Fulton Financial Corporation Announces Dates for First Quarter 2011 Earnings Release...

Fulton Financial Corporation Announces Dates for First Quarter 2011 Earnings
Release and Conference Call/Webcast

LANCASTER, Pa., March 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fulton Financial Corporation
(Nasdaq:FULT) today announced that it will distribute its first quarter 2011
earnings news release and accompanying charts on Tuesday, April 19 at
approximately 4:30 p.m. ET.

The Corporation will host its quarterly conference call with analysts who cover
the company on Wednesday, April 20 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. R. Scott Smith, Jr.,
chairman and CEO, will host the call. He will be joined by E. Philip Wenger,
president and COO, and Charles J. Nugent, senior executive vice president and
CFO.

The live webcast of this call can be heard by going to Fulton Financial
Corporation's website, www.fult.com, selecting the Investor Relations tab and
clicking on the link to the webcast. The webcast will be archived on the
company's website for 30 days following the call.

Fulton Financial Corporation is a financial holding company that operates
271 banking offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia
through the following affiliates: Fulton Bank, N.A., Lancaster, PA; Swineford
National Bank, Middleburg, PA; Lafayette Ambassador Bank, Easton, PA; FNB Bank,
N.A., Danville, PA; The Bank, Woodbury, NJ; Skylands Community Bank,
Hackettstown, NJ; and The Columbia Bank, Columbia, MD.

The Corporation's additional financial services providers include Fulton
Financial Advisors, Lancaster, PA and Clermont Wealth Strategies, Lancaster, PA.
Residential mortgage lending is offered by all banks through Fulton Mortgage
Company.

Additional information on Fulton Financial is available on the Internet at
www.fult.com.

CONTACT: Laura Wakeley
717-291-2616