SEC Company Response from UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC (UCB) (CIK 0000857855) (UCB) — Jul 8, 2015
UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC (UCB) (CIK 0000857855)
Date: July 8, 2015 · CIK: 0000857855 · Accession: 0001571049-15-005530
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File numbers found in text: 333-204977
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Re: United Community Banks, Inc.
July 8, 2015
VIA E-MAIL & EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Registration Statement on Form S-4
(File No. 333-204977)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, United Community Banks, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), July 10, 2015 or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant also requests the Commission to specifically confirm such effective date and time to the Registrant in writing.
In connection with this request, the Registrant acknowledges that the declaration by the Commission or the staff of the effectiveness of the above-referenced Form S-4 does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing and does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing. The Registrant further acknowledges that it may not assert the action by the Commission or the staff in declaring the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 effective as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Please contact me at (706) 781-2266, or James W. Stevens of the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP at (404) 885-3721, with any questions or comments, or to notify the Registrant telephonically of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
Sincerely,
UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.
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July 8, 2015
VIA E-MAIL & EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: United Community Banks, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-4
(File No. 333-204977)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, United Community Banks, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests acceleration
of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), July 10, 2015 or
as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant also requests the Commission to specifically confirm such effective date and
time to the Registrant in writing.
In connection with this
request, the Registrant acknowledges that the declaration by the Commission or the staff of the effectiveness of the above-referenced
Form S-4 does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing and does not relieve the Registrant
from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing. The Registrant further acknowledges
that it may not assert the action by the Commission or the staff in declaring the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form
S-4 effective as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the
United States.
Please contact me at (706)
781-2266, or James W. Stevens of the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP at (404) 885-3721, with any questions or comments, or to
notify the Registrant telephonically of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
Sincerely,
UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.
By:
/s/ Rex S. Schuette
Rex S. Schuette
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer