secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FULTON FINANCIAL CORP (FULT)
CIK:        0000700564
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-135892
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fulton Financial completes acquisition of Blue Foundry Bancorp, becomes $34B firm
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- Closed April 1, 2026; each Blue Foundry share exchanged for 0.650 Fulton common shares.
- Fulton issued ~12.44M shares; combined company now $34 billion in assets.
- Blue Foundry Bank to operate separately until summer 2026 when it merges into Fulton Bank, N.A.
- Fulton will make a $1.5M contribution to the Fulton Forward Foundation for New Jersey nonprofits.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000119312526135892/0001193125-26-135892-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000119312526135892/d89081d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-135892

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