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UBCP Included in American Banker’s Top 200 Community Banks in the US

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

United Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBCP) President and CEO Scott Everson announced today that United Bancorp, the parent company of Unified Bank, has been named to the American Banker’s “Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks” list, according to an article published by American Banker magazine on June 12, 2023.  American Banker rated United Bancorp 84th on its Top 200 Community Banks list for 2022, based on an average return on equity for the three years as of December 31, 2022.

Everson commented, “We are exceptionally proud to, once again, be recognized this year by American Banker as one of the Top 200 Community Banks in the entire country.  We are also pleased to see that relative to our peers, our overall performance has held fast this past year, with our Company maintaining its position at number 84 on this prestigious list of top performing community banks.”  Everson continued, “This recognition is a testimony to the focused culture that we have at United Bancorp and our affiliate, Unified Bank, and our exemplary team that is strongly committed to fulfilling our vision of creating better lives and futures for the people and communities that we proudly serve.”

Unified Bank is a full-service Member FDIC-insured, state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Martins Ferry, OH and has eighteen locations that serve the Ohio counties of Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Fairfield, Harrison, Hocking, Jefferson and Tuscarawas and Marshall County in West Virginia. Unified Bank is the sole operating subsidiary of United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP), a publicly-traded bank holding company, and has been serving the financial needs of the Ohio Valley since 1902 from its headquarters in Martins Ferry, Ohio.