Fulton Financial Corporation announced that both the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities have approved the respective applications by Fulton to acquire Prudential Bancorp, Inc. and, indirectly, to acquire Prudential Bank, located in Philadelphia.
“These regulatory approvals mark an important milestone in this acquisition, which will further strengthen Fulton’s presence in the Philadelphia region,” said E. Philip Wenger, Fulton’s Chairman and CEO. “With these approvals, we remain on track to bring our talented teams together to help even more customers and communities in Philadelphia achieve financial success.”
The proposed acquisition in which Prudential will merge with and into Fulton in a stock and cash transaction was publicly announced on March 2, and remains subject to the approval of Prudential shareholders. A special meeting of Prudential shareholders to vote on the merger is scheduled to be held virtually via the Internet on June 15.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of this year after receipt of Prudential shareholder approval and satisfaction of the closing conditions described in the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Prudential and Fulton. Following the closing, Prudential Bank will be merged into Fulton’s bank subsidiary, Fulton Bank, N.A. The bank merger is expected to occur in the fourth quarter. Fulton Bank’s application for approval of the bank merger was submitted to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on April 25 and is pending.
Fulton, the bank holding company for Fulton Bank, with consolidated assets of approximately $26 billion, provides financial services through 200 financial centers in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia. Prudential is the bank holding company of Prudential Bank, a Pennsylvania-chartered savings bank with assets of approximately $1.0 billion. Prudential conducts business from its headquarters and main office in Philadelphia, as well as seven additional full-service financial centers in Philadelphia, and one each in Drexel Hill, Delaware County and Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.