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(January 21, 2025) – Lancaster, PA – Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT) (“Fulton” or the “Corporation”) reported net income available to common shareholders of $66.1 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of $5.4 million, or $0.03 per share, in comparison to the third quarter of 2024. Operating net income available to common shareholders for the three months ended December 31, 2024 was $88.9 million, or $0.48 per diluted share(1), a decrease of $2.4 million, or $0.02 per share, in comparison to the third quarter of 2024. Net income available to common shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $278.5 million, or $1.57 per diluted share, an increase of $4.5 million, and a decrease of $0.07 per diluted share in comparison to the year ended December 31, 2023. Operating net income available to common shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $328.1 million, or $1.85 per diluted share(1), an increase of $43.1 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, in comparison to the year ended December 31, 2023.

"2024 was a record year for Fulton. Operating diluted earnings per share of $1.85 represents an 8% increase over the prior year," said Curtis J. Myers, Chairman and CEO of Fulton. "We made significant progress, both operationally and strategically, and are now realizing the benefits of these efforts in our results. With a strong quarter and year, we are very excited and well positioned for continued success in 2025."

•Solid net interest margin of 3.41%, with a decrease in total cost of funds of 14 basis points compared to the prior quarter.

•Non-interest expense decreased $9.5 million to $216.6 million compared to $226.1 million in the prior quarter. Operating non-interest expense decreased $5.5 million to $190.7 million(1) compared to $196.2 million in the prior quarter.

•Provision for credit losses was $16.7 million resulting in an allowance for credit losses attributable to net loans of $379.2 million, or 1.58% of total net loans at December 31, 2024.

•Average noninterest-bearing deposits increased $62.2 million compared to the prior quarter.

•Common equity tier 1 capital ratio(2) increased to approximately 10.6% compared to 10.5% in the prior quarter.

•Acquisition-related(3) expenses of $9.6 million.

•FultonFirst implementation and asset disposal costs of $10.0 million, including $8.5 million in connection with the Corporation's plan to consolidate fifteen financial centers in early 2025.

•Net interest income totaled $253.7 million, a decrease of $4.4 million, which was largely due to a decline in short-term interest rates. A decrease in interest income on net loans of $15.4 million was partially offset by a decrease in interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities of $8.9 million. An increase in interest income on investment securities of $6.8 million was partially offset by a decrease in interest income on other interest-earning assets of $4.6 million. $1.1 million in fees were realized during the quarter due to early payoffs in the leasing portfolio. Purchase loan mark accretion from loans acquired in the Acquisition was $13.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to $14.5 million in the prior quarter.

•Non-interest income before investment securities gains (losses) was $65.9 million compared to $59.7 million in the prior quarter. The increase was primarily due to a $5.0 million change in the gain on acquisition (net of tax). A $2.7 million reduction in the gain on acquisition (net of tax) was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024.

•Non-interest expense was $216.6 million compared to $226.1 million in the prior quarter. The decrease was largely due to a $10.9 million decrease in employee salaries and benefits expense, a $4.6 million decrease in acquisition-related expense and a $2.6 million decrease in net occupancy expense, partially offset by $7.8 million of fixed asset and disposal costs in connection with planned FultonFirst financial center consolidations. The decrease in employee salaries and benefits expense was driven by a $4.9 million decrease in employee severance costs related to the FultonFirst initiative, a $3.4 million decrease due to cost savings realized related to the Acquisition and a $2.5 million decrease in employee incentive compensation costs.

•Net loans totaled $24.0 billion, a decrease of $131.2 million, compared to $24.2 billion as of September 30, 2024. The decline in balance was due to a net decrease of $168.1 million in commercial and other loans(4), partially offset by an increase of $36.9 million in consumer loans(4).

•Deposits totaled $26.1 billion, a decrease of $22.7 million, compared to $26.2 billion as of September 30, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $136.8 million in time deposits, partially offset by increases of $64.1 million in interest-bearing demand deposits and $51.5 million in savings deposits.

•The provision for credit losses was $16.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, resulting in an allowance for credit losses attributable to net loans of $379.2 million, or 1.58% of total net loans at December 31, 2024, compared to $376.0 million, or 1.56% of total net loans at September 30, 2024.

•Non-performing assets were $222.7 million, or 0.69% of total assets, at December 31, 2024, in comparison to $205.0 million, or 0.64% of total assets, at September 30, 2024.

•Net charge-offs for the fourth quarter of 2024 were 0.22% of total average loans in comparison to 0.18% in the prior quarter.

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(1) Financial measure derived by methods other than generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Refer to the calculation on the page titled "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures" at the end of the press release.

(2) Regulatory capital ratios as of December 31, 2024 are preliminary estimates and prior periods are actual.

(3) On April 26, 2024, the Corporation announced that its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Fulton Bank, National Association ("Fulton Bank"),

acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the deposits and certain liabilities of Republic First Bank, doing

business as Republic Bank ("Republic Bank"), from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC"), as receiver for Republic Bank (the

"Acquisition"), pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Assumption Agreement - Whole Bank, All Deposits, effective as of April 26, 2024 (the

"Acquisition Date"), among the FDIC, as receiver of Republic Bank, the FDIC and Fulton Bank.

(4) Commercial loans includes real estate - commercial mortgage, commercial and industrial, leases and other loans and includes an increase in commercial construction loans of $53.4 million, reflected in real estate - construction. Consumer loans includes real estate - residential mortgage, real estate - home equity, consumer and includes an increase of $8.6 million in residential construction loans, reflected in real estate - construction.

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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, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024 and other current and periodic reports, which have been, or will be, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and are, or will be, available in the Investor Relations section of the Corporation's website (www.fultonbank.com) and on the SEC's website (www.sec.gov).

The Corporation uses certain financial measures in this press release that have been derived from methods other than GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to the most comparable GAAP measures in tables at the end of this press release.