Fulton Financial Corporation Announces Dates for Fourth Quarter/Year-End Earnings Release and Conference Call/Webcast

LANCASTER, PA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 6, 2009 -- Fulton Financial Corporation (NasdaqGS:FULT - News) today announced that it will distribute its fourth quarter/year-end earnings news release and accompanying charts on Tuesday, January 20 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

The Corporation will host its quarterly conference call with analysts who cover the company on Wednesday, January 21 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. R. Scott Smith, Jr., chairman and CEO, will host the call. He will be joined by Charles J. Nugent, senior executive vice president and CFO.

The live webcast of this call can be heard by going to Fulton Financial Corporation's website, www.fult.com, selecting the Investor Information tab and clicking on the link to the webcast. The webcast will be archived on the company's website for 30 days following the call.

Fulton Financial Corporation is a financial holding company that operates 270 banking offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia through the following affiliates: Fulton Bank, Lancaster, 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; and The Columbia Bank, Columbia, MD.

The Corporation's additional 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.

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

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