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| x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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|  ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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| Maryland                        |   | 52-1974638          |
|---------------------------------|--------|---------------------|
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of |   | (I.R.S. Employer    |
| Incorporation or Organization)  |   | Identification No.) |

| 18 East Dover Street, Easton, Maryland   |   | 21601      |
|------------------------------------------|--------|------------|
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |   | (Zip Code) |

|                                                                              | N/A |   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|--------|
| Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report. |

|   | Large accelerated filer                       |  ̈ | Accelerated filer         | þ |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------|--------|---------------------------|--------|
|   | Non-accelerated filer                         |  ̈ | Smaller reporting company |  ̈ |
|   | (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |   |                      |

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|                    | SHORE BANCSHARES, INC. |
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|                    |                   |
| Date: November 14, 2011 | By:                    | /s/ W. Moorhead Vermilye |
|                    |                   | W. Moorhead Vermilye |
|                    |                   | Chief Executive Officer |
|                    |                   | (Principal Executive Officer) |

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| Exhibit |         |                                                                                                                                      |
|---------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Number  |         | Description                                                                                                                               |
|    |         |                                                                                                                                      |
| 10.1    |         | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated June 16, 2011, between Shore Bancshares, Inc. and W. Moorhead Vermilye (filed herewith). |
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| 10.2    |         | Employment Agreement, dated June 16, 2011, between Shore Bancshares, Inc. and Lloyd L. Beatty, Jr. (filed herewith).                      |
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| 31.1    |         | Certifications of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (filed herewith).                     |
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| 31.2    |         | Certifications of the Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (filed herewith).                    |
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| 32      |         | Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (furnished herewith).                                                     |
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| 101.INS |         | XBRL Instance Document.*                                                                                                                  |
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| 101.SCH |         | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.*                                                                                                          |
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| 101.CAL |         | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.*                                                                                            |
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| 101.DEF |         | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.*                                                                                             |
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| 101.LAB |         | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.*                                                                                                  |
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| 101.PRE |    | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.*                                                                                           |

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