0001043039-13-000002.txt : 20130102 0001043039-13-000002.hdr.sgml : 20130101 20130102163736 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001043039-13-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130102 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20130102 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130102 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: 13502454 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 f8k1213.htm REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE f8k1213.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 Exchange Act of 1934

 
Date of Report:
January 2, 2013
 
(Date of earliest event reported):
December 31, 2012
 
 
FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

Pennsylvania
0-10587
23-2195389
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 
P.O. Box 4887, One Penn Square
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
17604
(Address of principal executive offices)
(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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 

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o
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Item 7.01 - Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On December 31, 2012, Fulton Bank, N.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fulton Financial Corporation, completed the divestiture of its Global Exchange Group division in a transaction previously announced and disclosed on From 8-K, filed December 19, 2012.  As previously announced, the proceeds of this transaction and short-term borrowings were used to prepay approximately $20 million in Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances, with a weighted average interest rate of 4.38% and maturing in January 2017. Fulton Financial Corporation incurred a penalty in connection with prepaying these FHLB advances of approximately $3.0 million ($2.0 million, net of tax). The annual interest expense savings from the prepayment of the FHLB advances is approximately $825,000, or $535,000 net of tax.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

Date: January 2, 2013
Fulton Financial Corporation
 
 
By:   /s/ Charles J. Nugent             
        Charles J. Nugent
        Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
   

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