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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P>

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TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">Date of Report (Date of
earliest event reported): <B>May 14, 2014</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.</B></P>

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charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>No. 001-35095</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>No. 58-180-7304</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">125 Highway 515 East<BR>
<U>Blairsville, Georgia 30512</U><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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number, including area code:<BR>
(706) 781-2265</P>

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 5.07 &nbsp;&nbsp;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The 2014 annual meeting
of shareholders of United Community Banks, Inc., a Georgia corporation (&ldquo;United&rdquo;), was held on May 14, 2014 (the &ldquo;Annual
Meeting&rdquo;). As of March 15, 2014, the record date of the Annual Meeting, 49,368,394 shares of United&rsquo;s common stock
were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 38,926,773 shares of United&rsquo;s common stock, constituting
a quorum, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">United&rsquo;s shareholders
voted on three proposals at the Annual Meeting. The final results of the votes, including the votes cast for, against or withheld,
as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, relating to each matter are as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 1</B>. The election of eight directors
to constitute the Board of Directors to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected
and qualified:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>For</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>Withheld</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 22%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>Broker Non-Votes</U></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Robert H. Blalock</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">36,427,881</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;678,934</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Clifford V. Brokaw</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">35,888,970</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,217,845</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">L. Cathy Cox</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">35,837,059</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,269,756</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Steven J. Goldstein</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">36,467,618</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;639,197</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">W.C. Nelson, Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">36,428,913</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;677,902</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Thomas A. Richlovsky</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">36,467,202</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;639,613</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Jimmy C. Tallent</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">36,429,017</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;677,798</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Tim R. Wallis</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">36,427,800</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;679,015</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>Total:</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">39,926,773</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 2</B>. An advisory &ldquo;say on
pay&rdquo; resolution supporting the compensation plan for executive officers:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>For</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>Against</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>Abstain</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>Broker Non-Votes</U></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">35,679,017</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,121,484</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -2.7pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">306,314</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,819,958</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 3</B>. The ratification of the
appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for United for the year ending December
31, 2014:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>For</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>Against</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>Abstain</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><U>Broker Non-Votes</U></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6.5pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">38,145,682</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">31,342</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">246,866</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">502,883</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 8.01 Other Events.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On May 14, 2014, United
issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per common
share payable July 1, 2014 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 16, 2014. A copy of United&rsquo;s press
release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 9.01 &nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 49.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">(d)</TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0pt">Exhibits</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0pt"><B>Exhibit No.</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 73%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 49.5pt; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 49.5pt"></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: justify">99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: justify">Press Release, dated May 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><B>UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
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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):
May 14, 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)
Check the appropriate
box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:
q
Written communications pursuant to Rule
425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
q
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
q
Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
q
Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.07   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2014 annual meeting
of shareholders of United Community Banks, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("United"), was held on May 14, 2014 (the "Annual
Meeting"). As of March 15, 2014, the record date of the Annual Meeting, 49,368,394 shares of United's common stock
were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 38,926,773 shares of United's common stock, constituting
a quorum, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.
United's shareholders
voted on three proposals at the Annual Meeting. The final results of the votes, including the votes cast for, against or withheld,
as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, relating to each matter are as follows:
Proposal 1
. The election of eight directors
to constitute the Board of Directors to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected
and qualified:
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Robert H. Blalock
36,427,881
678,934
1,819,958
Clifford V. Brokaw
35,888,970
1,217,845
1,819,958
L. Cathy Cox
35,837,059
1,269,756
1,819,958
Steven J. Goldstein
36,467,618
639,197
1,819,958
W.C. Nelson, Jr.
36,428,913
677,902
1,819,958
Thomas A. Richlovsky
36,467,202
639,613
1,819,958
Jimmy C. Tallent
36,429,017
677,798
1,819,958
Tim R. Wallis
36,427,800
679,015
1,819,958
Total:
39,926,773
Proposal 2
. An advisory "say on
pay" resolution supporting the compensation plan for executive officers:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
35,679,017
1,121,484
306,314
1,819,958
Proposal 3
. The ratification of the
appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for United for the year ending December
31, 2014:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
38,145,682
31,342
246,866
502,883
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On May 14, 2014, United
issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per common
share payable July 1, 2014 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 16, 2014. A copy of United's press
release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated May 14, 2014
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:	May
15, 2014