United Community Banks Post-Effective Amendment No. 2

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2001               Registration No. 333-33802


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment Number 2 to
Form S-3

Registration Statement
under
the Securities Act of 1933
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UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

6712
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

58-1807304
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)


Post Office Box 398
63 Highway 515
Blairsville, Georgia 30512
(706) 745-2151
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

 


Mr. Rex S. Schuette
Chief Financial Officer
United Community Banks, Inc.
Post Office Box 398
63 Highway 515
Blairsville, Georgia 30512
(706) 745-2151
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


With copies to:

F. Sheffield Hale, Esq.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Suite 2800
1100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 815-6500


 

       Pursuant to this Registration Statement, as amended, United Community Banks, Inc. (the "Registrant") registered 450,000 of the Registrant's common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for sale to the public.

       The Registration Statement was declared effective on May 9, 2000. Registrant suspended use of the Registration Statement on August 4, 2000. On October 11, 2000, the Registrant filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to withdraw from registration certain Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement which remained unsold pursuant to this Registration Statement on August 4, 2000.  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 withdrew from registration  31,208 unsold shares of the Common Stock.  We hereby file this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to withdraw from registration an additional 415 unsold shares of the Common Stock.

 

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Signatures

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, United has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Blairsville, State of Georgia, on the 10th day of April, 2001.

 

 

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:    /s/ Jimmy C. Tallent                                       

 

       Jimmy C. Tallent

 

      Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of United in the capacities set forth and on the 10th day of April, 2001.

       /s/ Jimmy C. Tallent                                  

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

Jimmy C. Tallent

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

      /s/ Rex S. Schuette                                    

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Rex S. Schuette

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

     /s/ Robert L. Head, Jr.                               

Chairman of the Board

Robert L. Head, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                         

Director

Billy M. Decker

 

 

 

 

 

                *                                                       

Director

Thomas C. Gilliland

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                        

Director

Charles Hill

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                        

Director

Hoyt O. Holloway

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                       

Director

Clarence William Mason, Sr.

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                       

Director

Zell B. Miller

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                       

Director

W. C. Nelson, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                       

Director

Charles E. Parks

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                       

Director

Tim Wallis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*By:  /s/  Jimmy C. Tallent                           

 *By:  /s/  Robert L. Head, Jr.                          

        Jimmy C. Tallent, as attorney-in-fact

         Robert L. Head, Jr., as attorney-in-fact