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<STREET1>ONE PENN SQ
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Date
of Report - August 4, 2003 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Date of earliest event reported) - (August 1, 2003) </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="47%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pennsylvania</FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="19%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0-10587</FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="19%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23-2195389</FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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SIZE="2">(State&nbsp;or&nbsp;other&nbsp;jurisdiction<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;incorporation)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="19%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="16%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Commission<BR>File&nbsp;Number&nbsp;)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="19%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="18%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(IRS&nbsp;Employer<BR>Identification<BR>Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">One&nbsp;Penn&nbsp;Square,&nbsp;P.O.&nbsp;Box&nbsp;4887,&nbsp;Lancaster,&nbsp;PA</FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE
ALIGN="left" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17604</FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Address&nbsp;of&nbsp;principal&nbsp;executive&nbsp;offices)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Zip<BR>Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code <U>(717) 291-2411</U><B></B> </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Acquisition of Assets. </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August 1, 2003, Fulton Financial Corporation (&#147;Fulton&#148;)
acquired Premier Bancorp, Inc. (&#147;Premier&#148;), a bank holding company headquartered in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The acquisition was accomplished by merging Premier with and into Fulton (the &#147;Merger&#148;). By virtue of this acquisition,
Fulton became the parent holding company of Premier Bank (&#147;Premier Bank&#148;) which is an Pennsylvania state-chartered bank with 9 offices in Pennsylvania and total assets of about $600 million. Premier Bank is Fulton&#146;s eleventh
subsidiary bank. The Merger increases Fulton&#146;s assets to approximately $9.2 billion and also increases to 198 the number of banking offices operated by Fulton&#146;s subsidiary banks. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Merger was consummated pursuant to the previously-announced Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of January 16, 2003 (the &#147;Merger Agreement), between Fulton and Premier. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, each of the approximately 5.12 million issued and outstanding shares of the $0.33 par value
common stock of Premier has been converted into 1.407 shares of the $2.50 par value common stock of Fulton (&#147;Fulton Common Stock&#148;). Former stockholders of Premier will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of Fulton Common Stock at the
rate of $20.21 per share. All Premier options to purchase its common stock outstanding on the closing date have been converted to options to acquire Fulton&#146;s Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to General Instruction F to Form 8-K, the Press Release dated August
1, 2003, announcing the consummation of the Merger, attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1, is hereby incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The acquisition of Premier by Fulton does not involve a
&#147;significant amount of assets&#148; under the instructions of Form 8-K and thus no financial statements of Premier are required to be filed as part of this Report. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pro Forma Financial Information </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The acquisition of Premier by Fulton does not involve a &#147;significant
amount of assets&#148; under the instructions of Form 8-K and thus no pro forma financial information with respect to Premier is required to be filed as part of this Report. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to Item 7(c) of Form 8-K, Fulton hereby files the following required exhibits in accordance with Item 601 of
Regulation S-K: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="82%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="25" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="6%"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">* 2</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="82%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 26, 2003 between Fulton Financial Corporation and Premier Bancorp, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="6%"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="82%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated August 1, 2003</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed April 2, 2003 (File No. 333-104268). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>SIGNATURES</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Fulton Financial Corporation has duly caused this
Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="90%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">F<SMALL>ULTON</SMALL> F<SMALL>INANCIAL</SMALL> C<SMALL>ORPORATION</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="90%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charles J.
Nugent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="90%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Charles J. Nugent</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Senior Executive Vice President and</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Date: August 1, 2003 </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Required Exhibits </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="65%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="25" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="4%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Page&nbsp;(in&nbsp;accordance&nbsp;with</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>sequential&nbsp;numbering&nbsp;system)</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="3%"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*2</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="65%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 16, 2003 between Fulton Financial Corporation and Premier Bancorp, Inc.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="4%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="3%"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%" ><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="65%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated August 1, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed April 2, 2003 (File No. 333-104268). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit 99.1 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>Fulton Financial </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="47%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Contact: Laura J. Wakeley</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="47%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B><B><I>(Full text available on PR Newswire)</I></B><B></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="47%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Phone: 717-291-2739&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Fulton Financial
Corporation completes acquisition of Premier Bancorp, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(August 1)&#151;Lancaster, PA&#151;Fulton Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: FULT) today completed its acquisition of Premier Bancorp, Inc. (AMEX: PPA), a bank holding company whose sole banking subsidiary was Premier Bank. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Premier Bancorp shareholders approved the merger at a special meeting on July
10. Final regulatory approvals were received prior to that meeting. Under the terms of the definitive merger agreement, Premier Bancorp, Inc. shareholders will receive 1.407 shares of Fulton Financial common stock for each Premier Bancorp common
stock share. Based on the $20.21 per share closing price of Fulton Financial stock on July 31, 2003, the transaction is valued at approximately $103.5 million. The acquisition will be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. In
connection with the transaction, the outstanding shares of Premier&#146;s preferred stock were redeemed and Fulton assumed Premier&#146;s outstanding trust preferred securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Premier Bancorp, with approximately $600 million in assets, currently operates eight community banking offices in Bucks,
Northampton and Montgomery Counties. It is anticipated that, effective October 24, 2003 and subject to applicable regulatory approvals, the Premier Bank offices located in Bethlehem and Easton will be transferred to Lafayette Ambassador Bank,
another Fulton Financial Corporation affiliate based in </FONT></P>

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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Easton. The six other Premier Bank branches will continue to operate as a separate subsidiary of Fulton Financial Corporation. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fulton Financial Corporation now has assets of approximately $9.2 billion and
operates 198 offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition to Premier Bank, Fulton Financial operates ten other banking affiliates: Fulton Bank, Lancaster, PA; Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank, Lebanon, 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; The Peoples Bank of Elkton, Elkton, MD, and Skylands Community Bank, Hackettstown, NJ. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Corporation&#146;s financial services affiliates include Fulton Financial
Advisors, N.A., Lancaster, PA; Dearden, Maguire, Weaver and Barrett, LLC, West Conshohocken, PA, and Fulton Insurance Services Group Inc., Lancaster, PA. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Residential mortgage lending is offered through Fulton Mortgage Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Additional information on Fulton Financial Corporation is available on the Internet at <U>www.fult.com</U>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B># # # </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2003 </FONT></P>
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