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 3, 2005
SHORE
BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland |
0-22345 |
52-1974638 |
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(State
or other jurisdiction of |
(Commission
file number) |
(IRS
Employer |
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incorporation
or organization) |
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Identification
No.) |
18 East
Dover Street, Easton, Maryland 21601
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
ITEM
5.02. Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment
of Principal Officers.
(b) Departure
of Director.
Shore
Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) announces that, pursuant to the Company’s
director retirement policy (the “Policy”), David C. Bryan will retire from the
Corporation’s Board of Directors at the conclusion of the 2005 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, which is scheduled to be held on April 27, 2005. The Policy
generally requires a director who reaches the age of 70 to retire from the Board
at the expiration of that director’s current term of office. The Corporation
will update this report if the date of the 2005 Annual Meeting, and, thus, the
date of Mr. Bryan’s retirement, is postponed or otherwise changed.
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 7, 2005 |
By: |
/s/ W. Moorhead
Vermilye |
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W. Moorhead Vermilye
President and
CEO |