United Community Banks, Inc. to Join NASDAQ Financial-100 Index
Beginning May 17, 2004
NEW YORK, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- United Community Banks, Inc. of Blairsville,
Georgia, will become a component of the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index(R) effective
at the beginning of trading Monday, May 17, 2004. United Community Banks, Inc. will replace The Trust Company of New Jersey .
With the market capitalization of $846 million, United Community Banks, Inc. is
a bank holding company that has assets of $4.1 billion and operates 20
community banks with 74 banking offices located throughout north Georgia, metro
Atlanta, coastal Georgia, western North Carolina and east Tennessee. The
company specializes in providing personalized community banking services to
individuals and small to mid-size businesses in its markets.
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or the NASDAQ Newsroom(SM) at http://www.nasdaqnews.com/. DATASOURCE: NASDAQ CONTACT: Wayne Lee, +1-301-978-4875, or Issuer & Investors: Lyudmila Kareva, +1-301-978-8290, both of NASDAQ; or Rex S. Schuette, Executive VP & CFO of United Community Banks, Inc., +81 332126211, or +1-706-745-2151 Web site: http://www.nasdaqnews.com/ http://www.nasdaq.com/
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