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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-16-124873
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160601
ITEM INFORMATION:		Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160601
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160601

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EAGLE BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001050441
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				522061461
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25923
		FILM NUMBER:		161689885

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7830 OLD GEROGETOWN ROAD
		STREET 2:		3RD FLOOR
		CITY:			BETHESDA
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20814
		BUSINESS PHONE:		240-497-2075

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7830 OLD GEROGETOWN ROAD
		STREET 2:		3RD FLOOR
		CITY:			BETHESDA
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20814
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>June&nbsp;1, 2016</b></font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.01.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>Changes in Registrant&#146;s Certifying Accountant</b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Stegman&nbsp;&amp; Company (&#147;Stegman&#148;), the independent registered public accounting firm for Eagle Bancorp,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), announced that effective June&nbsp;1, 2016 substantially all directors and employees of Stegman have joined Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP (&#147;DHG&#148;). As a result, effective June&nbsp;1, 2016 Stegman resigned as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm.&#160; The Audit Committee of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors has engaged DHG to serve as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm effective June&nbsp;1, 2016.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The reports of Stegman on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 and December&nbsp;31, 2014, contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)&nbsp;During the Company&#146;s fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 and 2014, and the subsequent interim period from January&nbsp;1, 2016 to the date of this report, the Company did not consult with DHG regarding any of the matters set forth in Items 304(a)(2)(i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The change in independent registered public accountants was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp; <i>Exhibits.</i></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated: June&nbsp;1, 2016</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;1, 2016</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, NE</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, DC 20549</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have read Eagle Bancorp,&nbsp;Inc.&#146;s (the &#147;Company&#148;) disclosure set forth in Item 4.01, &#147;Changes in Registrant&#146;s Certifying Accountant&#148;, in its Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated June&nbsp;1, 2016 and are in agreement with such statements concerning our Firm.&#160; We have no basis to, and therefore, do not agree or disagree with the other statements made by the Company in the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sincerely,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Stegman&nbsp;&amp; Company</font></p>
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