WASHINGTON & CHARLESTON, W. Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBSI), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a second quarter dividend of $0.31 per share for shareholders of record as of June 14, 2013.
The dividend payout of approximately $15.6 million on 50.3 million shares is payable July 1, 2013. The annualized 2013 dividend of $1.24 equates to a yield of approximately 5% based on recent UBSI market prices. United has increased its dividend to shareholders for 39 consecutive years.
United Bankshares, with $8.3 billion in assets, has 115 full-service offices in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. United Bankshares stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the quotation symbol "UBSI."
Steven E. Wilson, 800-445-1347 ext. 8704
Chief Financial Officer
