-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VsT06jYWQzJyHaPQF+LkmGc6kZfEfYUaNS3waiDwtSy/hIsHolXlokwji6Vz6pAr YdoECd1WY7S/jisOPOQVfg== 0001043039-04-000025.txt : 20041105 0001043039-04-000025.hdr.sgml : 20041105 20041105105000 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001043039-04-000025 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20041105 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20041105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FULTON FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000700564 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 232195389 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-10587 FILM NUMBER: 041121445 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PENN SQ STREET 2: PO BOX 4887 CITY: LANCASTER STATE: PA ZIP: 17604 BUSINESS PHONE: 7172912411 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PENN SQ STREET 2: PO BOX 4887 CITY: LANCASTER STATE: PA ZIP: 17604 8-K 1 fulton8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report:

November 5, 2004

Date of earliest event reported:

November 5, 2004

FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

0-10587

Commission File No.

23-2195389

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

One Penn Square, P.O. Box 4887, Lancaster, PA

(Address of principal executive offices)

17604

(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (717) 291-2411

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01.     Regulation FD Disclosure

     At a special meeting of shareholders of First Washington FinancialCorp, held November 5, 2004, the shareholders of First Washington approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger previously entered into by Fulton and First Washington on June 14, 2004. The merger is now expected to close on December 31, 2004, pending receipt of regulatory approvals. A press release containing further information is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

          (c) Exhibits

               99.1     Press Release, dated November 5, 2004

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Date:  November 5, 2004

By:  /s/ Charles J. Nugent                              

          Charles J. Nugent

          Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99 2 fultonpressrelease.htm shareholder approval release

Fulton Financial
CORPORATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Laura Wakeley (Fulton)

(Full text available on PR Newswire)

Phone: 717-291-2739

 

Carol Jones (First Washington)

 

Phone: 609-426-8969

FIRST WASHINGTON FINANCIALCORP SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE MERGER

WITH FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION

     (November 5)  -  Lancaster, PA  -  First Washington FinancialCorp shareholders today approved the acquisition of First Washington FinancialCorp (Nasdaq: FWFC) by Fulton Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: FULT), a $10.6 billion financial holding company based in Lancaster, PA.

     The vote at a special shareholders' meeting today clears the way for the merger to proceed, pending final regulatory approvals. The merger is now expected to be completed on December 31, 2004.

     First Washington FinancialCorp is the holding company for First Washington State Bank, which is based in Windsor, NJ. The company has approximately $486 million in assets and operates sixteen community banking offices in Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties in New Jersey. First Washington will become Fulton Financial's 13th banking affiliate and will continue to operate as First Washington State Bank.

     Fulton Financial Corporation is a financial holding company that operates 208 banking offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia through the following affiliates: Fulton Bank, Lancaster, PA; Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank, Lebanon, PA; Swineford National Bank, Middleburg, PA; Lafayette Ambassador Bank, Easton, PA; FNB Bank, N.A., Danville, PA; Hagerstown Trust, Hagerstown, MD; Delaware National Bank, Georgetown, DE; The Bank, Woodbury, NJ; Peoples Bank of Elkton, Elkton, MD, Skylands Community Bank, Hackettstown, NJ., Premier Bank, Doylestown, PA, and Resource Bank, Virginia Beach, VA.

     The Corporation's other financial services providers include Fulton Financial Advisors, N.A., Lancaster, PA; Fulton Insurance Services Group, Inc., Lancaster, PA; and Dearden, Maguire, Weaver and Barrett, LLC, West Conshohocken, PA. Residential mortgage lending is offered by all banks through Fulton Mortgage Company and Resource Mortgage.

     Additional information on Fulton Financial Corporation is available on the Internet at www.fult.com.

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