on January 14, 2013, Fulton Financial Corporation received the resignation of Donald W. Lesher, Jr. who has been a director of the company since 1998. The director Lesher will not be standing for election at the company's 2013 annual meeting of shareholders and his retirement will be effective April 29, 2013. His decision to retire from the Fulton Board of Directors was not the result of any disagreement relating to Fulton's operations,
policies or practices.