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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-14-030137
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140514
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140514
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140514

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHORE BANCSHARES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001035092
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				521974638
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22345
		FILM NUMBER:		14839264

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		18 EAST DOVER STREET
		CITY:			EASTON
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21601-3013
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4108221400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		18 EAST DOVER STREET
		CITY:			EASTON
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21601-3013
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 14, 2014</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>SHORE BANCSHARES, INC.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Commission file number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(IRS Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>28969 Information Lane, Easton, Maryland
21601</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code: <U>(410) 763-7800</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>N/A</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8.01</B> <B>Other Events.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On May 14, 2014, Shore Bancshares, Inc.,
or the Company, announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 3,000,000 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common
stock.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company intends to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase from the Company up to an additional
450,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A copy of the press release issued by the Company
announcing the commencement of the offering is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item</B> <B>9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d) Exhibits.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%">Press Release, dated May 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">SHORE BANCSHARES, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 51%">Dated: May 14, 2014</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">/s/ Lloyd L. Beatty, Jr.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>28969 Information Lane</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Easton, Maryland 21601</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Phone 410-763-7800</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">PRESS RELEASE</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><BR>
<U>Shore Bancshares Announces Public Offering of Common Stock</U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Easton, Maryland (05/14/2014) - Shore Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ
- SHBI), or the Company, announced today that it intends to commence a public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its common stock
through a firm commitment underwritten offering. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate
purposes, including but not limited to the contribution of capital to The Talbot Bank of Easton, Maryland, a bank subsidiary of
the Company, to satisfy regulatory capital requirements, and to support organic growth, de novo branching, branch acquisitions,
loan production offices and opportunistic acquisitions, if any.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Sandler O&rsquo;Neill + Partners, L.P. will serve as the sole
underwriter<B> </B>for the offering. The Company intends to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase from the Company
up to an additional 450,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>This announcement is for informational
purposes only and is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of the Company, which is made only
by means of a prospectus supplement and related base prospectus, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state or jurisdiction.&nbsp; The Company has filed a shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) (File No. 333-195527)
and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, for the offering to which this
communication relates.&nbsp; The sale of shares of common stock in the underwritten offering will be made pursuant to a prospectus
supplement to the base prospectus dated May 8, 2014.</I></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Before you invest, you should
read the prospectus in the registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement, and other documents the Company has filed
with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting
EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov or by visiting the Company&rsquo;s website at <U>www.shorebancshares.com</U>. Alternatively,
copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by contacting Sandler
O&rsquo;Neill + Partners, L.P., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, New York, New York 10020, or by phone at 1-866-805-4128.
</I></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Shore Bancshares, Inc. Information</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Company is a financial holding company headquartered in
Easton, Maryland and is the largest independent bank holding company headquartered on Maryland&rsquo;s Eastern Shore. It is the
parent company of two banks, The Talbot Bank of Easton, Maryland, and CNB; three insurance producer firms, The Avon-Dixon Agency,
LLC, Elliott Wilson Insurance, LLC and Jack Martin and Associates, Inc; a wholesale insurance company, TSGIA, Inc; and an insurance
premium finance company, Mubell Finance, LLC. The Company engages in the trust services business through the trust department
at CNB under the name &ldquo;Wye Financial &amp; Trust&rdquo;. Additional information is available at <U>www.shorebancshares.com</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The statements contained herein that are not historical facts
are forward-looking statements (as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) and are based on management's
current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. Such statements involve
inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the control of the Company. There
can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be the same as those anticipated by management. These statements
are evidenced by terms such as &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimate,&rdquo; &ldquo;should,&rdquo; &ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;believe,&rdquo;
&ldquo;intend,&rdquo; and similar expressions. Although these statements reflect management&rsquo;s good faith beliefs and projections,
they are not guarantees of future performance and they may not prove true. These projections involve risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those addressed in the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of these
risks and uncertainties, see the section of the periodic reports filed by Shore Bancshares, Inc. with the SEC entitled &ldquo;Risk
Factors&rdquo;.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update
any factors or to publicly announce the result of revisions to any of the forward-looking statements included herein to reflect
future events or developments.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>For further information contact: George Rapp, Chief Financial
Officer, 410-763-7800</B></P>

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