Exhibit 8.2
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191 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 849
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
770-282-5111 | FAX: 770-282-3779
July 21, 2022
UB Bancorp
1011 Red Banks Road
Greenville, North Carolina 27858
Attention: V. Robert Jones
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to UB Bancorp, a North Carolina corporation (“UB Bancorp”), in connection with (i) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as May 31, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between UB Bancorp and F.N.B. Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“F.N.B.”), pursuant to which UB Bancorp will merge with and into F.N.B., with F.N.B. as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”), and (ii) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, which includes the proxy statement of UB Bancorp and prospectus of F.N.B., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.
At your request, we are rendering our opinion concerning certain United States federal income tax matters relating to the Merger in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission.
In providing our opinion, we have examined and relied upon the Merger Agreement, the Registration Statement and other information included as part of the Registration Statement, the representation letters of UB Bancorp and F.N.B. delivered to us for purposes of rendering our opinion stated herein (the “Representation Letters”) and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of our opinion. We have not assumed any responsibility for investigating or independently verifying the facts or representations set forth in the Agreement, Representation Letters, or other documents.
In addition, we have assumed that (i) all signatures on all documents submitted to us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, that all documents submitted to us as copies are accurate and complete, that all information submitted to us is accurate and complete, and that all persons executing and delivering originals or copies of documents examined by us are competent to execute and deliver such documents, (ii) the transaction will be consummated in accordance with the provisions of the Merger Agreement and as described in the Registration Statement (and no transaction or condition described therein and affecting this opinion will be waived by any party), (iii) the statements concerning the transaction and the parties thereto set forth in the Merger Agreement are true, complete and correct, and the Registration Statement is true, complete and correct, (iv) the factual statements and representations made by UB Bancorp and F.N.B. in their respective Representation Letters are true, complete and correct as of the date hereof and will remain true, complete and correct at all times up to and including the Effective Time, (v) any such statements and representations made in the Representation Letters “to the knowledge of” any person or similarly qualified are and will be true, complete and correct