0000893220-05-001707 Sample Contracts

EXHIBIT A WARRANT AGREEMENT

Warrant Agreement • July 27th, 2005 • Fulton Financial Corp • National commercial banks • Pennsylvania

• Contract Type
  Warrant Agreement
• Filed
  July 27th, 2005
• Company
  Fulton Financial Corp
• Industry
  National commercial banks
• Jurisdiction
  Pennsylvania

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT is made as of July 26, 2005, by and between Fulton Financial Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“Fulton”) and Columbia Bancorp, a Maryland corporation (“Columbia”).

Agreement and Plan of Merger By and Between Columbia Bancorp and Fulton Financial Corporation July 26, 2005

Agreement and Plan of Merger • July 27th, 2005 • Fulton Financial Corp • National commercial banks • Pennsylvania

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  July 27th, 2005
• Company
  Fulton Financial Corp
• Industry
  National commercial banks
• Jurisdiction
  Pennsylvania

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER made as of the 26th day of July, 2005, by and between FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania business corporation having its administrative headquarters at One Penn Square, P.O. Box 4887, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604 (“Fulton”), and COLUMBIA BANCORP, a Maryland corporation having its administrative headquarters at 7168 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046 (“Columbia”).