Fulton Financial Corporation · NASDAQ:FULT

Fulton Financial — Ryan Beck and Company Financial Institutions Investor Conference 2005

27 slides from Fulton Financial's conference presentation, Nov 2, 2005

  1. Slide 1: Retail Strategies - Attraction vs. Attrition

    Fulton Financial Corporation Ryan Beck and Company Financial Institutions Investor Conference Retail Strategies - Attraction vs. Attrition November 2, 2005 R. Scott Smith, Jr., President and COO

  2. Slide 2: Fulton Financial Corporation at a glance

    Fulton Financial Corporation Based in Lancaster, Pa. 14 affiliate banks in 5 states - PA., NJ., DE., MD., VA. Columbia Bancorp, Columbia, MD. $12.3 Billion 232 branches 3,900 employees

  3. Slide 3: Forward-Looking Statement

    Forward-Looking Statement The following presentation may contain forward-looking statements about Fulton Financial Corporation's growth and acquisition strategies, new products and services, and future financial performance, including earnings and dividends per share, return on average assets, retur

  4. Slide 4: Retail Strategy

    Retail Strategy People and Relationships Create Financial Success Together With Our Customers And Career Success Together With Our Employees

  5. Slide 5: Value Components

    Value Components People Place Promotion Product Price

  6. Slide 6: Our Relationship Strategy

    Our Relationship Strategy Long-term successful employees Long-term successful customers Long-term successful shareholders

  7. Slide 7: Business Model: Unique, Effective, Different

    Fulton Financial Corporation Business Model: Unique Effective Different affiliate strategies, cultures and markets

  8. Slide 8: Our Business Model

    Our Business Model Systems and Processes = Corporate People and Relationships = Affiliate

  9. Slide 9: Our Business Model: Affiliate knows local markets best

    Our Business Model Affiliate knows local markets best Maintains established local brand value Proprietary retail expertise and strategy Prestigious jobs in local markets Pricing autonomy Performance goals Affiliate plan execution

  10. Slide 10: Growth: Organic and acquisitive

    Growth Organic and acquisitive Resource Bank =development track lending Skylands Community Bank = small business/ lines of credit Premier Bank = commercial real estate lending Leverage affiliate strength to build retail base

  11. Slide 11: Contribution to Total Revenue

    Contribution to Total Revenue Retail = Commercial

  12. Slide 12: Retail Objectives

    Retail Objectives Increase contribution of retail banking Continue de-novo branching Rational funding costs Price as introductory value proposition

  13. Slide 13: Retail Objectives

    Retail Objectives Increase average branch size Increase new household penetration Expand existing relationships

  14. Slide 14: The Customer "Experience"

    The Customer "Experience" Holistic, needs-based sales Positively memorable Warm, personal and consistent

  15. Slide 15: The Customer Experience: Service not just Servicing

    The Customer Experience Service not just Servicing

  16. Slide 16: The Customer Experience: Retention

    The Customer Experience Retention Increase "cost of exit" through close, personal relationships

  17. Slide 17: The Customer Experience: Retail Steering Committee

    The Customer Experience Corporate-wide Retail Steering Committee Representation from all affiliates Senior retail decision makers Best practices adopted across footprint

  18. Slide 18: Retail Initiatives

    Retail Initiatives Value-creating offer at every touch point Full customer relationship snapshot No two customers alike Know most profitable segments Data mining and direct marketing

  19. Slide 19: Employee Retention

    Employee Retention 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Exempt 88 88.8 91.1 92.4 87.6 Non-exempt 75 77.3 78.8 78.4 73.5 Overall 78.7 79.7 81.2 82.6 78.2

  20. Slide 20: High Touch and High Tech

    Fulton Financial Corporation High Touch and High Tech

  21. Slide 21: Customer Acquisition Strategies

    Customer Acquisition Strategies Lead product prospecting and promotion Small business as retail portal Relationship / reward packaging Team sales incentives Customer centricity Consistent promotional activity

  22. Slide 22: Retention Strategy

    Retention Strategy Service Relationships Experience High Customer Satisfaction

  23. Slide 23: Customer Satisfaction

    Customer Satisfaction *Retail: 90% extremely/very satisfied Commercial: 90% extremely/very satisfied Fulton Financial Advisors: 80+% very satisfied/satisfied Fulton Mortgage Company: 99% of expectations met/exceeded 98% would recommend FMC to others *Compared to national average of 62% Source: 2005

  24. Slide 24: Stock Performance (1982 - 2004)

    Stock Performance (1982 - 2004) WITHOUT dividend reinvestment: 15% compounded annual rate of return WITH dividend reinvestment: 19% compounded annual rate of return

  25. Slide 25: Peer Group Five-Year Total Return

    17 South Financial Group, Inc. (The) 18 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. 19 Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. 20 United Bankshares, Inc. 21 Sky Financial Group Inc. 22 Mercantile Bankshares Corporation 23 Citizens Banking Corporation 24 Valley National Bancorp 25 Wilmington Trust Corporation 26 BancorpSouth,

  26. Slide 26: Proven business model, consistent performance

    Proven business model Consistent performance 8.8% compounded annual growth rate in earnings per share 23 consecutive years of record earnings 31 consecutive years of dividend increases 10.3% compounded annual growth rate in dividends per share What have we accomplished?

  27. Slide 27: Fulton Financial Corporation contact

    Fulton Financial Corporation One Penn Square Lancaster, PA 17602 www.fult.com

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