Registration Statement No. 333-104268 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _________________________ PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 _________________________ FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION ------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 6720 23-2195389 ------------ ---- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.) One Penn Square Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604 717-291-2411 -------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Rufus A. Fulton, Jr. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer One Penn Square Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604 717-291-2411 -------------------------------------------------------- (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) _________________________ Copies to: Paul G. Mattaini, Esquire Nicholas Bybel, Jr., Esquire Kimberly J. Decker, Esquire Jean Svoboda, Esquire Barley, Snyder, Senft & Cohen, LLC Shumaker Williams, P.C. 126 East King Street 3245 Simpson Ferry Road Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604-2893 Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective. _________________________ If the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box:[_] _________________________ If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier registration statement for the same offering.[_] _________________________ If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box, and list Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.[_] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title Of Each Amount To Proposed Proposed Maximum Amount Of Class Of Securities Be Registered Maximum Offering Aggregate Offering Registration To Be Registered Price Per Unit Price Fee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **PREVIOUSLY PAID**(1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) The Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price was incorrectly reported in the Calculation of Registration Fee table, as originally filed. The Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price was incorrectly shown as $119,442,089 when it should have correctly been shown as $89,135,886. No additional fee is payable as a result of the change in Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price. _________________________ The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine. The Registrant has filed this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 solely to correct the typographical error contained in the Calculation of Registration Fee table. Specifically, the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price was incorrectly reported in the Calculation of Registration Fee table as originally filed. The Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price was incorrectly shown as $119,442,089 when it should have correctly been shown as $89,135,886. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lancaster, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on April 7, 2003. FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: /s/ Rufus A. Fulton, Jr. ------------------------------------ Rufus A. Fulton, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE * Director April 7, 2003 --------------------------- Jeffrey A. Albertson Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Donald W. Bowman, Jr. Senior Vice President and April 7, 2003 * Controller (Principal Accounting --------------------------- Officer) Beth Ann L. Chivinski Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Harold D. Chubb Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- William H. Clark, Jr. Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Craig A. Dally Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Frederick B. Fichthorn Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Patrick J. Freer * Chairman of the Board, Chief April 7, 2003 --------------------------- Executive Officer, and Director Rufus A. Fulton, Jr. (Principal Executive Officer) * Director April 7, 2003 --------------------------- Eugene H. Gardner Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Robert D. Garner Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- J. Robert Hess Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- George W. Hodges Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Carolyn R. Holleran * Director April 7, 2003 --------------------------- Clyde W. Horst Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Samuel H. Jones, Jr. Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Donald W. Lesher, Jr. Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Joseph J. Mowad, M.D. * Senior Executive Vice President April 7, 2003 --------------------------- Charles J. Nugent and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) * Director April 7, 2003 --------------------------- Mary Ann Russell Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- John O. Shirk President, Chief Operating April 7, 2003 * Officer and Director --------------------------- R. Scott Smith, Jr. Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- James K. Sperry Director April 7, 2003 * --------------------------- Kenneth G. Stoudt * By: _________________________________ George R. Barr, Attorney in Fact