On March 19, 2013, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Fulton Financial Corporation ("Fulton"), based on the recommendations of the Human Resources Committee (the "HR Committee") of the Board, approved base salary increases for certain of Fulton's senior executive officers (the "Executives") and approved awards for certain of Fulton's Executives under the Variable Compensation Plan (the "VCP") based on their performance in 2012. The annual base salary for each of the Executives, effective April 1, 2013, and the Executives' 2012 VCP payments are listed in the table below.

The HR Committee based its recommendations to the Board regarding the base salaries for the Executives on its assessment of the performance of each of the Executives and recommendations provided by the HR Committee's outside compensation consultant. In making its recommendations to the Board for awards to the Executives under the VCP, the HR Committee confirmed that Fulton had achieved the designated return on equity threshold for 2012. The HR Committee also based its recommendations for individual awards under the VCP on its assessment of each of the Executives' overall 2012 performance, each of the Executives' performance in relation to specific performance factors established under the VCP and upon the recommendations provided by the HR Committee's outside compensation consultant. The HR Committee determined that each of the Executives eligible for an award under the VCP had achieved a level of performance in 2012 sufficient to qualify for an award under the VCP as listed below.

                                                     Base Salary       2012 VCP
                                                     Effective April   Award
Executive            Title                           1, 2013           Payments
                     Chairman, President and Chief
E. Philip Wenger     Executive Officer                    $900,000 (a)     $360,640
                     Senior Executive Vice President
Charles J. Nugent    and Chief Financial Officer              $544,575     $317,967
                     Senior Executive Vice President
Philmer H. Rohrbaugh and Chief Risk Officer                   $456,188          (b)
James E. Shreiner    Senior Executive Vice President          $411,000     $232,029
Craig A. Roda        Senior Executive Vice President          $380,175     $221,974
Craig H. Hill        Senior Executive Vice President          $325,000     $178,627

(a) Effective January 1, 2013, Mr. Wenger was promoted and became Fulton's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The base salary reflected in the table was approved by the Board on December 18, 2012 and became effective on January 1, 2013.

(b) Mr. Rohrbaugh began employment with Fulton on November 1, 2012 and under the terms of the VCP he was not eligible for an award for 2012 performance.

In addition, the Board, based on the recommendation of the HR Committee, approved an award under the VCP for R. Scott Smith, Jr. in the amount of $802,318 for Mr. Smith's performance as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer during 2012. The HR Committee based its recommendation regarding an award under the VCP for Mr. Smith on its assessment of Mr. Smith's overall performance during 2012, his performance relative to the performance factors established under the VCP and the recommendations of the HR Committee's outside compensation consultant. Mr. Smith retired as Fulton Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2012.