LANCASTER, PA--(Marketwired - Mar 17, 2015) -  The Board of Directors of Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of nine cents per share on its common stock, payable on April 15, 2015, to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2015. This is an increase of one cent per share over the dividend paid in January 2015. 

 Fulton Financial Corporation, a $17.1 billion Lancaster, Pa.-based financial holding company, has approximately 3,800 employees and operates more than 250 branches in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia through six subsidiary banks.

 Additional information on Fulton Financial Corporation can be found on the Internet at www.fult.com.