Washington, DC and Charleston, WV-- United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBSI), will be presenting at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2006 Honor Roll and Seventh Annual Community Bank Investor Conference on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. (Eastern), at The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City.

Speaking on behalf of United will be Steven E. Wilson, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. The presentation will include, among other things, discussions of United's financial performance and corporate objectives.

The presentation, which is expected to last twenty-five minutes, may be viewed live and will be available for sixty days by accessing the following address: http://www.kbw.com/news/conference_investor.html.

United Bankshares, with $6.7 billion in assets, has 90 full-service offices in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. United Bankshares stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the quotation symbol "UBSI".

The presentation may contain certain forward-looking statements, including certain plans, expectations, goals and projections, which are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in or implied by such statements for a variety of factors including: changes in economic conditions; movements in interest rates; competitive pressures on product pricing and services; success and timing of business strategies; the nature and extent of governmental actions and reforms; and rapidly changing technology and evolving banking industry standards.