<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001050441-21-000054.txt : 20210520
<SEC-HEADER>0001050441-21-000054.hdr.sgml : 20210520
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210520154659
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001050441-21-000054
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210518
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210520

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Marquez Antonio F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001550082

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25923
		FILM NUMBER:		21944352

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6205 MAZWOOD ROAD
		CITY:			ROCKVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20852

ISSUER:		

	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

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7830 OLD GEORGETOWN ROAD
		STREET 2:		3RD FLOOR
		CITY:			BETHESDA
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20814
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reported price in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $55.3501 to $55.4 per share. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This amount excludes 2,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 (&quot;Common Stock&quot;) that are held by the Alexander Troy Marquez Irrevocable Trust (1,000 shares) and the Nicole Charlotte Marquez Irrevocable Trust (1,000 shares), which, due to an administrative error, were inadvertently reported as being held by the Reporting Person on the Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on February 18, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents a bona fide gift by the Reporting Person to the Alexander Troy Marquez Irrevocable Trust of shares of the Company's Common Stock. Reporting Person and his spouse are trustees of the Alexander Troy Marquez Irrevocable Trust with the power to vote (or direct the vote) and dispose (or direct the disposition) of all such securities.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents a bona fide gift by the Reporting Person to the Nicole Charlotte Marquez Irrevocable Trust of shares of the Company's Common Stock. Reporting Person and his spouse are trustees of the Nicole Charlotte Marquez Irrevocable Trust with the power to vote (or direct the vote) and dispose (or direct the disposition) of all such securities.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents a charitable donation by the Reporting Person of shares of the Company's Common Stock.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Antonio F. Marquez</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-05-20</signatureDate>
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