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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 * ASHBY RICHARD J JR   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) Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, ONE PENN SQUARE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/08/2005 (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 06/08/2005   J(1) V 12,608.0464 A $ 0 61,542.4198 (2) D   $2.50 par value common stock 06/08/2005   J(1) V 8,686 A $ 0 41,931 I Spouse

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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 (3)

06/08/2005

J

V

49,206

(3)

(3)

common stock

49,206

$ 0 (3)

246,021

D

Option Right to Buy

$ 17.975

07/01/2005

A

45,000

07/01/2005

06/30/2015

common stock

45,000

(4)

291,021

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ASHBY RICHARD J JR FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION ONE PENN SQUARE LANCASTER, PA 17602			Executive Vice President

Signatures

George R. Barr, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact		07/05/2005
**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)	Additional shares of common stock received pursuant to a 5-for-4 stock split paid by Fulton Financial Corporation to its shareholders of record as of May 17, 2005.
(2)	Includes 2,520 shares held jointly with spouse.
(3)	These options were previously reported as options for 196,815 shares currently exercisable, and expiring at various times between June 30, 2006 and July 1, 2014 at an exercise price ranging from $8.320 to $20.185 per share but were adjusted to reflect the 5-for-4 stock split paid by Fulton Financial Corporation to its shareholders of record as of May 17, 2005, as a consequence of which the exercise price now ranges from $6.660 to $16.150 per share.
(4)	Company granted option issued pursuant to Rule 16b-3.

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