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): June 16, 2009
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
CFR240.14d-2(b))
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.03 Amendment to Articles
of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
(a) Amendment
to Articles of Incorporation.
On June 16, 2009, Shore Bancshares,
Inc. (the “Company”) filed Articles Supplementary with the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation of Maryland for the purpose of reclassifying 25,000
shares of its authorized but unissued Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred
Stock, Series A as 25,000 shares of its common stock. The Articles
Supplementary, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein
by reference, are considered a part of the Company’s charter.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The exhibits filed or furnished with
this report are listed on the Exhibit Index which immediately follows the
signatures hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
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:
June 16, 2009
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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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3.1
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Articles
Supplementary filed on June 16, 2009 (filed
herewith)
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