UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 27, 2007
SHORE
BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland
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0-22345
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52-1974638
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
file number)
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(IRS
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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18
East Dover Street, Easton, Maryland 21601
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (410)
822-1400
N/A
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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:
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
7.01. Regulation
FD Disclosure.
Shore
Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) plans to furnish the textual material attached
hereto as Exhibit
99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference, to its stockholders in
connection with the distribution of the proxy materials for its 2007 Annual
Meeting and its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2006.
The
information provided in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K is furnished
and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to
the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or
the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in any
such filing.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits:
Exhibit
99.1—Annual Letter to Stockholders (furnished herewith).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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SHORE
BANCSHARES, INC.
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Dated:
March 27, 2007
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By:
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/s/
W. Moorhead Vermilye
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W.
Moorhead Vermilye
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President
and CEO
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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99.1
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Annual
Letter to Stockholders (furnished
herewith).
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