| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Resignation of Chief Financial Officer
On February 8, 2024, Mark McCollom resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of Fulton Financial Corporation (the “Company”) and Fulton Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), effective immediately.
In connection with his resignation, the Company and Mr. McCollom will enter into a Separation Agreement and General Release (the “Separation Agreement”). Under the Separation Agreement, the Company will agree to pay Mr. McCollom $325,000, and the Separation Agreement will contain a customary release of claims and a reaffirmation of certain restrictive covenants in favor of the Company and the Bank.
Appointment of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer
On February 8, 2024, Beth Ann L. Chivinski, the Company’s Chief Risk Officer, was appointed to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately, while the Company conducts a formal search process for a Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Chivinski will transition from her role as Chief Risk Officer in connection with this appointment. Ms. Chivinski’s biographical information is included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2023 and is incorporated by reference in this Item.
Fulton previously entered into an Executive Employment Agreement with Ms. Chivinski, effective January 1, 2018 (the “Executive Employment Agreement”) and a Key Employee Change in Control Agreement dated January 1, 2018 (the “Key Employee Change in Control Agreement”). In connection with Ms. Chivinski’s appointment as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, her annual base salary was increased to $500,000. Ms. Chivinski will continue to be eligible to participate in Fulton’s annual cash bonus and equity-based long term incentive plans.
Brief descriptions of the Executive Employment Agreement and the Key Employee Change in Control Agreement are set forth under Item 5.02 in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 4, 2018. The descriptions of the Executive Employment Agreement and Key Employee Change in Control Agreement set forth therein are qualified in their entirety by reference to the form of Executive Employment Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Fulton Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 4, 2018) and form of Key Employee Change in Control Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Fulton Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 4, 2018).
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Chivinski or any other person pursuant to which Ms. Chivinski was appointed to her position. Ms. Chivinski does not have a family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company, nor does she have any direct or indirect interest in any transaction in which the Company is a participant that is required to be reported in this Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
On February 8, 2024, Atul Malhotra was promoted to Chief Risk Officer of the Company and the Bank. Mr. Malhotra previously served as the Company’s Managing Director of Enterprise Risk Management for more than eight years, and prior to that, spent 13 years at Deloitte & Touche LLP in various roles providing enterprise risk advisory services to the financial services industry.
