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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-078046
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200623
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200629
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200708

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:		20998227

	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>

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<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>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 29, 2020 (June 23, 2020)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt 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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Easton, Maryland 21601</U></P>

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(Zip Code)</P>

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area code: <U>(410) 763-7800</U></P>

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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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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>

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an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or
Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On June 29, 2020, Shore Bancshares, Inc.
(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), the holding company for Shore United Bank (the &ldquo;Bank&rdquo;), issued a press release announcing
the appointment of William E. Esham III as a member of the Boards of Directors (the &ldquo;Boards&rdquo;) of the Company and Bank.
The Boards of the Company and Bank, upon the recommendation of the Company&rsquo;s Nominating and Governance Committee, approved
the appointment of Mr. Esham on June 23, 2020. Mr. Esham is considered an independent director under the applicable Securities
and Exchange Commission and NASDAQ rules, and will serve as a Class I director of the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">There are no arrangements or understandings
between Mr. Esham and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as director. Mr. Esham will receive the same compensation
as currently paid to the Company&rsquo;s and Bank&rsquo;s other Board members.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Additional details may be found in the
June 29, 2020 press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.</P>

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

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

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="tm2023719d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">99.1</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tm2023719d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Press Release, dated June 29, 2020</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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

<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: 50%">Dated: June 29, 2020</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 47%">/s/ Lloyd L. Beatty, Jr.</TD></TR>
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President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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99.1</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PRESS RELEASE</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Shore Bancshares, Inc. Announce New Board
Member</B></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">Easton, Maryland (6/29/2020) - Shore Bancshares, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
(NASDAQ-SHBI) today announced the appointment of William E. Esham III as a director of both the Company and Shore United Bank,
the Company&rsquo;s wholly-owned bank subsidiary, effective June 23, 2020.</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">Mr. Esham is an independent director pursuant to applicable
NASDAQ rules and has no material relationship with the Company. This director appointment brings the total number of directors
to 10 for both the Company and Shore United Bank.</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">&ldquo;We are very pleased to add Will to our Board of Directors,&rdquo;
said Lloyd L. &ldquo;Scott&rdquo; Beatty, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer. &ldquo;He brings significant financial services
experience to our board with particular expertise in our Worcester County market&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"><I>William E. Esham III</I></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">Mr. Esham (age 54) is a partner in the law firm of Ayres, Jenkins,
Gordy &amp; Almand, P.A., specializing in real estate law, located in Ocean City, Maryland. Mr. Esham has prior bank board experience
having served on Shore Bank&rsquo;s Board of Directors 2012-2016 (which was acquired by Xenith Bank in 2016) and Peninsula Bank&rsquo;s
Advisory Board 1996-2006. Mr. Esham also serves on the Board of Trustees for Worcester Preparatory School and the Board of Directors
for Atlantic General Hospital.</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">Mr. Esham holds a BA from Washington and Lee University and
JD from University of Baltimore.</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">Shore Bancshares Information</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">Shore Bancshares is a financial holding company headquartered
in Easton, Maryland and is the largest independent bank holding company located on Maryland&rsquo;s Eastern Shore. It is the parent
company of Shore United Bank. Shore Bancshares engages in trust and wealth management services through Wye Financial Partners,
a division of Shore United Bank.</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">Additional information is available at www.shorebancshares.com.</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">Contact: Edward Allen, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, 410-763-7800</P>

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