| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On May 1, 2024, Fulton Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”) issued a press release announcing the closing of the public offering described in Item 8.01 below. Copies of the press release are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and are incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.
The information in this Item 7.01, including in Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or any other filing of the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
On May 1, 2024, the Corporation completed its underwritten public offering of 19,166,667 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $15 per share, before underwriting discounts, which included 2,500,000 shares of common stock upon the exercise in full by the Underwriters (as defined below) of their option to purchase additional shares. The aggregate gross proceeds of the offering were approximately $287.5 million. The net proceeds of the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and before deducting transaction expenses, were approximately $273.5 million. The Corporation intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including to support new opportunities in connection with its business strategy following its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets and its assumption of substantially all of the deposits and certain liabilities of Republic First Bank, doing business as Republic Bank, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
In connection with the offering, the Corporation entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated April 29, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Corporation and Piper Sandler & Co. and BofA Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”). The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Exhibits 1.1 and 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement (File No. 333-274624) pursuant to which the offering of common stock described in this Current Report on Form 8-K has been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and are subject to certain limitations contained in the Underwriting Agreement.
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the directors and certain executive officers of the Corporation entered into agreements in substantially the form included as an exhibit to the Underwriting Agreement providing for a 60-day “lock-up” period with respect to sales of the Corporation’s securities, subject to certain exceptions.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements. Do not unduly rely on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “will,” “could,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “future,” “intends,” “projects,” the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology.
Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts, nor assurance of future performance. Instead, the statements are based on current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of the Corporation’s business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of the Corporation’s control, and actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not unduly rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement is based only on information currently available and speaks only as of the date when made. The Corporation undertakes no obligation, other than as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
A discussion of certain risks and uncertainties affecting the Corporation, and some of the factors that could cause the Corporation’s actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, can be found in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023
