secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FULTON FINANCIAL CORP (FULT)
CIK:        0000700564
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-22T20:30:58+00:00
Accession:  0000700564-26-000029
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fulton Financial Q2 2026 EPS $0.52 ($0.60 operating); completes Blue Foundry acquisition
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- Net income available to common shareholders of $99.9M ($0.52 diluted EPS); operating net income $115.9M ($0.60 diluted EPS).
- Completed acquisition of Blue Foundry Bancorp on April 1, 2026; acquired $2.1B assets, $1.6B loans, $1.5B deposits.
- Net interest margin 3.60%, up 2 bps QoQ; non-interest income rose $9.5M to $79.3M.
- Issued $300M of 5.95% subordinated notes due 2036; redeemed $195M of 3.25% notes due 2030.
- Repurchased 525,000 shares for $11.1M in Q2; CET1 ratio ~12.1% (preliminary).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000070056426000029/0000700564-26-000029-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000070056426000029/fult-20260722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000700564-26-000029

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