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Item 3.03 – Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
On October 29, 2020, Fulton Financial Corporation (“Fulton”) completed the issuance of its 5.125% Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). As a result, Fulton’s ability to declare or pay dividends on, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, shares of common stock and each other class or series of capital stock of Fulton that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock is subject to certain restrictions in the event that Fulton does not declare and pay (or set aside) dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for the last preceding dividend period. In addition, the Series A Preferred Stock has preferential rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Fulton over the common stock and each other class or series of capital stock of Fulton that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock. The terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, including such rights and restrictions, are more fully described in, and this description is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Statement of Designation (as defined in Item 5.03 below), a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 – Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On October 23, 2020, Fulton filed the Statement with Respect to Shares (the “Statement of Designation”) with the Pennsylvania Department of State to establish the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series A Preferred Stock, which became effective upon filing. The Statement of Designation creates the Series A Preferred Stock out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of Fulton, fixes the initial number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock at 200,000, establishes the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock and provides for certain other rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations of the Series A Preferred Stock. A copy of the Statement of Designation is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 – Other Events.
On October 29, 2020, Fulton completed the issuance and sale of 8,000,000 depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Series A Preferred Stock, pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated October 22, 2020 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among Fulton and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Piper Sandler & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
The Depositary Shares were issued pursuant to a Deposit Agreement (the “Deposit Agreement”), dated October 29, 2020, among Fulton, Equiniti Trust Company, as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein. A copy of the Deposit Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and the form of depositary receipt representing the Depositary Shares is included as Exhibit A to the Deposit Agreement.
A copy of the opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as to the validity of the depositary receipts representing the Depositary Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the opinion and consent of Barley Snyder LLP as to the validity of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.2 to this Current Report on From 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 5.2 | Opinion of Barley Snyder LLP. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Barley Snyder LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: October 29, 2020 | Fulton Financial Corporation | |||||
| By: | /s/ Daniel R. Stolzer | |||||
| Daniel R. Stolzer | ||||||
| Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | ||||||