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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Hill Craig H   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FULTON FINANCIAL CORP [FULT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Sr Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, ONE PENN SQUARE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/12/2006 (Street) LANCASTER, PA 17602 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price $2.50 par value common stock 05/12/2006   J V 23.381 (1) A $ 16.75 38,600.1785 (2) D   $2.50 par value common stock 05/12/2006   J V 25.302 (1) A $ 15.6 38,625.4805 (3) D   $2.50 par value common stock 06/08/2006   J V 1,930.364 (4) A $ 0 40,555.8445 (5) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option Right to Buy

$ 0 (6)

06/08/2006

J

V

5,355 (6)

(6)

(6)

common stock

5,355 (6)

$ 0 (6)

112,437 (6)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Hill Craig H C/O FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION ONE PENN SQUARE LANCASTER, PA 17602			Sr Executive Vice President

Signatures

George R. Barr, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact		06/19/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Acquisition of shares under a 401(k) plan.
(2)	Includes 10,134.07950 shares held jointly with spouse and 28,466.0990 shares held in the Fulton Financial Corporation Profit Sharing Plan.
(3)	Includes 10,134.07950 shares held jointly with spouse and 28,491.4010 shares held in the Fulton Financial Corporation Profit Sharing Plan.
(4)	Additional shares of common stock received pursuant to a 5% stock dividend paid by Fulton Financial Corporation to its shareholders of record of May 19, 2006.
(5)	Includes 10,640.78350 shares held jointly with spouse and 29,915.0610 shares held in the Fulton Financial Corporation Profit Sharing Plan.
(6)	These options were previously reported as options for 107,082 shares currently exercisable,and expiring at various times between June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2015 at an exercise price ranging from $10.390 to $17.975 per share but were adjusted to reflect a five percent stock dividend paid by Fulton Financial Corporation to its shareholders of record on May 19, 2006, as a consequence of which the exercise prices now range from $9.90 to $17.120 per share.

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