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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SCHUETTE REX S   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC [UCBI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP & CFO (Last) (First) (Middle) 101 JULIUS CHAMBERS DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/12/2013 (Street) BLAIRSVILLE, GA 30512 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               29,700 D   Common Stock Issuable               20,457 (1) D   Common Stock (RSUs) 08/12/2013   A   20,850 A $ 0 32,630 (2) D   Common Stock (PSUs) 08/12/2013   A   48,650 A $ 0 48,650 (3) D   Common Stock               14,486 (4) I By 401k Common Stock               1,800 (5) I Andrea Rafferty/Schuette (Spouse)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SCHUETTE REX S 101 JULIUS CHAMBERS DRIVE BLAIRSVILLE, GA 30512			EVP & CFO

Signatures

Lois J. Rich as Attorney in Fact		08/14/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Acquired pursuant to the United Community Banks Deferred Compensation Plan. The number of shares as quoted is based upon the previous day's market value per share of UCBI common stock and can fluctuate with the stock price. The units are to be settled in UCBI common stock at the NAV upon termination of employment.
(2)	Represents a multi-year grant that was issued in connection with performance based Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") whereby the participant will not be eligible to receive additional multi-year grants until 2016. The RSUs will vest at 12% on September 13, 2014, and 22% on January 25 of years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
(3)	Represents a grant of multi-year performance based Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") whereby it is planned that the participant will not be eligible to receive additional multi-year grants of performance based RSUs until 2016. RSUs will vest at 12% on September 13, 2014, and 22% on January 25 of years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 based upon meeting certain performance criteria for each period. The performance threshold and target levels are based meeting or exceeding certain earnings per share and return on assets levels and if the target level is not met the vesting level payable for that period is zero %.
(4)	Subject to a pre-arranged bi-monthly contribution.
(5)	Includes 1,800 shares owned by Mr. Schuette's spouse for which he claims beneficial ownership.

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