---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-22-001426"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FULT"
cik: "0000700564"
company_name: "FULTON FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T09:30:38.359282+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fulton Financial shareholders approve 2022 equity plan; two directors retire at mandatory age

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2022 Amended and Restated Equity and Cash Incentive Compensation Plan, authorizing up to 5,806,000 shares.
- Directors Carlos E. Graupera and Ernest J. Waters did not stand for re-election due to reaching mandatory retirement age of 72.
- Non-binding say-on-pay proposal approved with over 107 million votes for.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
- All 13 director nominees elected, including E. Philip Wenger with 107.6 million votes for (lowest).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-22-001426
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FULT
- cik: 0000700564
- company_name: FULTON FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000120677422001426/0001206774-22-001426-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000120677422001426/fult4063191-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-22-001426
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-22-001426.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-22-001426.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ernest J. Waters departed as Director at FULTON FINANCIAL CORP.
  - Action: did not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, Carlos E. Graupera and Ernest J. Waters did not stand for re-election to Fulton’s Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000120677422001426/0001206774-22-001426-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carlos E. Graupera departed as Director at FULTON FINANCIAL CORP.
  - Action: did not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, Carlos E. Graupera and Ernest J. Waters did not stand for re-election to Fulton’s Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000120677422001426/0001206774-22-001426-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.