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): January 1,
2011
SHORE BANCSHARES,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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
CFR240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR240.13e-4(c))
INFORMATION
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item
8.01 Other
Events.
On January 1, 2011, the
previously-announced merger of The Felton Bank, a Delaware bank subsidiary of
Shore Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), with an into CNB, a Maryland bank
subsidiary of the Company, was consummated. CNB was the successor
bank in the merger.
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.
SHORE
BANCSHARES, INC.
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Dated: January
6,
2011
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By: /s/ W. Moorhead Vermilye |
W.
Moorhead Vermilye
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Chief
Executive
Officer
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