letter

June 9, 2022

VIA EDGAR

Mr. Jacob Luxenburg

Ms. Bonnie Baynes

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Re: UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

Filed March 1, 2022

File Number 002-86947

To those addressed:

This letter is provided on behalf of United Bankshares, Inc. (“United” or the “Company”) in response to your letter of June 3, 2022 regarding the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. In accordance with your request, we have responded to the comment included in your letter.

Set forth below in italics is the comment contained in the staff’s letter, together with the Company’s response.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

2021 Compared to 2020

Portfolio Loans, page 45

1. We note your 2021 Community Bankers Trust Corporation acquisition and your 2020 Carolina Financial Corporation acquisition on page 39 that include $1.28 billion and $3.29 billion of loans and leases, net of unearned income, respectively. Due to these significant increases in acquired loans, please provide us proposed revised disclosure for future filings to detail the amount of loans acquired and outstanding by loan type for each period presented.

United Bankshares, Inc.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

Page 2

Response:

In future filings of United’s Form 10-K, we will include the following additional tabular disclosure to supplement our discussion of Portfolio Loans in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations:

December 31, 20X2

December 31, 20X1

(In thousands)

Originated

Acquired

Total

Originated

Acquired

Total

Commercial, financial, and agricultural:

Owner-occupied commercial real estate

$ x,xxx,xxx

$ x,xxx,xxx

$ x,xxx,xxx

$ x,xxx,xxx

$ x,xxx,xxx

$ x,xxx,xxx

Nonowner-occupied commercial real estate

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

Other commercial loans

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

Total commercial, financial, and agricultural

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

Residential real estate

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

Construction & land development

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

Consumer:

Bankcard

x,xxx

x,xxx

x,xxx

x,xxx

x,xxx

x,xxx

Other consumer

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

Total gross loans

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

$ xx,xxx,xxx

If you should have any further questions regarding these filings, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (304) 424-8716.

Sincerely,
/s/ W. Mark Tatterson

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 June 9, 2022

 VIA
EDGAR

 Mr. Jacob Luxenburg

 Ms. Bonnie
Baynes

 Division of Corporation Finance

 Office of Finance

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Re:
 UNITED BANKSHARES INC/WV

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

Filed March 1, 2022

 File
Number 002-86947

 To those addressed:

This letter is provided on behalf of United Bankshares, Inc. (“United” or the “Company”) in response to your letter of June 3, 2022
regarding the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. In accordance with your request, we have responded to the comment included in your letter.

Set forth below in italics is the comment contained in the staff’s letter, together with the Company’s response.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

2021 Compared to 2020

 Portfolio Loans, page 45

1.
 We note your 2021 Community Bankers Trust Corporation acquisition and your 2020 Carolina Financial
Corporation acquisition on page 39 that include $1.28 billion and $3.29 billion of loans and leases, net of unearned income, respectively. Due to these significant increases in acquired loans, please provide us proposed revised disclosure
for future filings to detail the amount of loans acquired and outstanding by loan type for each period presented.

 United Bankshares, Inc.

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

 Page 2

 Response:

In future filings of United’s Form 10-K, we will include the following additional tabular disclosure to supplement
our discussion of Portfolio Loans in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations:

December 31, 20X2

December 31, 20X1

(In thousands)

Originated

Acquired

Total

Originated

Acquired

Total

 Commercial, financial, and agricultural:

 Owner-occupied commercial real estate

$
x,xxx,xxx

$
x,xxx,xxx

$
x,xxx,xxx

$
x,xxx,xxx

$
x,xxx,xxx

$
x,xxx,xxx

 Nonowner-occupied commercial real estate

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

 Other commercial loans

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

 Total commercial, financial, and agricultural

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

 Residential real estate

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

 Construction & land development

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

 Consumer:

 Bankcard

x,xxx

x,xxx

x,xxx

x,xxx

x,xxx

x,xxx

 Other consumer

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

x,xxx,xxx

 Total gross loans

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

$
xx,xxx,xxx

 If you should have any further questions regarding these filings, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (304) 424-8716.

 Sincerely,

/s/ W. Mark Tatterson

 W. Mark Tatterson

Chief Financial Officer

514 Market Street, Parkersburg, WV 26102