---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-062561"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FULT"
cik: "0000700564"
company_name: "FULTON FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:18:49.675538+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fulton Financial receives all regulatory approvals for Blue Foundry merger; closing expected April 1, 2026

## Summary
- Federal Reserve and OCC approved the all-stock acquisition of Blue Foundry Bancorp.
- Blue Foundry stockholders approved the transaction on January 29, 2026.
- Closing expected on or about April 1, 2026, pending customary conditions.
- Bank merger to follow systems conversion, with Fulton Bank surviving.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-062561
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FULT
- cik: 0000700564
- company_name: FULTON FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000119312526062561/0001193125-26-062561-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000119312526062561/d103968d8k.htm

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