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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-16-097638
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160427
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160429
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160429

ISSUER:		

	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

	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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mason Frank E III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001519670

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22345
		FILM NUMBER:		161605382

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28969 INFORMATION LANE
		CITY:			EASTON
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21601
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        <issuerName>SHORE BANCSHARES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SHBI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001519670</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Mason Frank E III</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>28969 INFORMATION LANE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EASTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>21601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <otherText></otherText>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>COMMON STOCK</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-04-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>419</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>11.93</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                    <value>14602</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 544 shares restricted stock that will vest 100% on April 29, 2016 and 419 shares restricted stock that will vest 100% on April 27, 2017.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Camille A. Pecorak/POA</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-04-27</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Lloyd L. Beatty, Jr., George S. Rapp and Camille A. Pecorak, each acting individually,
as the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of
and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&#9;prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms
3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Shore Bancshares, Inc., a Maryland corporation
(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&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; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&#9;seek or obtain, as the undersigned&rsquo;s
representative and on the undersigned&rsquo;s behalf, information on transactions in the Company&rsquo;s securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person
to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information;</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">(3)&#9;submit a Form ID, and any amendments
thereto, to the SEC to apply for filing codes that will allow insider reports to be filed electronically through the EDGAR system,
if such codes have not been obtained previously; and</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">(4)&#9;perform any and all other acts which
in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the
foregoing.</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">The undersigned acknowledges that:</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">(1)&#9;this Power of Attorney authorizes,
but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without
independent verification of such information;</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">(2)&#9;any documents prepared and/or executed
by either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain
such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;</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">(3)&#9;neither the Company nor either of
such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and</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">(4)&#9;this Power of Attorney does not relieve
the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned&rsquo;s obligations under the Exchange Act, including without
limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby gives and grants
each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27<SUP>th</SUP> day of April, 2016 .</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Frank E. Mason, III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Frank E. Mason, III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">STATE OF MARYLAND</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 80%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">COUNTY OF TALBOT</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On this, 27<SUP>th</SUP> day of April, 2016,
Frank E. Mason, III, personally appeared before me, and acknowledged that s/he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and official seal.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Kay Schaar-Wagenblatt</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Kay Schaar-Wagenblatt</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Notary Public</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">My Commission Expires: July 21, 2018</TD></TR>
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